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I absolutely agree with you.
For the WR who is making the most money at a ridiculous clip, no doubt.
I think they either expected a much bigger role from him (which believe it or not, I'm not entirely sold on, considering that Brady has a great chemistry with Branch), or they felt that he could contribute on some, lesser level.
I didn't really understand the signing then, due to the use of the 2 TE set so much, and the obvious reliance on Welker as our #1.
Who knows what the hell they were thinking? Maybe they thought that he'd give Branch a good run for taking over that role, or that they'd have good use from him in primarily wide sets (that's my guess..I suppose)
I think that Ochocinco was expected to challenge, and eventually supplant, Branch as the starting flanker. It hasn't happened, due probably to a combination of him picking up the offense slower than anticipated as well as Branch playing better than expected. But so what? He's a good WR who has made progress (he's clearly miles ahead of where he was at the beginning of the season, in terms of integrating into the offense), and who is one injury away from being heavily relied upon. He still has all of the physical skills to get the job done, so you could do a lot worse.