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The main question is whether we are picking up Lloyd's option.
If you judge the team by the past,you can expect an older lower to mid 30s WR to join the team after the major players have left the market and I would think they will look for a deep threat in the second round of the draft and resign Edelman.
That is what I basically expect.
Sign a number of cheap veteran WRs and add someone from the draft and maybe Edelman.
It feels like they won't pick up Lloyd's option, which should free up a few million dollars. Add that to the $2.5 million from Fanene, and suddenly they have another 5-6 million dollars available to get a WR. Of course, by letting Lloyd go, they'd have another WR spot to fill.
I expect them to release Lloyd, sign Edelman, sign one other low-level FA (I was thinking DHB, but it might be Donald Jones), and then draft a first round (or trade back to high second) WR.
Although I will say that a Mallett+picks for Fitzgerald trade has been mentioned a lot more than I expected. Still a very long shot, but the fact that it's even being mentioned says something.
I expect them to release Lloyd, sign Edelman, sign one other low-level FA (I was thinking DHB, but it might be Donald Jones), and then draft a first round (or trade back to high second) WR.
Although I will say that a Mallett+picks for Fitzgerald trade has been mentioned a lot more than I expected. Still a very long shot, but the fact that it's even being mentioned says something.
The Pats aren't going to be as top-heavy at WR as they were last season. That's pretty inevitable. I think the bigger issue is making sure they can do better than Branch as the #4 who becomes the #3 with an injury.You want Edelman, Amendola, draftee, low-level free agent and Slater as our wide receivers? That's plain awful.
Scratch that idea, I guess. Bedard was one who wrote something along the lines of "it's not likely, but there's a chance," and he was then told by someone that there is no chance.I mean, what kind of picks would NE have to give up for Fitz? 1st and 2nd rounders, almost for sure. But holy cow, a set of Gronk, Hernandez, Amendola, and Fitzgerald would be otherworldly.
But no way is that deal going to happen (I don't think).
The Pats aren't going to be as top-heavy at WR as they were last season. That's pretty inevitable. I think the bigger issue is making sure they can do better than Branch as the #4 who becomes the #3 with an injury.
And nowhere near the weakest overall receiving corps. I don't see the problem. Belichick's plan seems pretty clear. It's about complimenting the TEs rather than getting as much production as possible even if it's redundant.Your proposal would give us the weakest WR's (and the cheapest) among likely playoff teams.