If you look to the history of WR development, you'll see the concerns about rookie receivers is absolutely legitimate. The Patriots are trying to defy the odds with the way they're setting up their WR corps. While many, including myself, are resigned to the notion that the Patriots will just ride it out with the rookies and hope for the best, many others are not. The rookies are struggling mightily, and that's not some historical blip. Rookie WRs almost always struggle.
People who don't like the idea of hoping for what is historically unlikely aren't necessarily trolls, and it's certainly not that their position demonstrates a lack of understanding of football or how the Patriots do things. I wouldn't trade for Gordon, specifically, but that's because I'm not generally in favor of trading for immature players that are already just one strike away from potentially missing an entire season. If a good or promising receiver with less downside becomes available, I'd certainly hope that the Patriots would take a long look at the possibility of making a trade for him.
