One of the difficulties of playing on a team that’s as accustomed to consistent success as the New England Patriots have been these past 20 years is the bar gets set freakishly high for any new players brought onboard.
That’s exactly what’s happened with running back Sony Michel at this point.
Michel has two seasons under his belt now after Bill Belichick and the Pats surprised many draft pundits around the world when they took the former Georgia Bulldog in the first round at No. 31 overall.
Michel was only the second running back Belichick chose to take on Day 1 of the NFL Draft in his Patriots tenure, with the first being Minnesota’s Laurence Maroney (No.