FOXBORO, Mass. — When Cam Newton needed a clutch completion, he threw to Jakobi Meyers.
When Mac Jones needed to move the chains on third down, he threw to Jakobi Meyers.
When Bailey Zappe was finding his footing in his first NFL start, he threw to Jakobi Meyers. Then he threw to him again. And again. And again.
Meyers, who’d missed the previous two weeks with a knee injury, caught seven passes on eight targets for 111 yards and a touchdown last Sunday, carrying the Patriots’ Zappe-led passing attack in a 29-0 win over the Detroit Lions.