Running down New England’s top preseason targets since 2014."

Patriots AnalysisPatriots Offseason CoveragePatriots’ receiving leaders over last five preseasonsNew Womens LaAdrian Waddle Jersey ,20commentsRunning down New England’s top preseason targets since 2014.EDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:Patriots’ receiving leaders over last five preseasonsTwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailPhoto by Barry Chin/The Boston Globe via Getty ImagesReceptions. Receiving yards. Receiving touchdowns.Who’s led the New England Patriots in those categories over the last five preseasons?Let’s revisit the names from recent summer’s past before New England’s 2019 exhibition schedule kicks off on Aug. 8 at Ford Field.Additional names will follow. And their numbers will count in games against the Detroit Lions, Tennessee Titans, Carolina Panthers and New York Giants that do not.At least in theory.RECEPTIONS2014: Brian Tyms – 112015: Chris Harper – 152016: D.J. Foster, Chris Hogan – 122017: Jacob Hollister – 122018: Cordarrelle Patterson – 11New England’s top pass-catcher in each of the last five preseasons has gone on to make that September’s initial active roster – and the streak goes further if accounting for Kenbrell Thompkins, Julian Edelman and so on. But three of those to do so since 2014 were rookie free agents in California’s Harper, Arizona State’s Foster and Wyoming’s Hollister. The latter two remain in the NFL with the Arizona Cardinals and Seattle Seahawks, respectively, with Foster signed off the scout team in 2017 and Hollister traded this spring for a 2020 seventh-rounder.RECEIVING YARDS2014: Brian Tyms – 1882015: Chris Harper – 1502016: D.J. Foster – 1432017: Jacob Hollister – 1462018: Cordarrelle Patterson – 126Tyms, who signed with Cal Poly’s Cole Stanford just days into training camp back in 2014 http://www.patriotslockerroom.com/authentic-malcolm-mitchell-jersey , has not seen his 188 receiving yards eclipsed in any Patriots preseason since then. The bulk of those yards came in the August opener against the Washington Redskins, when the former Florida A&M Rattler hit the century mark and leaped into the stands on a scoring strike from rookie quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo. Tyms earned a Super Bowl XLIX ring while with New England, and was last under contract with the Alliance of American Football after stops in the Canadian Football League.RECEIVING TOUCHDOWNS2014: Brian Tyms, Shane Vereen – 22015: Chris Harper, Scott Chandler, Dion Lewis – 12016: Chris Hogan, DeAndre Carter – 12017: Chris Hogan – 22018: Chris Hogan, Cordarrelle Patterson, Ralph Webb Dwayne Allen Jersey , James White – 1The TD catches are where the leaderboard spreads out. Since 2014, a total of 10 different players have shared New England’s preseason high. Of whom, only Carter and Webb did not make the Patriots’ 53-man roster come Labor Day. Carter, a slot target and returner now with the Houston Texans, logged previous experience on New England’s practice squad. Webb, a decorated Vanderbilt Commodores rusher who went undrafted last spring and garnered $70,000 guaranteed, cleared waivers and began his rookie year there. Webb scored 22 points in all last preseason. Brian Flores paid his first visit to Gillette Stadium since leaving the Patriots to become the Dolphins head coach and it turned out to be a memorable return to his old stomping grounds.The Dolphins scored with less than a minute to play and beat the Patriots 27-24 on Sunday afternoon. The loss and the Chiefs’ win over the Chargers means that the Patriots will not get a bye as the No. 3 seed in the AFC playoffs.After the game, Flores downplayed the significance of the win to him personally and kept the focus on his team. He took issue with those who called it a “meaningless game’ for the Dolphins and shared how he felt about a team that went 5-4 after opening the season with seven straight losses.“The credit goes to the players Womens Vincent Valentine Jersey , as well as, our coaching staff. These guys work hard and they fight and they compete,” Flores said in his postgame press conference. “They believe in the process. They understand the way we have to prepare, the way we have to practice, the way we have to meet, the way we have to walk through and I say it week after week, and our coaches say it week after week, after week. I think they just started to believe in it. And when you string good practices, good days http://www.patriotslockerroom.com/authentic-danny-shelton-jersey , you string them together, good results come. And that’s what you have seen in the last nine, 10, 12 weeks. But I’m proud of that group.”There’s a lot of work for the Dolphins to do in order to get to a place where they are competing for playoff spots rather than playing spoiler, but the close to this season left little doubt about their choice of a head coach.