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Bedard really lost me when he suggested replacing Welker and Lloyd with possibly Danny Amedola and Josh Cribbs.
He means the Josh Cribs who had 7 catches for 63 yards in 16 games last year? He means the guy who's career year was 41 catches for 518 yards and 4 TDs. The guy is a great special teams player, but he is a back up at best as a WR. If the Pats resigned Welker and Edelman and keep Lloyd, he would be the #4 WR at best.
Amedola could be great in McDaniels' system, but the guy has played 12 games in the last two years. He missed five games last season and 15 games the year before. You cannot go into the season as him as your anointed #1 WR. You can't count on him lasting 16 games.
Although I am not on board with letting Welker and Lloyd go, I think the Pats will have to consider giving up the first rounder and going after Victor Cruz if they let both go. They will have to make a splash at WR in free agency if they let both go and he is the only guy that really fits in the system with big production potential in free agency is Cruz (IMHO). The Giants will likely tender him the highest tender and it will take a first to get him. Not advocating this move, but it may be the only logical way to replacing both Welker and Lloyd assuming they don't hit big in the draft (as others pointed out, the Pats haven't done so with WR in a long time).
I would prefer to leave the strengths alone, and fix the weaknesses. I think it is silly to take a season long strength and blame one loss on it, and even sillier to misjudge what the issue was in that game.