Every year posters want a top level wide receiver. And every year, we have one of the top offenses in the NFL without a top level wide receiver.
Our offense was just fine before the injuries to Solder, Wendell, Lewis and Blount.
SOME THOUGHTS ON WIDE RECEIVERS
1) AMENDOLA will play for us. It would be somewhat crazy to take him away from Brady at this point. He will restructure to save a bit of cap room, likely taking a minor cut in compensation. He is our #2 WR, and #3 receiving target.
2) EDELMAN is our #1 WR. Brady is fine with that.
3) MARTIN has been extended for a reason. He is now our #3 WR.
4) We would be paying Lafell $2M of new money to compete to be our #4 WR. He could be cut, or not. He probably will be. For $2M, we can probably get a better #4, or not. Also, we have Gibson, Harper, Tyms, Dobson and Boyce all coming back to camp.
BOTTOM LINE
We have one the very best passing games in the NFL with Gronk, Lewis, Edelman, Amendola and Amendola. We need a bit more to go into the season. Perhaps, we'll draft a competitor or pick up a FA or two. But I don't think that Belichick would be unhappy with Gibson as our #4, or whoever might beat him out from what we have or we might pick up as a low level free agent.
The best way to improve our passing game is to have a healthy Solder, a healthy Lewis, a healthy big RB (likely Blount again), and an improvement at OG. Perhaps Mason, Jackson and Kline will improve enough to be that answer. Even getting Develin back will be helpful.
What we need is a better #2 tight end.