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Where to start.I think it goes without question that behind Brady the most important player in our offense is Gronkowski. Well we prioritized having a good backup for Brady enough to use 2 top 75 draft picks on his backup in 4 years but we rely on a player we signed off another teams practice squad to backup Gronkowksi. This is the reality the second most important player in our offense does not have an adequate backup. We could have drafted a player, signed an UFA, or at least signed some more promising UDFAs.
Is it going to be the downfall of the team no but let's not sit here and pretend we did the best we could, because we didn't.
The players you listed would not come here to back up Gronk. It just won't happen. Scott Chandler took that deal to be the man in Buffalo, but you think he would take it to come here and sit behind Gronk?
Or are you suggesting he is better than our 3rd WR? If so, where is the depth behind the 2 starting TEs?
Either Chandler wouldn't come here because he wouldn't play or we have no depth behind 2 starting TE positions in a 2 TE offense.
Gronk is great. Thinking we can have another Gronk sitting in the wings is silly.
We are talking about the guy who backs him up and won't play. Every team in the NFL is in the position that if their star goes down they can't replace them.
What you are asking for in FA is unrealistic. Most of those players stayed with their former team for the same role, which is exceedingly larger than they would have here, and others are competing to start. Owen Daniels is done by the way.
I guess we could have used a draft pick in the first or second round to make you feel better, but it wouldn't have made this team appreciably better.