What the Patriots stated about first-round choose Christian Gonzalez after first open OTA session

Coming into Foxborough for OTA’s as a rookie is form of like consuming from a fireplace hose, Patriots coach Invoice Belichick stated Tuesday.

It’s so much to soak up throughout a brief period of time.

However, it seems first-round choose Christian Gonzalez has hit the bottom working, in keeping with feedback from a number of of his teammates.

Patriots security Kyle Dugger stated Gonzalez is a fast learner and a pure athlete.

“It’s fairly easy simply the way in which he does all the things,” Dugger stated. The way in which he strikes out and in of breaks, he runs straightforward. He simply appears to be like very mild, very fluid. He’s very straightforward to see.”

Gonzalez obtained some reps at cornerback on the skin throughout Tuesday’s observe. The Patriots missed a variety of their prime receivers, together with DeVante Parker and Juju Smith-Schuster, and the ball wasn’t thrown his means a lot, making his efficiency comparatively powerful to judge.

“Once more, loads of what we’re doing is absolutely instructing,” Patriots coach Invoice Belichick stated earlier than observe. “So, the evaluations will are available coaching camp when they’re able to go on the market and compete in opposition to one another. He’s a wise child. He’s obtained good talent, and a fairly good degree of expertise from what he did in school at Colorado and Oregon. He’s studying on the market day by day like all of them are.”