Thing with WRs is you have to think of roles. You got the quick get open in 2 seconds guy, Pop. He's gonna catch a ton of passes for short to medium yards but not many TDs. (80 catches 600ish yards) Then you have your all around short, medium, and occasionally deep if the defense overplays the shorter stuff, that's Diggs (60 catches 800 yards 8 TD). Then you need a guy who gets you the 20 yard ins and can get behind the defense given enough time. They don't catch as many balls but it's the big plays that add up (40 catches 600 yards 6 TD) Eventually I see Williams being that guy but not for the first half to 3/4 of the year depending on how long it takes him to adjust and get up to speed. So we need that guy for the start of the year and that's Boutte who I consider a lock. After that you need depth and guys who can fill in those roles if somebody goes down. We have two taller big targets in the TEs but both of them are older so I would want to make sure you have a third one just in case making Hollins a lock IMO.
That leaves a 6th spot that could be a PS player until the injury happens and they need to be called up. I'd want both chism and Baker but there just isn't the roster spots. I think we forget just how many 5'10 to 6'2 guys with NFL speed are out there in the league. Every single team has 2-3 Polk, Bourne, Chism, and Bakers of their own the fans are mentally masterbating over somehow keeping on their roster. I think any of the 4 would be totally safe going to the PS for the first 4-6 weeks. After that injuries will happen and they might be poached but if they do it's not a huge loss. If one of our guys goes down great call up the back up on the PS and see what you have. No Patriot injuries, even better your top guys are still getting reps. I think that it where Chism has more value then Baker or Bourne, he's the only one that can fill Pops role where as Boutte, Hollins, Baker, Bourne, and Polk can fill in for Diggs for a game or two if needed.
It just sounds crazy to me for a team that should be running the ball more then they pass to keep 6 or heaven forbid 7 WRs.