I'll take a guess: the Pats will be able to run more hurry up using any collection of personnel.
This. My way-too-early guess as to the skill guys is this:
RB - Vereen, Ridley, Woodhead, Addai
WR - Welker, Lloyd, Branch, Gaffney, Slater, Stallworth?
TE - Gronkowski, Hernandez, Fells
I think they'll be able to go hurry-up with darned near any combination of those guys. Addai is used to it from his days with Peyton Manning in Indy. Lloyd and Gaffney and Stallworth know the offense already so they can run it, unlike Ocho. They can run hurry-up with 2 RB, 2 WR, and one TE (they could shift Vereen and Woodhead, for example, out wide, or line them up in the backfield). They can run hurry-up if they go 3 TE, 1 WR, and 1 RB. They can run hurry-up from a 4-WR, 1-TE set. The combinations are almost limitless.
I predict that, assuming TB stays healthy, this team will score over 33 points a game on average. It could threaten the '07 scoring mark, but only if the defense really improves and gets the ball back for the offense quickly.
What I really want is for them to be able, and be *willing* to move the ball and attack in whatever way is necessary. If they play a team with a great passing defense, I want them to run the ball down their throats, and be WILLING to do it time and time again. If the other team has a good run defense, I want them to shred them in the passing game.
The Giants in the SB were ripe to be run on. They had a really good pass rush, but were vulnerable to a heavy dose of the run, but the Pats didn't run it much. They only ran it 19 times (4.4 average) versus 43 passing plays (41 pass attempts + 2 sacks). And it wasn't like the Giants were crushing them, forcing NE to pass. The Pats clearly *could* have run more if they wanted to, and they had success when they did run, but they didn't. Well, that's been gone over a lot in this forum so I won't go into more detail, but the point is that I want them to be able and be willing to move the ball any way possible. If they need to run for 2 yards, I want them to be able to hammer it for 3. If they need to convert on 3rd and 11, I want them to do that. I think this team has a chance to be able to do *everything* an offense can possibly do: run power, draws, screens, deep balls, medium-depth passes, everything.