I'm sure that would be your wish, but I'll bet you were also in the group that thought they couldn't find a replacement for Welker yet Edlman jumps in and is even better. The bottom line is they usually find a way, and it's never a zero sum game, if one unit takes a step back and another unit takes a step forward, where's the balance lie? Sorry if I don't jump off a bridge panicking but I've seen it all I terms of, "how are you going to replace "Fill in the blank player!!!!", and yet one way or another the Pats end up being one of the last teams playing in January/February every year. Look it may sound cocky and you may hate it as a rival fan, I know I would, but the fact remains, save for Brady there isn't a player on the team that can't be replaced.