I'm a huge Key fan and have wanted to see him in a Pats uni for years now. Hopefully it'll happen.
Not sure why people believe Key wouldn't help this team
For starters, despite it being a priority on BB's ideal WR wish list, this team doesn't have a single WR who can block worth a damn. Well Key has been arguably the best blocking WR in the game since the day he stepped onto a NFL field.
BB loves players who love the game of football and, in BB"s own words "few players that I have met love football more than Keyshawn does".
Despite being 35 Key's stats last year were better than any WR currently on this roster. So, in the "what have you done for me lately category" that BB loves so much, Key has it all over anyone now on this roster.
Not only has Key been one of the most consistantly good WR's in the game but he's also been one of the healthiest having only missed 9 games in his 11 year career, with 6 of them being in 1 season. Frankly, with the injury woes that Moss and Stallworth have exhibited the last couple years it wouldn't hurt to add an iron man to the WR grouping.
Not counting the one season where Key only played in 10 games due to injury this guy has never had fewer than 815 yards receiving in a season.
If a roster spot is needed for Key, cut Caldwell or Gaffney .... neither of them are 1/100th the WR that Key is.
Here are Key's career stats:
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| Rushing | Receiving |
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| Year TM | G | Att Yards Y/A TD | Rec Yards Y/R TD |
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| 1996 nyj | 14 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 63 844 13.4 8 |
| 1997 nyj | 16 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 70 963 13.8 5 |
| 1998 nyj | 16 | 2 60 30.0 1 | 83 1131 13.6 10 |
| 1999 nyj | 16 | 5 6 1.2 0 | 89 1170 13.1 8 |
| 2000 tam | 16 | 2 5 2.5 0 | 71 874 12.3 8 |
| 2001 tam | 15 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 106 1266 11.9 1 |
| 2002 tam | 16 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 76 1088 14.3 5 |
| 2003 tam | 10 | 0 0 0.0 0 | 45 600 13.3 3 |
| 2004 dal | 16 | 2 13 6.5 0 | 70 981 14.0 6 |
| 2005 dal | 16 | 1 3 3.0 0 | 71 839 11.8 6 |
| 2006 car | 16 | 1 4 4.0 1 | 70 815 11.6 4 |
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| TOTAL | 167 | 13 91 7.0 2 | 814 10571 13.0 64 |
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