One of the beauties of the Pats' attack is nobody has to be a "#1"... though that being said, I'm not too certain a Reche Caldwell is the answer. They might not need a "true number 1" but they won't get anywhere starting a bunch of "#4s."
I am trying hard not to be too terribly optimistic about Troy. Every time I see a slam I have an instinct to say "yeah but." In his case, we quite recently saw him play 3 ways (2 years ago,) and 2 ways (last year.) No wonder his production is down. But still we have to say yeah, let's call him a 3rd receiver and not count on him beyond that (pleasant surprises are the preferred kind, after all.)
I think Branch has been a great success story, in the Pats' mold. No real eye-popping numbers, which is appropriate for a team that spreads around the ball more than a stripper at an opening-day-themed bachelor party.
But we need another guy that can run decent routes and run them fast. Brown can run them, and Johnson can run them fast. We can't splice them together. Technology's not there yet. I don't trust Reche Caldwell to be the answer right out of the gate, if at all, and draft picks are hard to get acclimated prior to the start of the season.
So, there you have it... as I see it, we're short one vet. We're getting bad news on Moulds lately (though that can change,) and Price seems (to me) like the most promising of the three in the thread's title. Kayjay might be more than he's looked like in the last 4 years, but I don't see why we should think so.
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