Working on a play and knowing when it’s going to get called are two different things. Meyers said the team’s been working on the play for a couple of weeks. Every fan in New England knows exactly where they were when Julian Edelman hit a streaking Danny Amendola for a 51-yard touchdown during the AFC Divisional Playoffs during the 2014 season. Wide receiver passes against the Ravens are nothing new. “He did that there and it was a big-time moment for us.” He’s just a playmaker, he has no fear, has all the confidence in the world to go out there and make a play. “I’ve been one of his biggest fans since he’s gotten here. “That just shows how great of an athlete Jakobi is,” Burkhead said. I probably don’t do progressions and drop back and do QB drills, but it’s still football at the end of the day.” It’s just football at the end of the day,” Meyers said. Not bad for somebody who hasn’t thrown a touchdown pass since he was a quarterback at Arabia Mountain High School in Lithonia, Georgia. Late in the second quarter against Baltimore, Meyers took a quick lateral from Cam Newton, took a five-step drop and never hesitated as Rex Burkhead streaked up the sideline. Meyers’ pass was perfect, dropped into the bucket that was Burkhead’s arms, and sent the Patriots into the locker room with a lead in Sunday's 23-17 win over Baltimore. 1, 2016, a 27-yard hookup with Cole Cook when he was an up-and-coming quarterback at North Carolina State. The last pass the New England Patriots’ wide receiver threw that meant anything came two years ago as a wideout for North Caroline State in a game against Wake Forest.

FOXBORO - Jakobi Meyers has been throwing a football around since he was a little kid in his front yard growing up in Georgia. When he needs to throw the ball, he takes himself back to those days.

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