I agree with the first five targets. The question pf this thread is who will be the next target, and specifically how much playing time will Boyce get.
To put it another way, how often should I want to pull any of these five, noting that we there may be a rotation of the one running back.
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OPTIONS
1) Pull one of the WR's for Hooman, giving us a w TE set.
2) Pull Vereen for a 4th WR.
3) Pulling Gronk for a 4th WR.
4) Pulling Edelman for a replacement 3rd WR.
Personally, I don't like any of the last three options.
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With Amendola healthy, I don't see us having five active wide receivers. As Reiss does, I project that Boyce will likely be inactive. The real question is who we want as the #4 WR on Game Day: Thompkins or Boyce. With Amendola healthy and hopefully with Vereen added, there shouldn't be many reps at all for the #4 WR. However, my preference is Thompkins, who has shown the ability to run simple routes and who can block.
If Boyce is active, absent injuries, I wouldn't expect him to be in for as many as 10 reps.
Anything is possible, you may end up being right. BUT...I think we'd have to see some significant injuries in order for that to occur, especially since WR has been used as a red-shirting season in the Belichick era with the complexity of the scheme and position here.
Our current receiving options: (in no concrete order, just roundabout)
1. Amendola
2. Gronkowski
3. Dobson
4. Edelman
5. Vereen/other RB
6. Thompkins
7. Hooman
That gives us SEVEN viable targets, many who don't see more than a couple/few targets in any given game already; especially as the colder weather hits and we utilize the running game/effectiveness of Gronkowski's blocking skills down the stretch. There just isn't any reason to believe that Boyce is anywhere in the mix this season.