I agree - our weapons won't be as good but we will have more. When it came down to games against tough defensive opponents when we were relying on only a couple of key receivers, they got shut down and subsequently, we were shut down.
1) I never said that the 2013 offense will be better or as good as the 2007 offense, but would I did do is pose a question. Best offense since 2007? with a question mark. Meaning the best offense since that time, not the better offense. And I did say that it could have a more variety or array of weaponry, not better weaponry as it would be hard for any WR tandem in league history to top Randy Moss and Wes Welker in their primes but a variety or blend of good talent that gives us more OPTIONS. Kind of like in 2003-2004 when we could spread them out and go to Deion Branch or Troy Brown or David Givens or David Patten who could get deep, go underneath or whatever you asked them to do. Each weapon was not nearly as good as Randy Moss or Wes Welker was but each provided enough different skillset and reliability for the offense that they provided more than enough to get the job done against the best defenses. I think now you have that with these young kids and its not just the young kids we have Danny Amendola, Michael Jenkins, Lavelle Hawkins and Donald Jones who are all veterans and have been around at least more than 4 years, especially Danny, Lavelle Hawkins and Michael Jenkins. Plus Branch and Givens contributed right away in 2003 and were just drafted what a year or two before? And before we acquired David Patten from Cleveland, did anyone really expect him to be a superstar? No, but he fit the offense and was catching passes from the GOAT so do we always need the next superstar? NO because we had none during the SB years, is what people are seeming to forget. Heck we made it to the AFC Championship game with Reche Caldwell and Jabar Gaffney. All we need are good, solid or very good productive receivers that fit our offensive scheme, strengths and system and are consistent.. and of course staying healthy and we should be good, but every once and a while you get these draft picks that offer more than just good and give you very good or even great once they perform on an NFL field, especially these days.. and that's more than what we are asking for.
2) Maybe we haven't won a Championship in a while is because we lack the type of belief that we had back in 2001 and 2003 to 2004. That even though Tom wasn't throwing to Torry Holt, or Terrell Owens, or Hines Ward that we were still going to reign supreme and get the job done. And now we have young (young are always strong and determined) hungry talent oozing in dimensions that Givens, Patten, Brown or even Branch never even halfway offered as good of players as they were and its time to get negative? Give me a break.