You win. The Pats have no one who can attack the deep./outside portion of the field. Instead of getting a guy who attack those areas, they got a Welker clone in Lloyd.
Seriously, I did address that issue and SO DID THE PATRIOTS!!!!! They got Brandon Lloyd. Without Gaffney (WHO MAY BE BACK IN A FEW WEEKS), the Pats have blown that golden opportunity for 2-5 plays a game to have both Gaffney and LLoyd on the same field together.
If you want to talk about straw man's arguments, why don't we go back to argue about how the Patriots are blowing the WR position this year because the WR position is exactly like the safety position last year.
Again, the Pats have addressed the deep and outside threat problem with a very good deep and outside threat. Gaffney would be added depth and nothing more. And he is very likely to be back when his quad injury heals. It has been over 48 hours since his release and no one has made a move that we know of which further gives weight to the theory that there is a handshake agreement that they re-sign him after he gets healthy.
Please go on ignoring the fact that I addressed the deep threat/outside receiver issue and ignore the fact the Pats addressed the issue that you are so concerned about by signing a solid starting deep/outside receiver. If the Pats didn't have Lloyd on the roster, you would have a strong argument about a deep/outside threat. But with Lloyd, your argument rings a little hollow.
BTW, I still maintain the Pats significantly upgraded their #2 WR position and their #3 WR position and addressed the receiving corp's biggest weakness which is far greater than just being better than last year's situation.