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In Mitchell, Patriots Seem to Have Finally Gotten This One Right

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If you’ve followed this team for any period of time, you know that one of the biggest problems this football team has been developing young receivers.

You’ve seen players like Bethel Johnson and Chad Jackson, who showed promise early but fizzled out as quickly as they started. You’ve seen players like Kenbrell Thompkins and Aaron Dobson who developed and showed flashes of brilliance, only to fall apart and drop off when this team needed them most.

Granted they’ve gotten lucky with players like Deion Branch, but overall, it’s been a frustrating process.