The punch line never came. He flirted with the idea of "putting chips in the middle of the table," but the best he could come up with was re-signing Talib, Edelman, keeping Wilfork, Scott Chandler, Devin Hester and drafting the kid out of BC?
Going all in means 1) get a WR like Golden Tate from Seattle or James Jones from Green Bay, 1a) sign Talib, 2) sign DE Arthur Jones from the Ravens as a bookend with his little brother Chandler, and 3) sign TE Dustin Keller from Miami (if he's recovered from his ACL/MCL injury) to jack up the receiving alongside Gronk and Hooman.
I'd let Edelman walk if the money and years don't work in the team's interests.
Sign Talib to a competitive deal, add juice to the DL with Arthur Jones, move Ninkovich to LB, and give Brady two more big name playmakers like Tate and Keller, and weaken the bottom of the roster a la NYJ and pray for no injuries is going all in, not what Tanier wrote.
If the Patriots re-install Kelly and Wilfork in between Jones and Jones, go with Ninkovich, Mayo and Hightower at LB, Arrington, Talib and Dennard at CB and McCourty and Wilson at safety, you have no rookies lots of savvy on defense.
Offense is Brady at QB, Gronk and Keller at TE, Golden Tate and Aaron Dobson at split ends, Amendola and TJ Moe in the slot, and the Vereen, Ridley and "big back" in the backfield.
