Jones & Keefe: The Patriots' WR room is taking shape

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00:00Yeah, Bourne, Kyle Williams, Efton Chisholm are kind of that second group of receivers.

00:05Mack Hollins will eventually slot in somewhere.

00:07Your top group of receivers right now has been Pop Douglas, Steph Diggs,

00:12Kayshawn Booty in whatever order.

00:13How do we feel about that?

00:14I think we know it's not a great group, right?

00:16I mean, we went before camp started.

00:18We did our Tier Tuesday of position groups,

00:20and O-line and wide receiver were at the bottom for the entire team.

00:24And after watching Steph Diggs for a day, we said,

00:26all right, it's at least better than the offensive line.

00:28But I don't think anybody had real confidence in wide receivers 2 through 5,

00:34as far as making the roster, or 2 through 10, I guess, based on who's here at camp.

00:38It's early, but wouldn't you rather see Williams in that group

00:40than still having Kayshawn Booty out there?

00:42Yeah, of course.

00:43Yeah, because at least he's sort of the unknown.

00:45It feels like we know what Booty can be.

00:47And we thought that first day he had to catch on Gonzo.

00:49We kind of thought maybe it was trending that way.

00:51But he'll still get his chances, I think, because this front office drafted him.

00:56He was a third-round pick, and he is really fast.

00:59So, like, all those things put together, I think you'll get his opportunities.

01:03He might be a guy that doesn't have a huge volume, but you look back on it,

01:06hopefully, like, best-case scenario, some big plays.

01:08Like, you'll remember some big plays.

01:10He also has a leg up as far as making the team.

01:12So, yeah, you want to see him really go out here and perform.

01:15But a guy like Booty, Bourne, and then even below that, Baker, Polk, all those guys,

01:21like, they really have to improve.

01:22And one of the things that jumps out to me when you're talking about the Drake May numbers

01:26is he's thrown to two guys, basically.

01:29Yeah.

01:30And then, like, checkdowns.

01:31So those other guys don't really have, or at least to this point,

01:34haven't had a huge opportunity to separate themselves.

01:38And so maybe that's where, like, joint, or, you know, full pads today,

01:41joint practice next week, and then the preseason games,

01:44where maybe Diggs doesn't play at all, and maybe those guys get an opportunity.

01:47Get more reps.

01:48That might be the best way for specifically Booty and Bourne to sort of separate from one another.

01:54Well, and you're right to highlight as well.

01:56I mean, May, it sounded like on Saturday.

01:57We were here for all those games or practices last week.

02:01Like, Thursday was a million checkdowns.

02:03Friday was just a walkthrough.

02:05It sounded like on Saturday they aired it out a bit more.

02:07He was 8 of 17, but there were some explosive plays,

02:09which we hadn't really seen through the first three days.

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