I don't disagree. However, given a healthy-ish Gronk, Allen has been - at best - the 7th or 8th option. I think the Pats gave up two rounds of draft value and paid Allen's base salary on the (likely) basis that Gronk will get hurt. At which point, if Allen is still a zero - and average blocking is replacement level - then he'll be a "bust". But if Gronk stays healthy-ish and Allen remains way, way down the pass catching depth chart, then Allen probably isn't going to get many, if any, opportunities to participate in the offense. (Circle of Trust...sigh). And when Gronk gets dinged up, misses time, and Allen is able to produce 3 or 4 catches a game with a TD every once and a while, he'll have been a good use of draft value and cap space.