Brandon LaFell’s rise crucial to New England Patriots’ success – ESPN Boston

Maybe the most underrated storyline of the 2014 season, lost in the shuffle of Revis/Browner, Gronk’s return, Brady, etc, is the rise of LaFell.

Prior to this year, you couldn’t talk about the Patriots offense without mentioning how impossible it’s been for them to find new receivers for Tom Brady.

But LaFell has been everything the Pats could’ve hoped for, but not in the way of being a “deep threat” that some longed for, but a physical outside receiver who will play just as hard when he’s blocking as he will when he’s out on a route.