It was salt in the wounds for New England Patriots fans on Monday night, watching Jakobi Meyers help lead the Las Vegas Raiders to their second win of the season.
The former Patriots receiver has made an immediate impact with the Raiders. Even after missing one game due to a concussion, he still has more receiving yards than anyone else on New England’s current roster right now.
Buy Patriots TicketsHe led the Raiders team as a whole, which also includes All-Pro receiver Davante Adams, in Week 5 with seven catches for 75 yards and one touchdown against the Green Bay Packers. Those numbers feed into an overall stat line of 36 catches for 274 yards and three touchdowns.
Jimmy to Jakobi! @Raiders take the lead.
📺: #GBvsLV on ESPN/ABC
📱: Stream on #NFLPlus https://t.co/ZjjXbjVskF pic.twitter.com/WZ4gfauIBk— NFL (@NFL) October 10, 2023
Another strong performance from Meyers didn’t do Patriots coach Bill Belichick any favors considering he chose to sign JuJu Smith-Schuster instead of paying to keep Meyers.
Meyers, who wanted to stay in New England, tweeted “cold world lol” after learning of his former team signing Smith-Schuster.
It’s an even colder world now for Belichick, who is sitting at 1-4 on the season and coming off two historically bad losses. In five games with the Patriots, Smith-Schuster has 14 catches for 86 yards.
There’s enough evidence out there that Belichick got this one wrong. And to make matters worse, the Patriots will have to face Meyers and the Raiders on Sunday.
Here’s what fans were saying about Belichick after Meyers’ big game against the Packers:
Belichick needs to go. The Team is bad. The coaching is bad. And him as a GM is even worse. Just the fact that he let Jakobi Meyers go in favor of juju is criminal.
— Jarrett Haas (@seejarrett) October 10, 2023
I mean yea y’all just have no talent rn and Belichick is tha blame for that. Sucks at drafting on offense and paid JuJu over Jakobi Meyers
— Skinny (@skinnyd___) October 10, 2023
Letting Jakobi Meyers walk over $8 million total for Ju Ju may be the worst of all the Belichick personnel decisions on offense in recent memory. He was a chain mover and had great on field chemistry with Mac. Bill the GM has to be replaced. https://t.co/KGiL8yMvJN
— Rhodes Rants (@starwars_rhodes) October 10, 2023
Bill Belichick got rid of Jakobi Meyers for Juju.. quit letting this dude act as a GM.
— 4naya (@Not4naya) October 10, 2023
Watching this game as a @Patriots fan is just so infuriating. Jakobi Meyers might be the best receiver on a team with Davante freaking Adams and Belichick just let him walk for NOTHING.#ForeverNE #Patriots #PatriotsNation #MNF #Mondaynightfootball #Raiders #packers #pats
— Make it stop; 1-4 @ ☠️⚫️ (@MacAttackLFG) October 10, 2023
Bill Belichick really let Jakobi Meyers go just to pay the same amount for a worse WR in JuJu Smith-Schuster. That man is so bad at evaluating Wide Receivers.
— Balakay (@Balakay) October 10, 2023
Bill Belichick took Jakobi Meyers away as punishment for something that no fan will ever understand
— Roll Pats! (@RollPats) October 10, 2023
Bill Belichick watching himself sign JuJu Smith-Schuster and letting Jakobi Meyers walk pic.twitter.com/B3oGZ8TdiX
— Mathias Cubillan (@mathiascubillan) October 10, 2023
Bill Belichick’s bum ass drafted a good skill position player for once and didn’t want to pay him lmao. Jakobi Meyers is always open
— Lion (@Champ_Lion) October 10, 2023
Jakobi Meyers is the only WR Belichick has drafted that actually got Better every year he’s been in the league, and he still took Ju Ju over him💀
— THE FANTASY WOLFE (@TheWolfeKnows) October 10, 2023
Watching Jakobi Meyers make plays for a mid Raiders team a day after Patriots got blown out again… becoming clear the game has passed Belichick by.
— Dan Burton (@dburt27) October 10, 2023
Bill belichick going to hell for choosing Juju over Jakobi Meyers pic.twitter.com/Nf93clLbQT
— Jason 🦥 (@spongebobsloth) October 10, 2023
If the Patriots ever fire Belichick the number one reason should be letting Jakobi Meyers (who is actually #good) walk in favor of signing JuJu Smith-Schuster (who is actually #bad)
— Nick Kostos (@TheKostos) October 10, 2023
Why again did Bill Belichick not re-sign Jakobi Meyers?
— Zach Anderson 🔊 (@zjanderson) October 10, 2023
Through 5 games…
Jakobi Meyers: 20 rec, 218 yards, 3 TD
JuJu Smith Schuster: 14 rec, 86 yards, 0 TD
Meyers also missed Week 2 with a concussion.
Belichick took away Mac's top 3rd down receiver (on purpose).
— President Elect👍ME (@baberuth52) October 10, 2023
I will never forgive Bill Belichick for picking JuJu over Jakobi Meyers.#NFL | #MNF | #GBvsLV
— Jake Schulz (@jake_schulz6) October 10, 2023
Bill Belichick signed JuJu Smith-Schuster & gave DeVante Parker an extension instead of bringing back Jakobi Meyers.
Jakobi Meyers – 20 catches 218 yards 3 TDs (including tonight)
JuJu Smith-Schuster – 14 catches 86 yards 0 TDs
DeVante Parker – 12 catches 129 yards 0 TDsWoof
— Jonathan Impemba (@jimpemba777) October 10, 2023
i can’t believe belichick just chose to not sign jakobi meyers
— shea (@sheanorling) October 10, 2023
Belichick’s bad Sunday continues into Monday as Jakobi Meyers makes tough catch after tough catch. @Patriots
— George Brennan (@gpb227) October 10, 2023
Jakobi Meyers td? Here comes the Bill Belichick sleights
— Sean (@seankolo99) October 10, 2023
A reminder that Belichick let Jakobi Meyers go
— Greg Slusarski (@gregslusarski02) October 10, 2023
Belichick really got rid of Jakobi Meyers for Juju who's done nothing.
— Adjoa (@SheilaBabiii) October 10, 2023
Belichick really let Jakobi Meyers go for a washed Juju man 😭 pic.twitter.com/oho0kgpqLQ
— 𝓖𝓪𝓫𝓮 🍀 (@gabe_blessed) October 10, 2023
