Caserio stepped in front of the media right after the pick was made."WhitePatriots News Opinion and Analysis Contribute! FanPostsFanShotsAbout the Site List of Patriots Twitter AccountsWrite For Pats Pulpit!New User Welcome and Commenting GuideCommunity GuidelinesMastheadTopics Patriots Off-Season CoveragePatriots Opinion/AnalysisPatriots NewsPatriots Draft CoverageSportfolio ManagementNFL DraftPatriots Opinion/AnalysisPatriots 2019 NFL Draft Coverage“He’s been a pretty productive player”: Nick Caserio opens up on new Patriots wide receiver N’Keal HarryNew Womens Irving Fryar Jersey ,12commentsRead more: 5 reasons why the Patriots drafted Arizona State WR N’Keal HarryEDTShareTweetShareShare“He’s been a pretty productive player”: Nick Caserio opens up on new Patriots wide receiver N’Keal HarryMark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY SportsThe New England Patriots’ biggest need to address entering the 2019 NFL draft was their pass catching corps. Especially after the retirement of Rob Gronkowski, the team lacked a physical presence able to win against press-man coverage on the boundary and come down with a contested catch if need be. With the 32nd and final pick of the first round, the reigning world champions addressed the issue by drafting wide receiver N’Keal Harry.Shortly after the selection, Patriots director of player personnel Nick Caserio stepped in front of the media to discuss his team’s pick — and Harry’s physicality was apparently a key selling point for the 21-year-old. “One of the things he does well is that he plays the ball in the air,” Caserio noted. “I’d say the coverage in this league is tight regardless of the type of receiver that you are — you’re going to have to make some plays in tight corners.”“Big, strong receiver, good hands, good with the ball after the catch. He had a chance to play against some decent people out in the Pac-12,” Caserio also said about Harry. “He’s a strong guy, he’s hard to tackle. He actually has a little bit of an ability to make people miss. You get the ball in his hands and he’s been able to make some yards. We’ll see if that translates over to us here.”At Arizona State, Harry did make plenty of plays: during his three collegiate seasons, he caught a combined 213 passes for 2,889 yards and 22 touchdowns — productivity Caserio immediately pointed out in his opening statement: “Productive player over a three-year period, played for a couple of different coaches — played for coach Graham a couple of years and then coach Edwards came in — but he’s been a productive player in their system.”The Patriots were not only drawn to the 6’2 wideout due to his outstanding college production, though, but also because his top-30 visit to Foxboro. “He came in and presented himself a pretty mature kid Color Rush Hjalte Froholdt Jersey , [he] seems like a smart kid,” said Caserio about a key attribute for any wideout playing in an offense as challenging as New England’s and alongside a quarterback demanding his wide receivers to be perfect on any given snap.For Caserio, however, the approach towards the Patriots’ new first-round investment is clear: take things one step at a time. “We’ll get him out here, trying to get him into the program, get him moving,” he said about Harry. “The expectation will be no different than it is for any other player: come in, try to get started, build a foundation and go from there. That’s really the focus, more than anything else. Anything beyond that is a little much.”That being said, Caserio was clear to point out what Harry — and any player combing to New England — will have to do to find success in the system. “Show up, work hard, take coaching, and just try to improve each day. Honestly, that’s a formula for every player. If you do those things — show up, work hard Youth Hjalte Froholdt Jersey , develop a routine, have good habits, get into a consistent day-to-day, you take coaching and you improve — you’re probably going to become a decent player,” said Caserio.Whether or not Harry will be able to do that remains to be seen. Given his track record and the foundation he brings to the table, however, it would not be a surprise to see the rookie quickly find success in New England — and help the Patriots’ offense stay on course even after losing its best player to retirement one month ago. Looking at you, everybody in Week 4."WhitePatriots News Opinion and Analysis Contribute! FanPostsFanShotsAbout the Site List of Patriots Twitter AccountsWrite For Pats Pulpit!New User Welcome and Commenting GuideCommunity GuidelinesMastheadTopics Patriots Off-Season CoveragePatriots Opinion/AnalysisPatriots NewsPatriots Draft CoverageSportfolio ManagementPatriots First ReadRich Eisen’s warning you: don’t sleep on the Patriots in 2019New,25commentsLooking at you, everybody in Week 4.EDTShareTweetShareShareRich Eisen’s warning you: don’t sleep on the Patriots in 2019Brian Spurlock-USA TODAY SportsMuch like Tom Brady, who we’re obviously about to talk about because, well, you’re at a place called Pats Pulpit, naturally, Rich Eisen’s a unicorn in his given field of expertise. The takes he’s been dishing out for almost 25 years and counting are never too hot, never too cold Womens Hjalte Froholdt Jersey , and always facts-only and posers-leave-the-hall authentic. That, and the part where his blistering 40-yard-dash time has raised over a cool one million dollars for St Jude’s Children’s Hospital, of course.And he’s here to tell you that even after everyone except the New York Football Giants reportedly got an A+ draft grade and outbid each other on the ELITEST of free agents this spring, the road to the Super Bowl still rolls through New England, not only because they’re (obviously) the defending world champions, but there’s also this guy:Greg M. Cooper-USA TODAY Sports.....who, you may have heard, if you were goofing off on the internet while you were supposed to be working this week (and you were), has been over at UCLA slinging the rock to some fresh faces. And by that we mean some kids old enough to be his sons.That laser focus on perfection, to the point where Brady’s practicing with dudes that, as those March Madness commercials so fondly remind us, “will mostly go pro in something other than sports” got Rich’s blood flowing and we got the following sermon that, personally, I’d take over church 7 days a week and twice on Sundays:(we’ve helpfully transcribed it all for you below in case you’ve suffered the worst fate known to man: FORGETTING YOUR HEADPHONES)The man has seen this movie before.So aside from the satisfaction of “To be the man, you gotta beat the man” that we have going on here, Rich also subtly hints at a point that seems to be getting way oversimplified to the point of sounding like a John Madden-ism after this past season: the whole running back situation and how the Patriots can scheme to beat you.We’ve heard it for going on Authentic Hjalte Froholdt Jersey , what, 8 months now? The eyeball-test “well they’re running the ball more now!” because Sony’s getting the carries and the scores, right? Since I’ve already jumped on the roof and yelled that the 2018 Patriots run/pass ratio was more or less identical to almost every season this decade, we won’t rehash THAT again, but all these do-it-all backs and different kinds of weapons that the Patriots love play exactly into one of the main strengths of the Erhardt-Perkins system New England’s offense is based on. What strength is that? When you’ve got a slew of dudes that A) know all the assignments on any given play, andB) can and will line up anywhere on that play (think like when they audible James Develin or James White out wide),If everyone’s on the same page eyeballing the defense and does their job, that defense 9 times out of 10 is a Thanksgiving turkey waiting to be carved as soon as the ball gets snappedOr, to put it another way, the exact opposite of *certain* coaches who will not be named because we all know who they are that go in every week like “We’re going to run OUR offense”....which usually ends up with them playing golf after New Year’s.Hit the books and the tape, Jarrett Stidham - this is what you’re walking into. No pressure.