New England Patriots receiver Mohamed Sanu was willing to admit the 2019 season didn’t go the way he was hoping.
While jumping from the Atlanta Falcons to the New England Patriots in a midseason trade, Sanu managed his worst season since his rookie season. Sanu finished with 59 catches, 520 yards and two touchdown. It sounds like Sanu is intent upon returning to form.
“It’s tough when you learn things over and over and you memorize things like it’s the back of your hand and you have to completely forget all the things, terminology in 24 hours, something you’ve known for 3.5 years,” Sanu recently said on The Game 92.9 in Atlanta, as transcribed by WEEI’s Ryan Hannable. “It is what it is. When you’re a top elite athlete you’re supposed to adjust and pick it up. It was tough at first and adversity hit, but it is what it is.
“Right now, I am where I want to be. I didn’t play the best that I felt like I could have last year and that is on me. I internalized that and that’s fine. I accepted it, just know I am not letting that (expletive) happen again.”
Sanu seems to be putting in the work, too. Despite undergoing offseason ankle surgery, he has posted a number of workout videos, including some this week with quarterback Cam Newton, who signed with the Patriots to compete for the starting role.
