DarrylStingley
Third String But Playing on Special Teams
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Why is that the question?Could you please show me this "bigger outside receiver" that runs excellent routes at all difference levels of the field and earns the respect of other teams the way Welker does?
The Pats need an overall mix of receivers.
They need guys who are great in the middle of the field. They need possession receivers. They need outside receivers.
Right now, they seem to have two guys who are great in the middle -- Gronk and Aaron. Aaron can play the slot reasonably well. And they also have Edelman and Wes in the slot/middle area.
They have RBs who can catch passes in the middle of the field, too.
They have Brandon who is really nothing more than a possession receiver with horrendous YAC.
They have no one who is a true outside receiver past 10-12 yards (as Brandon is almost always along the sidelines at 12 yards and in).
So the question, to me, is do they use the money on a player who has skils that other guys on the team have in some respects (not ignoring that Wes is incredibly special) or do they use it on an area that they don't have at all right now? And an area that the last two teams to beat the Pats in the last game of the season kind of exploited, as they both dared the Pats to go to the outside.
I am also loathe to see a player as awesome and unique as Wes go. I just don't know if they can afford to keep not having a great outside threat. Or whether they can have Wes AND such a player.