It hasn’t often been a question of ability for Aaron Dobson. For the former second-round pick, now in his third year with the New England Patriots, it’s more so been a question of dependability.

But there were few questions for Dobson last Sunday. The 6-foot-3, 205-pound wide receiver, who caught three passes for 38 yards over just 57 snaps in 2014, caught seven of eight thrown his way for 87 yards against the Buffalo Bills.

He was on the field for 70 plays, according to Pro Football Focus.

“Aaron was very productive this last week,” offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels said on his conference call Tuesday, via Patriots.com. “We've given him a lot of snaps. And his opportunities came this past Sunday, and he made the most of them. And I think that's what each player who goes to the game and gets an opportunity to play, you have to do your job, and then whenever it is that the ball comes to you or whatever it is that – the play comes where you're the point of attack or what have you, then you've got to come up and execute when your chance has arrived. And I thought Aaron did a good job of that, and so far, he's been a dependable guy for us in the first couple games.”

Dobson caught one pass for nine yards in the opener before turning in his second-most productive game as a Patriot, behind only his five-catch, 130-yard, two-touchdown game against the Pittsburgh Steelers as a rookie.

But the Patriots are past the Bills now, and the 24-year-old will have to continue to string plays together to string together chances for them.

“He needs to continue to work hard,” added McDaniels. “Like I said, he missed a lot of time last year, but has worked himself back in to where he's playing a lot and getting some opportunities. And I think the biggest thing for all of our young players, and I would include Aaron in that certainly, is that we have to continue to get better. And we work all year, you know, through training camp to be able to start the season at a certain point. But our work and our growth and our maturation and the process that we go through to try to get better doesn't stop until the season ends, and then it starts all over again.”

It’ll start all over again for Dobson this Sunday, when the Patriots host the Jacksonville Jaguars at 1 p.m. ET.

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