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Kendrick Bourne has apparently spent a lot of the previous few months within the weight room.
With coaching camp set to open in Foxboro subsequent week, the Patriots opted to provide their web site a refresh on Thursday.
Up to date teaching titles for Invoice Belichick’s employees understandably captured a lot of the headlines on Thursday morning.
However as famous by Doug Kyed of The Boston Herald, the Patriots additionally up to date the burden for practically each participant on the staff’s present 90-man roster.
Earlier than the pads and helmets are placed on in late July, there’s little to glean from in the case of assessing the strides made by a participant throughout the lengthy offseason. However these newest measurables not less than shed some mild on a few of the efforts made by just a few Patriots to bulk up forward of the 2023 marketing campaign.
Extensive receiver Kendrick Bourne has apparently spent a lot of the previous few months within the weight room. After being listed at 190 kilos throughout a disappointing 2022 season, Bourne is now tabbed at 205 kilos.
After reeling in 55 catches for 800 yards and 5 touchdowns in 2021, Bourne was restricted to only 35 receptions for 434 yards in his second season with New England. His lone landing got here in Week 16 in opposition to the Bengals.
With the Patriots whiffing within the DeAndre Hopkins’ sweepstakes, a stronger Bourne figures to be a key cog in Mac Jones’s arsenal of weapons in 2023.
“I didn’t give the staff my greatest effort,” Bourne stated of his play in 2022, per Patriots.com’s Mike Dussault. “Personally we as gamers must be our greatest so we can provide the staff the chance to win and I really feel like I didn’t do this. So I’ve been grinding, attempting to get greater, weighing extra, simply being a extra strong receiver and having the ability to do extra.
“I don’t actually go off stats, I’m going off how I really feel, how I look and I simply wasn’t in an excellent place, now I simply need to keep away from that. So it was an excellent studying course of, it was good that it occurred to me, and it’s at all times good to study from exhausting instances, struggling instances.”
Bourne was removed from the one established common on New England’s roster so as to add some heft over the summer time.
Defensive deal with Davon Godchaux went from 311 kilos to 330 kilos because the anticipated anchor of New England’s defensive position, whereas second-year nook Marcus Jones placed on 13 kilos (175 kilos to 188 kilos).
Gamers anticipated to shift positions and tackle new roles this upcoming season understandably noticed their weight fluctuate. If he makes the swap from cornerback to security, it is smart that Jalen Mills went from 191 kilos to 200 kilos.
Malik Cunningham, trying to land a spot on New England’s roster as a large receiver after taking part in quarterback at Louisville, gained 10 kilos from his earlier itemizing of 188 kilos.
Rookie and minicamp standout Marte Mapu placed on 16 kilos and is now listed at 230 kilos. He may very well be including on some further muscle if New England opts to make use of him extra as a linebacker as an alternative of reps within the secondary as a hard-hitting security.
Second-year wideout Tyquan Thornton solely noticed a slight uptick in his weight, going from 182 kilos final season to 185 kilos coming into coaching camp. Even together with his evident expertise, Thornton’s slender body has raised questions on his skill to face up to the punishment that comes over the span of a 17-game season.
Cornerback Rodney Randle, who signed a futures contract with the Patriots again in January, noticed an attention grabbing change in his weight. As soon as listed at 170 kilos, he’s now listed at 205 kilos. Nonetheless, that studying would possibly simply be a results of an inaccurate preliminary weight itemizing.
As for the quarterbacks, Mac Jones went from 214 kilos to 220 kilos this offseason, whereas Bailey Zappe dropped from 220 kilos to 215 kilos.
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