What Troy Brown stated about DeVante Parker ending final within the NFL’s separation rankings

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“After I got here into the league it was two issues: Get open and catch the ball. In order that’s all that actually issues to me.”

New England Patriots extensive receiver DeVante Parker runs with the ball through the second half towards the Miami Dolphins. AP Picture/Rebecca Blackwell
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DeVante Parker has been one in all Mac Jones’s most constant targets in coaching camp to date this summer time.

He’s but to show the potential he as soon as flashed with the Dolphins over a season-long foundation right here in New England, however the Patriots believed in him sufficient to signal him to a 3-year, $33 million contract extension this offseason.

His critics say he doesn’t get sufficient separation from defensive backs, and the NFL’s NextGen stats seem to again that up. He ranked final within the league within the NFL’s separation metric final season.

Whereas some folks worth these sorts of statistics, Patriots receivers coach Troy Brown informed reporters, together with MassLive’s Chris Mason, that he isn’t a lot of a believer in them.

“I didn’t know there was a stat within the league that saved observe of separation, so I don’t actually perceive that a part of it. After I got here into the league it was two issues: Get open and catch the ball,” stated Brown, who was drafted by the Patriots 30 years in the past. “In order that’s all that actually issues to me. If you are able to do these issues, I don’t actually sustain with the remainder of it.”

Parker’s finest season was with Miami in 2019, when he caught 72 passes for 1,202 yards and 9 touchdowns. He hasn’t topped 800 yards in a season since, partially as a result of accidents have saved him out of not less than three video games per season since 2020.

Because the Patriots seek for extra manufacturing out of the extensive receiver place this season, Parker seems to be an enormous a part of their plans.

“DeVante has all the time been a receiver that’s been fairly explosive even down in Miami,” Brown stated. “Made some massive performs down there for his soccer group as properly. He’s making some performs down the sector right here in camp. Hopefully, he can proceed to do this because the season goes on for us.”