{"id":119435,"date":"2025-11-11T08:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T08:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=119435"},"modified":"2025-11-11T08:57:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T08:57:00","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8breaking-news-patriots-need-for-speed-has-finally-been-answered-rookies-treveyon-henderson-and-kyle-williams-hit-lightning-fast-speeds-of-22-01-mph-and-21-78-mph-ranking-among","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=119435","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8BREAKING NEWS: Patriots\u2019 need for speed has finally been answered. Rookies TreVeyon Henderson and Kyle Williams hit lightning-fast speeds of 22.01 mph and 21.78 mph, ranking among the fastest ball carriers in the NFL this season \u2014 helping New England to another big win."},"content":{"rendered":"

“I feel the need, the need for speed.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The New England Patriots spent years relating to that need but could never quite figure out how to satisfy it \u2014 though it wasn\u2019t for a lack of trying.<\/p>\n

Tyquan Thornton, Pierre Strong, Aaron Dobson and Chad Jackson are some of the fastest human beings to ever step on a football field, but couldn\u2019t translate their speed into success once they set up shop at One Patriot Place.<\/p>\n

Why?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think anyone can provide an adequate answer to that question, though equal blame can be placed on each individual player as well as the system in which they were asked to transform \u2014 especially since that system historically does just fine without them.<\/p>\n

The Patriots weren\u2019t going to give up on their desire to add an explosive element, though, and finally started seeing a return on that investment during Sunday\u2019s\u00a0win over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.<\/p>\n

TreVeyon Henderson (No. 5) and Kyle Williams (No. 9) became\u00a0two of the fastest ball carriers\u00a0in the NFL this season during the victory, with the former hitting 22.01 miles per hour on his 55-yard touchdown and the latter hitting 21.78 miles per hour on his 77-yard touchdown.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re wondering just how fast that is, Devin McCourty is the only other player in franchise history to surpass those numbers since ball tracking data was introduced in 2018 \u2014 reaching a top speed of 22.05 miles per hour during an interception return that season against the Buffalo Bills.<\/p>\n

F. A. S. T.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Henderson and Williams likely wouldn\u2019t have been in a position to make those plays had it not been for the absences of running back Rhamondre Stevenson and wide receiver Kayshon Boutte, either. Which make their sudden surges all the more interesting.<\/p>\n