sebman2112
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I totally agree. For Stallworth and Moss to be on the field together at the same time all the time, we would have to move to more of a vertical offense. I don't think that plays into Brady's strengths and you build your offense around The Franchise.
If you watch Moss' routes throughout his career (even on short passes), he runs vanilla straight line vertical routes. He doesn't run a lot of hooks, slants, screens, etc.
Brady is a methodical QB who beats defenses with his head and not his arm. The Pats run complicated routes and have a lot of presnap adjustments to help confuse defenses. I don't think Brady is going to become a gunslinger which is the type of QB who works best (for the most part) in a vertical offense. Bledsoe was a gunslinger. And I don't mean a guy who hucks it down the field 30 plus yards all the time.
I also think either Welker, Gaffney, or Caldwell will be out there a lot with either Moss or Stallworth in a two WR set. The Pats will probably play a lot more three and four WR sets because of the additions, but I am not sure that Moss will be a full-time starter. I think Stallworth is more likely because he is a better route runner and more versatile.
As you kind of mentioned, Stallworth isn't simply a deep threat. He has quick twitch speed, and he can run good routes. If NE could get Jackson healthy it would be nice because he will go over the middle, and is far from being just a deep threat. Jackson got a lot of work in the slot during his senior season, when he had 88 catches.
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