It was salt in the wounds for New England Patriots fans on Monday night, watching Jakobi Meyers help lead the Las Vegas Raiders to their second win of the season.
The former Patriots receiver has made an immediate impact with the Raiders. Even after missing one game due to a concussion, he still has more receiving yards than anyone else on New England’s current roster right now.
He led the Raiders team as a whole, which also includes All-Pro receiver Davante Adams, in Week 5 with seven catches for 75 yards and one touchdown against the Green Bay Packers. Those numbers feed into an overall stat line of 36 catches for 274 yards and three touchdowns.
Jimmy to Jakobi! @Raiders take the lead.
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Another strong performance from Meyers didn’t do Patriots coach Bill Belichick any favors considering he chose to sign JuJu Smith-Schuster instead of paying to keep Meyers.
Meyers, who wanted to stay in New England, tweeted “cold world lol” after learning of his former team signing Smith-Schuster.
It’s an even colder world now for Belichick, who is sitting at 1-4 on the season and coming off two historically bad losses. In five games with the Patriots, Smith-Schuster has 14 catches for 86 yards.
There’s enough evidence out there that Belichick got this one wrong. And to make matters worse, the Patriots will have to face Meyers and the Raiders on Sunday.
Here’s what fans were saying about Belichick after Meyers’ big game against the Packers: