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Amendola is a downgrade from welker but I see Thompkins as a upgrade over Lloyd and Dobson and Boyce are upgrades over who ever was 4 and 5 last year,
the big thing is how long will Gronk be out cause without him they may have a hard time getting more then 25 points per game. the good thing is they don't play a good offense until week 4 at the falcons so they could be 3-0 with gronk comeing back for that game
Not so sure Amendola is a downgrade yet. If Amendola can be reliable in catching the ball and stay healthy, he could be an upgrade. He is faster and more versatile than Welker. Welker was more dependable and able to take a lot of abuse and keep going. If Amendola works on his dependability and stays healthy, he could end up being better than Welker. No guarantee of that though.
Thompkins seems to be far more versatile than Lloyd and could be a huge upgrade, but he is also an unproven rookie (same goes with Dobson and Boyce). So although things look good right now, there are no guarantees that it goes into the season.
I will say Dobson, Boyce, and Edelman will all be upgrades at depth. Even though Dobson and Boyce are unproven rookies, there is no where to go but up from last year's receiving corp depth.