FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady has so many receiving weapons it almost seems unfair that he is likely to have another one at his disposal Sunday against the Jets.
Tight end Aaron Hernandez, sidelined the past two games by a knee injury, participated in a full-pad practice yesterday and appears to have a good chance of lining up against Gang Green.
Hernandez and Rob Gronkowski offer one of the most dangerous combinations of receiving tight ends in the NFL, so much so that cornerback Darrelle Revis hinted this week that he might make an unconventional switch and cover Hernandez part of the time if Hernandez plays.
Hernandez, who had seven catches and a touchdown in each of the Patriots’ first two games this season, smiled at the possibility of Revis yesterday.
“I think it would be a good matchup,” he told a crowd of New England reporters when pressed on facing arguably the league’s top cornerback.
Asked by The Post if he liked his chances in that matchup, Hernandez backtracked slightly.
“You can change that into a story, now, so [no comment],” he said, laughing.
Having both Hernandez and Gronkowski — whom Hernandez described as “a beast” yesterday — would only add to the Jets’ coverage headaches in the wake of Wes Welker’s monstrous start to 2011.
Welker enters Sunday’s showdown with 40 catches for 616 yards and five touchdowns, putting him on a pace for a 160-catch, 2,400-yard season that would smash the NFL record books.