I agree he can't look lost, but still contend the threshold is pretty low. "Norv puts in 10 plays for Cordarrelle." Step 1: learn those ten plays.
I just can't think of many WRs as raw as Patterson who are, or were, consistently productive for their fantasy owners. The fact that I think 70/1000/5-7 is reasonable says a lot about how special I think he is as an athlete, considering how far behind I think he is as a WR, technically.
Not to beat a dead horse, but I simply think those chasing the next Gordon are wrong to look at Patterson. In my opinion, he's
much more likely to be an up-and-down WR2/3 than to ever be a consistent WR1.