Jakobi Meyers stated he was ‘shocked’ by how free company went down for him as he left the Patriots for the Raiders

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Meyers signed a three-year cope with the Raiders over the offseason, ending his four-year tenure with the Patriots.

Jakobi Meyers joined the Raiders in free company this offseason. (AP Picture/John Locher)

Jakobi Meyers secured a three-year cope with the Las Vegas Raiders this offseason, however he didn’t have an pleasant free-agent expertise.

The previous Patriots receiver shared that he wasn’t anticipating how briskly issues would go down as he reportedly got here to phrases on a cope with the Raiders lower than 24 hours after the authorized tampering window opened.

“I used to be shocked with how all the things went down, however I used to be an open e book — no matter occurred, I used to be going to belief God, go together with it and be excited,” Meyers advised The Boston Globe’s Ben Volin.

Meyers earned the second-biggest contract for a large receiver in free company this previous offseason. But it surely wasn’t as giant of a contract that another receivers have earned within the open in recent times, receiving a three-year, $33 million cope with $21 million assured.

The comparatively smaller wage that Meyers obtained led many to be shocked that the Patriots didn’t match that. A day after Meyers agreed to phrases on his deal although, the Patriots gave JuJu Smith-Schuster a three-year, $25 million pact with $16 million assured.

Meyers was caught shocked on the time by the Patriots signing Smith-Schuster, tweeting “Chilly world lol” in reaction to the news. However what he was extra upset about was how abrupt the ending to his time in New England was.

“It was extra disappointing that I didn’t get to say goodbye to lots of people that I actually needed to say bye to, or I didn’t get to say a full goodbye,” Meyers stated. “That was most likely the toughest half. However so far as the enterprise facet of it, I’m blessed to be right here, and that’s all that issues.”

Meyers truly gave the same remark when he defined his tweet to reporters again in March.

“I imply, I similar to messing with folks, truthfully,” Meyers stated. “I similar to to get beneath folks’s pores and skin. Actually, man, I respect them for all the things that I’ve been by way of there. I by no means actually bought to inform them bye as I used to be leaving the constructing.

“In order that was me simply being infantile, for actual. I like them, however I’m additionally completely satisfied to be right here.”

Meyers performed the primary 4 seasons of his profession with the Patriots, becoming a member of the workforce as an undrafted free agent in 2019. Following a quiet rookie season, Meyers emerged because the Patriots’ slot receiver as he additionally grew to become the workforce’s main receiver in every of the previous three seasons. He averaged almost 70 receptions over the past three years as he recorded at the very least 800 receiving yards in every of the final two years.

The Patriots added Smith-Schuster to doubtless play the same position as Meyers. The seventh-year vet has principally operated out of the slot in his NFL profession, recording a career-high 111 receptions in that position in 2018 with the Steelers. He had a powerful season with the Chiefs in 2022, posting 78 receptions for 933 yards and three touchdowns within the common season as he helped them win the Tremendous Bowl.