5. Troy Brown is making an impact with his new position groups
The Patriots have shuffled job titles along with a few new hires. After a year of working with the receivers, Brown is now working with running backs and special teams returners, which included safety Kyle Dugger, receiver Gunner Olszewski, receiver Isaiah Zuber and running back l J.J. Taylor.
It sounds like the running backs are enjoying Brown’s perspective.
“Troy’s been great to work with,” running back Rex Burkhead said Wednesday in a video conference call. “Just his understanding of the game. Of course, he played many years here, so he’s familiar with the system, how things are run here. The biggest thing is technique-wise, route-running, certain things maybe you haven’t seen before or looked at that way just because I’ve played running back. He sees it from a wide receiver lens, and so it translates over to some of our routes and how we run them. He’s been great with that, teaching me, James (White) and all of the other backs certain ways to get to positions out there and really how to use our techniques.”
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