And that is my point. Randy Moss was rented for a season. Aaron Hernandez was there for a cup of coffee then went to fail, and Wes, Julian, Gronk, and Ben to Brady were like Colston, Graham, Meachem, and Lance Moore were to Brees.
Moss played four seasons with NE. Hernandez was every bit as good as Gronk, then he got pinched for murder. Gronk is probably going to be the most prolific TE in NFL history. Brady did not make a career out of turning no-names into All-Pros. He made a career out of having a great defense backing him up year in and year out, a front office that knows how to get the most out of every roster slot, generally having at least one household name catching balls and plenty of shady sheet sprinkled in.