Phillip Dorsett’s Week 1 performance showed off his progress

England’s offense The thing about being fast is Hjalte Froholdt Jersey Draft , when you’re fast and you happen to play wide receiver, and people figure out you’re fast, it’s tough to shake that “burner” label.And we all know what “burner” really means. A guy that does go routes and not much else. A one-trick pony, even if that trick is arguably the coolest play in football.Just look at Phillip Dorsett’s draft profile from NFL.com:And from Bleacher Report:We could go on. You get the idea. Phil’s not getting mistaken for Antonio Brown anytime soon.So on opening weekend with the Patriots receiving corps looking like they’re one player away from having to call Bill Murray to sub in, Dorsett did the only thing he could:Go forth and ball.Any Pats fan or fantasy player worth their Brady jersey already knows Dorsett’s stat line from Sunday’s W against the Texans - 7 catches on 7 targets, a tidy 9.4 yards per reception, and of course Hjalte Froholdt NFL Jersey , his first trip to the end zone as a New England Patriot. That’s 101-level.It’s how Phil did it that should get anyone who just assumed he couldn’t harness the POWAH of his speed for anything but going deep more than a little excited.Hint: how many of those receptions were on go routes?Zero. Zilch. None of ‘em. A big old goose egg. Check this out:(Because I’m easily amused, please note that there are no “incomplete routes” shown. Cause Dorsett caught everything Brady threw him.)Is that a Patriots-esque set of catches, or what! You’ve got a couple slants, that out-route for the touchdown, another couple out-routes on both sides of the formation, and that one that he caught in space behind the line of scrimmage split out wide by himself. No long bombs, just good old fashioned Tom Brady putting the ball where the defense ain’t and Dorsett doing his job.You guys like videos? I know I do! Roll it! One more for the road: check out former NFL QB Dan Orlovsky’s analysis on the little finesse moves and attention to detail went into Dorsett’s first TD in blue and silver. This is what working on your craft when nobody’s watching looks like Hjalte Froholdt NFL Draft , kids:If you’re stuck at work or in class or something, here’s what Dan is saying: Dorsett understands the route and the play well enough to know that Hogan is drawing one corner to the outside, and if he (Phil) breaks his up-and-out route to the outside too early, that corner that’s covering him can jump it and pick it every time, just like they do in Madden when you try to throw that out-route too early. Instead, Dorsett’s patient enough to sell it and let the play develop, THEN make his move to the outside with nothing but green grass to his left and Hjalte Froholdt Buffalo Bills Jersey , bingo bango, 6 points on the board.This is going to be the Phillip Dorsett the Patriots need to survive, and not just for the next 3 weeks, either. Through the first four weeks of the season, Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was on pace to earn none of his $5 million in incentives. Through the first eight weeks of the season, that’s still the case.But he’s getting closer.Brady makes $1 million for each of these five achievements: (1) finishing in the top five in passer rating; (2) finishing in the top five in completion percentage; (3) finishing in the top five in yards per attempt; (4) finishing in the top five in touchdown passes; and (5) finishing in the top five in passing yards.Through four weeks, Brady was 16th in passer rating among starting quarterbacks Youth Devin McCourty Jerseys , 20th in completion percentage among starting quarterbacks, 26th in yards per attempt among starting quarterbacks, tied for eighth in touchdown passes, and 20th in passing yards.Currently, Brady is 14th in passer rating among starting quarterbacks, 12th in completion percentage among starting quarterbacks, 16th in yards per attempt among starting quarterbacks Devin McCourty Jerseys Stitched , tied for sixth in touchdown passes, and ninth in passing yards.Making it even more of a challenge for Brady is the explosion of passing throughout the league. While he may hit one or two of these categories, he could have a very hard time hitting all five of them.