Comments on: Contrary to reports, Wade Phillips did not insult Wes Welker

By: dallascowboysdishingthereal

dallascowboysdishingthereal — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 21:56:49 +0000

“not that athletic” followed by “great athlete” sounds like a contradiction to me. Pats rolled up Wade’s defense for 42 points last time and will again. SO just keep smackin’ your gums Wade.

By: infowarriorz

infowarriorz — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:00:04 +0000

Wes Welker contract this year, 1yr/$9,515,000.00

yeah the patriots pay that kind of money to average receivers.

By: mute617

mute617 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:45:21 +0000

I’ve always found Patriots fans hard to deal with. Any question or comment eve if they’re not insulting or anything gets venomous responses like you’re ripping the Pats or something

By: patssteelersorgiants

patssteelersorgiants — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:19:35 +0000

Wade, contrary to reports I am insulting you and say you are a washed up re-tread who is about to be beat 42-0 Sunday and looking for a job Monday.

By: granadafan

granadafan — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:09:33 +0000

I’m more surprised Wade Philips knows how to use Twitter.

By: mrlaloosh

mrlaloosh — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:36:06 +0000

Doesn’t matter. Texans and Falcons both one and DONE this weekend.

By: closisgood

closisgood — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:27:36 +0000

I like Welker, watched him a lot when he was at T.T.U.
Can be surprisingly funny, and just as much so be quite the toolbag.

But as far as all the comments go, Pats fans are becoming worse than Cowboy fans.
Considering that at least the boys have 5 superbowl trophies and the Pats only have 3, also having lost your last 2…
Pats fans definitely do not have the clout to feel quite as entitled.
Especially when the NFL gives new england all their hard games at home…
and the Cowboys had the highest rated game of the season on
FOX
CBS
ESPN
&
NBC.

By: tombradysbaby

tombradysbaby — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:25:57 +0000

There is a reason why Bellichick always has better things to say about the opposition players than his own. He probably has said nicer things about Sanchez than he has about Brady.

By: Akula

Akula — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 17:13:09 +0000

Calling a pro athlete ” not very athletic ” can only be taken as a shot. Whatever side you are on.

” not as athletic ” would have been a better way to say it. Without any argument. Its probably what he ment anyway.

By: kacapaco

kacapaco — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:55:20 +0000

Not flagrant disrespect by any means but still a jab @ Wes. In a profession where media is more of vultures than any, Wade could have said ‘we deal with them differently’ than ‘Wes is not athletic, not big’.

By: bluenose1965

bluenose1965 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:31:03 +0000

So when Arian Foster posted an article on his twitter, the general response was, “well if Houston needs that to motivate them, they’re in trouble”. Now the Boston media are suggesting Welker should need motivation because Phillips dogged him? (which of course he didn’t).

More reasons to pull for the Texans on Sunday.

By: nesuperfan

nesuperfan — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:08:20 +0000

It wasn’t by much, but Welker had more yards than Green this season. He did it by catching 21 more passes too. Personally, I would take a guy, who moves the chains consistently.

By: kisstherings

kisstherings — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:59:29 +0000

I’m a reasonable person. And I hate Shaugnessy, but I still think what Phillips said is plenty good for bulletin material and I hope it fires Welker up.

By: harrisonhits2

harrisonhits2 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:18:04 +0000

Shaugnessy is not even a football writer most of the time. Not even sure why he was allowed to write an article about football and he’s certainly clueless about it.

By: nicepak381

nicepak381 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:05:25 +0000

Born and raised near Boston and, yes, the media people can be a bit too much at times. I have also lived in CA and VA and their media people do the same things; they’re all selling something. One thing that bugs me around here is that most of the media people aren’t even from around here and they all think they’re an authority on Boston sports. One thing I figured out is this: Whatever team you cheer for is always right and the teams that stand in their way, well, they and their fans have it all wrong. It’s the same everywhere. We hate New Yorkers, until we’re out on the West Coast, where they turn into ” home boys”. People are strange. Go Patriots!

By: j0esixpack

j0esixpack — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 15:00:17 +0000

I’m a Patsfan who loves it when stupid players and coaches provide bulletin board material, but not even I took Phillips’ comments as an insult.

The fact that Welker has done do much with less size and athletic power than other players strikes me as a compliment

By: bullcharger

bullcharger — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:47:36 +0000

canetic says:Jan 11, 2013 7:34 AM

That’s not nearly as bad as calling the game a “bye week” for the Patriots

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Dan Shaughnessy only said what almost all of the media “experts” are saying. He was just more rude about it. Have you looked at the expert picks out there? I found 1 person on ESPN who took Houston. Other than a few Texans blogs, almost everyone is taking the Patriots. Even in the Texans blogs some are taking the Patriots. None of that really matters though… The beauty of this sport is you have to line up on Sunday to see what will really happen.

The difference between these comments and what Wade said is that the media guys get paid for the publicity. Saying Welker is not “a real athletic guy” can only hurt Wade. It at best is neutral and it certainly cannot help… either can informing the Patriots how you plan to cover Welker. Wade’s comments only ensure that Brady and Welker will come ready to play and with a chip on their shoulder too. It likely would have been that way no matter what was said, but why say it?

By: skarfacci

skarfacci — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:47:18 +0000

Wes Welker has been consistently the best WR in the league The last seven seasons. He clearly takes advantage of arguably one beat two or three QBs of all time throwing to him. But he comes to play and he is in a contract year and still had 118 catches. His production the last seven seasons is unprecendented. No body comes close. The fact he’s not even considered as one of the best WRs is unreal. Not even Jerry Rice posted these kinds of #s at any point in his career. And he’s the best ever.

By: 8to80texansblog

8to80texansblog — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:46:41 +0000

Whats up with the Boston Media…. First Shaughnessy and now this….

I mean there was no misreading the Shaughnessy comments but this is ridiculous….

Guess what Welker, your not as big and fast as AJ Green…. Doesn’t mean your not a great receiver…

By: abninf

abninf — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:39:38 +0000

With the way the media here in Dallas treated him I thought he would have learned to give them nothing.

By: medialovesthecowboys

medialovesthecowboys — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:29:13 +0000

The biggest shock for me on this whole thing is that Wade Phillips has Twitter.

By: promickey

promickey — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:27:25 +0000

Welker is like a 350. hitter who is always on base in baseball verses a 240. hitter who hits 40 homeruns. I’m sure Wade Phillips regrets responding at all right before a playoff game with New England. Welker will get around 10 catches unless Houston decides to take him away as a weapon. That will only result in the other New England weapons having a great game.

By: bullcharger

bullcharger — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:09:42 +0000

It IS insulting to any NFL player to call them not “a real athletic guy”. Even Wilfork is called athletic. Maybe you could say he isn’t as fast as Green, but Welker is a better athlete than Green. He can do anything in football… Kick, retun punts and kick-offs, play receiver at an elite level and I’m sure he could play nickel back if needed.

Hopefully Wade is not just babbling and that is a strategy to get Brady throwing to Welker more… Otherwise why tell the other team your plans… Idiotic.

This one is far worse than some Boston media guy saying something. I expect Welker will be ready to prove something now. That’s better then Welker mouthing off like in 2010.

By: stebutt

stebutt — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:06:48 +0000

What a non story. No doubt Darth will use this is as some sort of motivational technique. Yawn.

By: dalucks

dalucks — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:05:34 +0000

Why, the media misrepresents someone’s statement. Imagine that.

By: ctimesthr33

ctimesthr33 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 14:04:33 +0000

I may be in in the minority here but it seems that saying welker is “not a real athletic guy” is contradictory to saying “he’s a great athlete”. You can’t have it both ways.

By: grogansheroes

grogansheroes — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:59:18 +0000

htowntexan says:
Jan 11, 2013 8:41 AM
Boston media is like a bunch of twelve year old girls.
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Good one! But actually, 12 year old girls are much more mature than Boston media, many of whom were stuffed in lockers in high school.

By: mjdkid100

mjdkid100 — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:46:46 +0000

And all you make fun of Belichick for not giving anything to the media and being boring. Well this is the exact reason why.

Fact, hes not a boring guy, he’s quite funny and very smart.

He HATES the media and the spin.

By: remyje

remyje — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:43:14 +0000

Wade Philips has a twitter and uses hashtags?

By: Patskrieg dot com

Patskrieg dot com — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:42:24 +0000

It’s almost as if Belichick has been onto something all these years with the whole not giving things away in interviews philosophy that the media hates so much…