Vikings wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson followed up a promising rookie season by catching just 33 passes for 384 yards and one touchdown in 2014 while making just six starts. He feels like 2015 will be a make or break year, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reports.
"This year is going to make me or break me, and I hope I step up and have a good role in this offense," Patterson said Monday during the second week of voluntary workouts.
Patterson worked out in San Francisco last month while many of his offensive teammates were working out in Los Angeles.
"I feel like I needed to work on something different from what those guys were doing," Patterson said. "So I went to San Francisco."
He indicated he touched up on some skills that needed refining.
"This whole offseason, I spent a lot of time just thinking to myself, 'How can I get better?' " he said. "I just want to let my game speak for itself. I just focused on the little things that really matter, and I hope this year will be way better than last year. Just route running. Growing up, I was always athletic and could just do anything. I'm in the NFL now, so I just have to focus on my craft and just work at route running, getting in and getting out of breaks and stuff like that."
Patterson could open the season as the team's slot receiver depending on how the Vikings approach this weekend's draft.