On second-and-10 with 3:50 remaining before halftime Sunday at Gillette Stadium, J.J. Taylor handled his first NFL carry.
It saw the undrafted New England Patriots rookie disappear into the teeth of the Miami Dolphins out of I-formation. But Taylor, listed at 5-foot-6 and 185 pounds, would reappear four yards later to hand the ball to the referee.
It’d be his shortest run of the afternoon.
“Yeah, I thought J.J. ran competitively,” Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said Tuesday on a video conference call with reporters. “He’s a tough kid that’s got good run skills, which we saw at Arizona and to some extent in training camp, as well.