ctpatsfan77

Let me just throw this out to the crowd:

How could the Patriots go about adding a deep-threat WR to this offense without having it morph back into a "Pitch it to Randy Moss"-style offense?

Is that a function of the Patriots being 'seduced' by the big strike threat, or is it possible to have the 'best of both worlds' (and if it is, how do they do it)?

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Keyser Söze

Your wrong if you think the Pats don't need a WR who can go deep. The Jests showed how to beat this offense. They stacked the box because they knew they couldn't get beat deep.

Dufflebagz

It's very possible to have a deep threat WR in our offense. As long as he's not one that will b!tch if he doesn't get the ball 7 times a game he will just create a whole new dimesnsion in this offense.

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ctpatsfan77

I didn't say that. My question is how do you incorporate such a player into this offense without wrecking it?

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Sciz

I think the offense from benefit a guy, but who are we getting rid of to make room? Only 4 WRs made it active all season. Edelman is the PR, Tate is the KR, Welker and Branch are the starters. Price has shown potential, and could be that deep threat. But drafting a new WR means there's going to be two inactive WRs every week, and there's not room for that.

ddanny1992

Price is going to be our answer next year, just watch.

Box_O_Rocks

I'm not sure a deep threat is enough, for whatever reason no one was getting open. I don't know if it was play design with the routes, poor execution by the receivers & Brady, great execution by the Jest ... and I'm not going to watch the game again.

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Sciz

Exactly my problem. I want to know how they did it, but I have no intention of rewatching that game to find out...

ctpatsfan77

Well, the good news is that you know BB and TB will study that game and figure it out.

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Wilfork#75

I think one of the main problems with this group of recievers is we lack a guy that can consistently go over the middle. Welker and Edleman mainly run underneath routes and gain yardage after the catch. Branch works best to the sidelines and Tate doesn't offer a whole lot as a WR at the moment. Hernandez and Gronkowski are the only reliable guys that run those intermediate routes over the middle which can make this team quite predictable.

My preference is to trade up above Stl and draft Julio Jones in the 1st because he seems like the perfect fit for the system. He offers a big target that can go over the middle, is an elite blocking WR and he is also a good deep threat. He is also a guy that you dont have to compromise the system for because he compliments it so well. He's not a diva and he comes from a high powered Alabama offence with a lot of weapons. So he wont complain if he doesnt get the ball. He's a really good team player and a great fit that would give this offence that extra dimension.