Ok, earlier when Gronk was looking at a 4th or 5th surgery on the arm, and the Pats failed to sign any decent FA receivers, I predicted 9-7 and got blasted. Now I'm going to go with 8-8 or 7-9. See ya'll in December and I'll gladly eat crow if wrong.
Seriously, would anyone really be super concerned about this if we still had Welker and ONE, just one, decent (and proven) wideout on this team?
Sorry, but BB has egg all over his face at the moment. BB is smart though, so I'm going to have to go with that arrogant little pr**K McDaniels in terms of blame for the fiasco that very well could be the 2013 season. Never seemed like McD or Welker had much repoire after Joshie came back, and I would bet that Welker, being who he is, didn't give all that much respect to McD--hence what is starting to look like one of the most boneheaded decisions in the history of the NFL in letting Welker go.