I think if the patriots wanted to spend money on the Wide receiver position they should look at game changers and not chain movers. As much as I like Welker, I don’t feel the price he is asking is a smart decision for this team. Edelman, Vereen, Hernandez, Woodhead and maybe even Ebert are the players I would look to replace him with or a combo of couple of them. For the same price I would rather have Bowe who, if on the patriots, would be disturbing. OR if Heyward-Bey is cut (which is quite possible, and he started to play well with Palmer) I think he would be a cheap explosive player that would do REALLY well in New England. 

I also think that if they don’t at least franchise Talib, our defence will not be any better than it was last year… If our defence is not better than last year, we will probably not win the Super Bowl. Pats have invested so much draft capital in the defensive backfield in the past 5 or so years and it has not paid off, now our oline, dline and receiving core are feeling the effects. 

The super bowl should be the main priority for the next 2-4 years. There are dark days ahead once Tom retires, enjoy it while it lasts

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.

Pats problem is not scoring in the big games against quality defenses that can clog the middle. Pats have too much money tied up in “middle of the field” receivers and it’s time to better spend the money. Suggest they let the most expensive and oldest player go (Welker) and replace him with a younger, cheaper, similar type in Danny Amendola (saves $3-6M). Use that money with some of their $18M cap room to pick up Dwayne Bowe (big, fast, solid) who can stretch the field for the under routes, block to enhance the running game, score on go/post routes, get the critical first downs, stop the clock on sideline patterns, and give the Pats another go to guy in the red zone. If Bowe was great with Cassell/Quinn imagine how much better he will be with Brady.
When it comes to the post season, the Pats defense usually holds the opponent to points in the mid twenties or below, yet the offense sputters due to being limited to mid field routes. Pats need to get a clue. Failing to acquire Bowe and Amendola, the Pats can look forward to yet another near miss. Brady has been blessed but it is still a team game and one guy, no matter how good, can’t do it alone. And if rumors, that Welker is going to Denver to play with Manning are true, then Bowe is a necessity just to compete with the Broncos.

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

And his family is here. He has close family in Scituate and Brockton. His parents are from Scituate

Plain and simple .. Amendola is BRITTLE!

Let welker go drop passes for someone else.

Don’t think you can use the franchise tag right now, could be wrong, but hey let’s keep Talib and sign Pollard and strengthen our defense.

Stop cursing Amendola being hurt etc.  It’s football, anyone can get hurt anytime.

Danny Amendola is a 5 year Patriot now, lets welcome him to New England 4 starters.

Welker left on his own, he’s history. Stop crying over ww

it is time to move on from welker it was great watching him for the time he was here, but he is gone. It is time to welcome D. A. to New England.

What about 5′ 10″ Victor Cruz?