There is no guarantee any of the guys you mentioned is going to perform.  Pats have brought in many of the named receivers but failed miserably.  Grass is not always greener on the other side.  The receiver who stays healthy, is the catch leader of not only your team, but the entire league is not worth the money?  You talked about a combo of the a few Pats can replace his production, I doubt that.  They tried Edelman this past year but he is brittle thus not reliable.  I’ll take Welker over another of the other options out there except Larry Fitzgerald.

I would take Boldin over Welker any day. Sometimes the dink & dunk moves the chains, but it’s not winning Super Bowls. Sometimes you need to have a guy that can just go up & fight a guy for the ball. They have plenty of people who can help replace some of Welker’s productivity. Cause if Gronk keeps getting hurt, they don’t play their best against that good defense & it basically becomes the Welker show. What named receivers have they brought in? Guys way past their prime. The only big named guy they brought it was Moss & they set records. Their group of receivers are pretty pathetic cause WW is what he is; a slot receiver & nothing else & they basically turned Lloyd into a sideline receiver. They just need to go all out before Brady’s done. They’ve wasted too much time already.

Considering that Amendola can’t stay on the field,and has never put up more than three td’s in a season,he should sign for similar money to Lloyd….I would not pick up the option on Lloyd…I’d do whatever I could to get Fitz…Fitz’ base salary is only 5 mil next year,with an 18 million dollar roster bonus going into 2014,which I’m sure he’d renegotiate for the right situation…..Would the Cardinals take a package of Ryan Mallett,a first round pick and Rob ninkovich for Fitz? The Cards have Andre Roberts and first round pick Michael Floyd to step in for Fitz…..
     If we’re signing Amendola,i’d make sure we grab a guy who’s recovering better from his acl tear in Jordan Shipley…He could end up being a very similar player to Welker,and has great hands!! I’d be ecstatic if we went into next year with a receiving corps of Fitzgerald,Amendola,Santana Moss(prob 3 or 4 mil),Jordan Shipley,and a kid that we could draft (Kenny Stills out of Oklahoma)….Our kid Demps will replace Edelman in the return game..

Did you know…Amendola lived in Maine when he was a child. His dad, Willie Amendola coached high school football at Massabesic High School in So Maine for one year before going back to Texas where Amendola grew up and went to college.

Sorry, a guy this height doesn’t meet the requirements for a big play, jump and fight -for-the-ball wide out.As far as a pure slot replacement for welker? the number comparisons don’t add up. We already have a guy in Edleman that could do many of the things Amendola can/could do and can return punts in a breakout. Now, if only the tough luck guy could stay healthy. We should be getting a wideout who stands at least 6’1 and obviously has the route skills, speed and leaping ability to fight for the ball the way the taller 07 Moss and say, someone like Burress did, on balls thrown deep downfield and the short ,quick high trajectory pass in the end zone. I have seen the quick, short, hard passes and lollipops to the end zone by opposing offenses beat the pats again and again and again at critical junctures in the game when there were these ridiculous height mismatches. It’s time for the pats to realize this and create some of thier own mismatches in those situations. If we could get a guy 6’5 with middle to good speed and great hands would be great. I have seen Brady overthrow the recievers again and again, not just w/ high throws, sometimes ridiculously high. I don’t know what he sees downfield with his shorter recievers (other than Gronk or Aaron). He could be interception phobic or changes the touch at the last minute and does this even with Gronk and Hernandez at times. Maybe Flacco has a little better touch for thr high ones???

Don’t take my comments to mean that i want Flacco, ok, no way, just questioning the Brady style on the deep, high throws, you have to connect occasionally when the reciever is  getting gassed again and again and catches nothing but air. Brand L was not the answer to this need.

rams need to hang on to Danny. Receivers are what Sam needs to make this team move foward.