I dunno, man. People keep saying "Gronk's the key to the offense", but the numbers have never really bore that out. I mean, this offense is still going to be really good. Top 3? Number 1? Who knows. But losing Brady's binky is going to be an issue methinks.This has been true since Welker? But before wasn't this more Faulk or an RB? If anything can be said about a BB offense is that he's always looking for good players that other teams aren't and using them better than any other team would.. this is why I think burkhead and Gilleslie aren't here by accident and they're both going to be a huge part of the offense
Brady career numbers: 63.76 completion %, 97.2 QB Rate, 7.49 Y/A
Brady w/o Gronk: 63.3 completion %, 92.0 QB Rate, 7.46 Y/A
Brady w/o Edelman: 59.4 completion %, 90.4 QB Rate, 6.79 Y/A