Could the Patriots go out and sign three really veteran wide outs to make one last push?
The New England Patriots still have team that can get to the Super Bowl, but they will need help around Tom Brady. Last year the wide outs for Brady were poor, and three wide outs were already released this season. The Patriots released Brandon Gibson, Brandon Lafell and Brian Tyms. Brady has been playing with Scott Chandler and Rob Gronkowski as his star wide outs and the Patriots just released Chandler. So here is my question.
Would the Patriots go out and sign three veteran wide receivers to make one last push in Tom Brady’s career? Right now the best wide outs on the Patriots are Julian Edelman and Danny Amendola. The only problem is both are banged up all the time. So could the Patriots bring in a few players that are hoping to make a Championship run to help push the Patriots over the hump?
Think about this….
The Patriots add Anquan Boldin, Andre Johnson and Roddy White. All the players are 34 and 35 years old, but all want to make a run.
Roddy White stats
2015 | Atlanta Falcons | 16 | 16 | 43 | 506 | 11.8 | 25 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 27 |
Anquan Boldin
2015 | San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 13 | 69 | 789 | 11.4 | 51 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 35 |
Andre Johnson
2015 | Indianapolis Colts | 16 | 14 | 41 | 503 | 12.3 | 35 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
Now let’s look at how the Patriots wide outs did outside of Edelman, Amendola and Gronkowski. If you look at the numbers all three of the old guys could make the Patriots better. If you add it a Matt Forte to help the Patriots, they could easily be a Championship team.
Receiving Statistics | |||||
Player | Rec | Yds | Yds/Rec | Long | TD |
Rob Gronkowski | 72 | 1176 | 16.3 | 76 | 11 |
Danny Amendola | 65 | 648 | 10.0 | 41 | 3 |
Julian Edelman | 61 | 692 | 11.3 | 59 | 7 |
James White | 40 | 410 | 10.3 | 68 | 4 |
Brandon LaFell | 37 | 515 | 13.9 | 54 | 0 |
Dion Lewis | 36 | 388 | 10.8 | 40 | 2 |
Keshawn Martin | 24 | 269 | 11.2 | 39 | 2 |
Scott Chandler | 23 | 259 | 11.3 | 30 | 4 |
Brandon Bolden | 19 | 180 | 9.5 | 63 | 2 |
Aaron Dobson | 13 | 141 | 10.8 | 24 | 0 |
LeGarrette Blount | 6 | 43 | 7.2 | 14 | 1 |
Michael Williams | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 |
Tom Brady | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
Steven Jackson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
Chris Harper | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
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