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Brandon Lloyd: When it comes to playoffs, Tom Brady is all about work 01.16.13 at 9:51 pm ET
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Brandon Lloyd  is in the midst of his first career trip to the postseason. (AP)

Brandon Lloyd is in the midst of his first trip to the postseason. (AP)

FOXBORO — Brandon Lloyd has been around Tom Brady for a relatively short time — especially when it comes to the postseason — but the veteran wide receiver has come away impressed at the way the quarterback prepares for the postseason.

Lloyd, who finished his first full season with the Patriots with 74 catches for 911 yards and four touchdowns, said that when it comes to prep work, the quarterback treats each game the same.

“It’s the same preparation, the same commitment, the same commitment to developing relationships with the pass catchers, with the offensive line,” Lloyd said Wednesday afternoon. “We still get our one-on-one time and routes and one-on-one time in film study. So he does that with all of the players and he spends a lot of time with us. You get that during the regular season and he is still doing that now. So it is the same.”

When it comes to what has surprised Lloyd the most about Brady, he said it all comes back to the work.

“I think how detailed his work ethic is,” Lloyd said. “We all work hard and we all say that we do work hard. We like to think that the best players are the hardest workers and Tom proved that when I got here.”

Like fellow veteran Aqib Talib, Lloyd is going through his first postseason experience. Even though he said there were “no nerves, no jitters” when it came to his first career playoff game, he said Wednesday he takes a page out of Brady’s book and uses the same “one-game-at-a-time” approach that got him through his first full season in New England.

“That’s how I have been approaching it,” said Lloyd, who had five catches for 32 yards and a touchdown in Sunday’s divisional playoff win over the Texans. “It seems like ever since Thanksgiving there have been the biggest games of my career, and it’s not changing now in the playoffs. The approach that I’ve always taken in my career, regardless of the magnitude of the game, is to approach it like it is a regular game, and that’s been helpful for me.”

 

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  • Pats

    So glad Lloyd ended up working out for the Pats this year, I have a feeling it’s only going to get better.

  • Choflo36

    Better next year. This year I think he’s hurt. No acrobatic catches, or routes that would require acrobatics since 49ers game. Could be an issue. Chucking the ball at the ref last Sunday helped cause the offense to settle for a field goal. That kind of edgyness is a liability when you don’t have the body type to back it up on the field. Still, exponential upgrade over last year’s 85.

  • Ssullivan1620

    He’s a piece of the puzzle that fits. Some great catches and more to come. Always the first to arrive when his mates make a good play to congratulate and lifts them up from the ground! Enthusiastic, having fun, loving his job, smiling and what the Red Sox owners refer to as sexy!! Brandon is exciting and a pleasure to watch.

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