Willkommen! » Bill Belichick knows Corey Grant is in Jaguars’ deck of cards

In a deck of 53 Jacksonville Jaguars cards Byron Cowart Jersey Boys , it can be easy to lose Corey Grant in the shuffle.He isn’t Leonard Fournette. Nor is he T.J. Yeldon. But the New England Patriots know who Grant is.It’d be hard not to after last January’s AFC title game, when the running back caught as many passes in the first half – three – for more yards – 59 – than he had all season.“Not lost in our shuffle,” Patriots head coach Bill Belichick said of Grant during his press conference Friday. “He’s good.”Eight months ago, Grant was good enough to have former Patriots defensive coordinator Matt Patricia yelling, “This guy’s not in there to run the ball. It’s going to be some sort of bull----.” He was good enough to have Patriots safety Devin McCourty pinging his peers with, “No. 30 is in the game at back.” The element of surprise might not be what it was then. The Jaguars might not get out to a 14-3 lead White Duke Dawson Jerseys , either. And New England’s linebackers, with a healthy Dont’a Hightower accompanied by Kyle Van Noy and rookie fifth-round pick Ja’Whaun Bentley, might be the reason Jacksonville doesn’t.But similar NFL Films soundbites still could be captured when the two sides meet again for a 4:25 p.m. ET kickoff at TIAA Bank Field on Sunday.Grant has the potential to be a 5-foot-11, 203-pound joker.“They use him a lot of different ways,” added Belichick. “Very productive player in the kicking game, and they use him on a lot of their gadget-type plays – reverses and fake punts and so forth. He’s been very productive on those. And then offensively Duke Dawson Jerseys 2019 , he’s fast. He’s gotten out in space against us several times. Had a long run in preseason, had at least three catches against us in the [conference] championship game. So, he’s tough, he runs hard. He’s got good skills with the ball as a receiver, as a returner.”Grant has appeared in 37 career games, including postseason White Danny Etling Jerseys , since going undrafted out of Auburn in 2015. He’s returned the ball 40 times. He’s carried it 71 times. He’s caught it 12 times.Yet significant damage doesn’t always require significant volume.Three of Grant’s kickoff opportunities have gone for 40-plus yards. So have three of his rushes. And two of his receptions, meanwhile, have eclipsed 20 yards.Though in the Jaguars’ opener last Sunday against the New York Giants, the ball resided in Grant’s hands only once. The 26-year-old was in for just six of Jacksonville’s 63 offensive snaps in the 20-15 win, despite the hamstring injury to Fournette, who is shaping up to be a game-time decision versus New England after not participating in practice this week.Fournette and Yeldon finished Week 1 having combined for 92 yards on the ground Danny Etling Jerseys 2019 , 32 yards through the air with one touchdown. Grant finished with three yards.But don’t let the sample size – lack thereof – fool you.At least not again.“He’s a guy we need to make sure we do a good job on,” said Belichick. In running through the list of significant contributors to last year’s Super Bowl title for the New England Patriots, running back Kenjon Barner won’t rank anywhere near the top.Barner appeared in just five games for the Patriots last season and ultimately finished the year with the Carolina Panthers. The Patriots cut Barner on three separate occasions before he landed with the Panthers to finish out the season. However, the Patriots honored his contributions to the team with a Super Bowl ring even though his time with the franchise was short-lived.It was a reward Barner had not been expecting.“Just want to send out a huge thank you to everyone at the @patriots organization again for the opportunity that was given!” Barner wrote in an instagram post. “Wasn’t expecting this when I got the call and still wasn’t expecting it when the ring was In My hands! Thank you Thank you Thank you, God is good! #Back2Back #2X”Barner saw himself signed and released a total of three separate times over the first two months of the season. He got 19 rushing attempts and gained 71 yards during his five games with the Patriots.It was Barner’s second straight Super Bowl ring as he was a part of the Philadelphia Eagles team that won Super Bowl LII over the Patriots the year before.Barner also posted a video giving his new Super Bowl ring as a gift to his father.Barner signed with the Atlanta Falcons on a one-year deal in March.