Is Patriots Pass Attack Still Good Enough?

This off-season the New England Patriots lost their top three recievers: Wes Welker, Brandon Llyod, and Deion Branch. The Patriots tried to fill in these holes by adding Donald Jones, Danny Amendola, Michael Jenkins, LaVelle Hawkins via free agency, and Aaron Dobson through the draft. The question is, Who will step up this season? Brady had Welker as his security blanket, in the slot, had a nice deep threat in Brandon Llyod, and a reliable target in Deion Branch. Now there all gone. For the first time since 2006, Tom Brady won't have a Priemer Target to throw to. When Brady and the Patriots won 3 Super Bowls in 5 years, they had only one wide reciever, that went to the Pro Bowl: Troy Brown (Went in 2001). Here are the names, of the recievers, that Brady threw to from 2001-2006: Troy Brown, Terry Glenn, David Patten, Charles Johnson, Belthel Johnson, David Givens, Deion Branch, Reche Caldwell, Chad Jackson, Jabar Gaffney, and Doug Gabriel. Those guys produced, but never put up numbers like Randy Moss and Wes Welker. This season, Tom Brady will have 4 new targets to throw to this season. Amendola caught 63 passes for 666 yards and 3 TD last season and had a career high 85 receptions in 2010. Jones started for the first time in Buffalo last season, catching 41 balls, for 443 yards and 4 TD last season. Jenkins caught 40 passes for 449 yards and 2 TD for the Vikings last season. LaVelle Hawkins caught only 6 passes as Titan last season (Was a 5th stringer). As you can see, none of these guys put up eye-popping numbers, but could be able to do even better with Brady. Brady helped David Givens, David Patten, and Deion Branch become better recievers. Maybe, Tom can get things going with Jenkins, Amendola, and Jones, and try to form a formidable passing game. You need great communication and to make a good passing game and Tom Brady does a great job doing that. Danny Amendola is a great target in the slot, when he played in St. Louis. His quarterback was Sam Bradford, not nearly as good as Brady is, so Amendola should be able to fill in for the loss of Welker. Don't expect a first year 112 catch season from this guy, but he only dropped one pass last season. Compared to Welker, who dropped 10 passes last season, Amendola shows he has great hands. The Patriots should be a little familiar with Donald Jones, since he played for division rival Buffalo Bills last season, they should get some of his strenghts and weaknesses, when he played against the Patriots. Jenkins is a big target at 6'4, which could make things easier for Brady in Red Zone Situations. When Brady won those 3 Super Bowl's though, he had great defense. Right now, the Patriots don't have a Ty Law, a Rhodney Harrison, a Richard Seymour, a Teddy Bruschi, or a Mike Vrabel. Remember Brady does have Aaron Hernandez, but will miss Rob Gronkowski, because he's getting surgery right now. As of right now, I say Amendola is the best target out of all these recievers I've listed.