Two comments of rebuttal…

First, Danny would need to stay healthy to put up numbers. He missed 20 of his last 32 games and has NEVER put up big numbers.

Secondly, only a few QBs in the league compare to Brady. Givens and Gibson had no problems putting up nice numbers with large averages from Bradford. They all had less catches, but more yards, more 20+ yd plays, and zero fumbles between them.

Simply put, Danny is a risk, but has more upside due to youth. Wes is a sure thing for at least 2 years.

How many years does Brady have left? They should have kept Wes. Bill let it get personal.

Most Pats fans know WW is a great talent all on his own. He killed the Pats when he was in Mia and that’s why BB wanted him. You may be a bitter Manning fan making that point so you can bolster PM over TB but you do have that one right.

@ mogogo

This is one Pats fan who never ever wants McDaniels near the draft room. His greatest personnel pushes in his prior tenure were Laurence Maroney and Chad Jackson…ugh.
Then he brings in a WR who he knew had a strange personality that doesn’t fit in the lockerroom. Nice going, Josh.

So Welker having 100+ receptions with Cassel and 67 receptions as a part time receiver with Cleo Lemon / Joey Harrington on an offensively challenged Dolphins team that didn’t know what they had in him was all Brady right?

In fact, Welker was such a nobody without Brady that the Pats gambled a 2nd round draft pick to trade him from the Dolphins when he was an unknown quantity

CHILD PLEASE

If they had the Amendola deal done before WW refused them, perhaps that means they learned from what happened with Branch.

Believe me, TB definitely knows that when his time comes, he’ll be gone too. Sure he will be handled like BB handled all the other guys he respected like Bruschi, et al, but nevertheless, he is a commodity also. I think he is wise enough to go gracefully like Bru etc did.

Team(A) is awful now and can’t do anything right…and get this IM A TEAM “A” FAN!!! AHHHH

M.Night Shyamalan

Amendola is now the new Brady system guy — his NFL star is rising fast

Not to mention he is 5 years younger, so Patriots did the smart thing. Dump the old 31 yr old system guy for the younger 26 yr old system guy.

Both guys are avergae at best if not for Brady.

Why is this so hard to believe?

And Wes didn’t appreciate what the Patriots did for him. He was on his way out of the NFL when the Patriots brought him in and made him great. How many Pats fans were excited when they picked up Wes?? How many knew his name!

Good move Bill.

Mar 14, 2013 2:40 PM

We will see how well he does now that he has Brady throwing to him….remember some of the names Brady made look good in the past?

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Yeah, like Wes Welker?

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oh yeah. Super Bowl and then afc championship. I forgot winning every year means you’re trending down.

Brady today is not as good as Brady last year – his best years are behind him and replacing a proven winner – Welker – with an injury prone Amendola is stupid. 2 years from now this will look even more like the rotten deal it is today. The pats’ glory days are over. With Brady they will still win a lot of games but their glory days are over.
They have a history of getting rid of good people before they can get good money – Richard Seymour comes to mind. The fact that Welker left as fast as he did shows me that he was just flat out disgusted by the way the pats had treated him. Kraft’s “I love Wes Welker” b.s. is just that – b.s.

I am reminded of the incident a few years ago when Welker said something funny about the jet coach’s foot fetish and Belichik kept him off the field for the 1st series in the pats’ next game. Petty, just plain petty.

Welker is a class act and the team will miss him.

FYI – I am a pats’ fan.

It’s the football version of a few years back, when the Red Sox won the rights to Daisuke Matsuzaka. The Yankees, who thought they had the usual Yankee divine right to any player they deigned to sign, then signed Kei Igawa (that worked out well, didn’t it?) and made noises as if Igawa was their first choice.

Been hearing that for ten years. Maybe I’ll pay attention to it after Bill B retires.

1) He is an injury risk: He has only played in 42/64 games in his career and only 12 of the last 32.

2) If he is explosive/elusive, he hasn’t shown it yet: Has a career 8.8 avg and doesn’t have a bunch of long TDs…only two career plays over 40 yds.

3) He loses a fumble every ~65 catches, 3/196.

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We will see how well he does now that he has Brady throwing to him….remember some of the names Brady made look good in the past? As for injuries, well that is a concern, but I don’t know the nature of the injuires.

Now that free agency started, and Welker turned down their fair deal, they had a decision to make. They could A) over pay Welker, B) wait for Welker to make a decision, or C) start courting a replacement. The Pats simply decided that if they didnt move on Amendola they could potentially lose out on both players.

Welker and his people did their job, they played their hand in order to get him the best deal. And they got a better deal (not counting the incentives). The Pats front office played their hand, and they also got what they wanted. Seems like a win for both sides, unless Welker was bluffing and the Pats called his bluff…

But it does seem a bit foolish now, to hear Welker’s agent talking about the Pats offer wasnt even close, and it was a slap in the face, blah blah blah. The Pats offer was very competitive, they just werent going to sit around and wait for Welker to maybe come back…

During the season no Pats fan would ever have said Amendola was better than Welker… Now they can’t stop gushing about the “brilliant” move by their team … Such phonies.
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Really can you show us 1 post that says it’s a “brilliant” move?