Comments on: Welker, Pats still very far apart

By: patsfiend

patsfiend — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 15:32:35 +0000

This is a tough one. Really makes you wonder what Welker would get on the open market. There are only 3 or 4 other QB’s in the league that are going to get him as many balls (as accurately as Brady)… but for those teams (like the Saints) Welker would be worth a ton, right? He’d have 100 catches on the Saints.

By: CKL

CKL — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:35:11 +0000

ghengy says:
Jul 9, 2012 7:31 PM
Welker is playing with fire. Tom Brady could be pulling in $30M/yr but he took pay cuts year after year and restructured his contract so the Pats could spread the love.
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And if TB wanted 30 mill a year…he wouldn’t be a Patriot either. That’s something I’ve always appreciated about him. He’s paid quite well, but doesn’t have to be paid THE BEST at his position.

By: TheWizard

TheWizard — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 08:32:30 +0000

There is no incentive for the team to move. They have him locked up this year, next year if they choose, by then he’s 58 years old in NFL years.

If that plays out, Wes makes over 20 mil in the next two years on top of his career earnings to date.

Shut up and play, Wes.

By: competitivecompetitioncompeter

competitivecompetitioncompeter — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:24:54 +0000

Hey Wes, did you get your tickets to the gun show? Jeez.

Great story, unwanted too-small/slow slot guy blossoms into league’s #1 (in some respects, statistically anyway) receiver, gets to carry Brady’s jock strap, finally makes his financial nut because the the skinflint Pats finally get hoisted by their own salary-cap petard, and and AND gets to go back to being the #3-WR-wh0-somehow-leads-the-league-in-receptions in his final or next to final season, thanks to “the otherworldly*” Brandon Lloyd.

Wes Welker’s success is the best argument for Brady’s greatness. What are the odds someone speaks his name once in 2012, if he’s still with the Dolphins?

Great story. Go Pats.

* = per Dave Dameshek

By: kgun80

kgun80 — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 02:02:05 +0000

On any other team Welker could have 50-60 catches but he’d get nowhere near the stats he gets with the Pats. But that could be the reason they have to pay him . He makes it work,he’s great in their system he’s where he needs to be every time. Im a Bills fan so have seen how it works quite a few times

By: djteknision1200

djteknision1200 — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 01:09:42 +0000

Welker is replaceable..The Pats will use you up until they are done with you…then bye bye. It’s just the Patriots way. They are not going to pat a slot receiver all that money, Welker has benefited because of the Patriots system not the other way around.

By: ghengy

ghengy — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:31:03 +0000

Welker is playing with fire. Tom Brady could be pulling in $30M/yr but he took pay cuts year after year and restructured his contract so the Pats could spread the love.

I’m past the point of caring about Welker. He’s been a great slot receiver and I appreciate the relationship with Brady, but enough is enough. When the Pats dump his ass he wont have 50 receptions with his new team, he’s a function of the system. And Wes, you dropped the Moneyball, if I haven’t forgotten then the front office sureashell hasnt forgotten either.

By: bigdawg24

bigdawg24 — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 23:22:11 +0000

Matt Cassel and Wes Welker are best friends.

Come on to Cheaps Wes Welker – we could sure use you!

By: hedleykow

hedleykow — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:55:25 +0000

Who does Welker think he is? Mario Manningham?

By: kuta82

kuta82 — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:54:30 +0000

It wont get done and I can bet my life on it..Sorry Wes Welker..You are no Fitzgerald..You are replaceable..Dont mess with the Pats

By: mrgroovesd

mrgroovesd — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:51:08 +0000

I can see him walking away from the Pats next year. It’s happened to a lot of good players on that team that left because of contract disputes.

By: diesel23

diesel23 — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 22:45:58 +0000

all this bs one minute theyre near one theyre very far apart…same thing is happening in chicago with forte..just SMH