The Pats and Brady then made Welker both a star and quite wealthy, something on the order of 20+ million dollars wealthy which had he stayed with the Fins, their crap QBs and crap coaches at the time would not likely have become either a star or any where near as wealthy.

So eat that and keep crying. Welker has nothing to complain about as far as te Pats are concerned. Nothimg.

And Manning could barely throw by the end of last season with his neck problems. Remember those kneel downs in the playoffs? Mannin is one good hard hit to the head or crushing sack that he lands the wrong way on from retirement. Welker will do well there but I bet his catches go down by about 20-30 and he never again hits the level of success he had with the Pats.

Kraft should have just either said nothing or manned up and just said, “We like Amendola, think he’s going to be a great fit here, and wish Welker the best.” Instead he decided to burn a bridge and throw their new WR under the bus.

Welker’s role as the 5′ 9″ 186 lb slot receiver will effectively be taken over by the 6′ 1″ 245 lb Aaron Hernandez, who has more speed than Welker and nearly as much agility – so that’s not a concern

Belichick has likely been planning that since he stole Ballard from the Giants. Having three guys like that on the field means the middle is WELL covered.

Who’s the Deep threat? We’ll see – but in the worst case scenario they had none last year and still had a pretty good record.

If anyone doesn’t think Brady isn’t going to be among the NFL leaders in yards and points scored they are seriously delusional

Another problem was just an accident of time. Unlike Dunn, the team was busy in the 3 days before FA. They found out by Tuesday that there was a very competitive market for Amendola. They knew his price point and knew that if they waited more than a day, he’d be gone, and the Pats were looking at a prospect of being without BOTH plan A and plan B.

So by the time reality hit Dunn and Welker square in the face, the Pats had been forced by the market to move on. The whole thing was sad, unfortunate, and totally unnecessary if the agent had done his job during the “legal tampering” period.

Welker didn’t take less money to go to Denv, eatitfans, Denv and Tenn was all he had when they lost their game of chicken.

Very nice, rpiotrol, TThompson doesn’t say anything. He doesn’t own the team and have to listen to the media try to spin it like he cheaped out. BB hasn’t said anything either.

Still, the Pats have work to do. They’ve lost Welker, Edelman, Lloyd andBranch. They’ve only signed Amendola and Jones(Washington and Woodhead are a wash).

Max, that will be a good point if Denver beats the Pats…maybe someday.

Listen to the Steeler Toadie whose team put the low ball tender on you and now knows his team is about to lose you and many games this season.

How can you trust anything this Franchise says? To quote Al Franken “Lies and the Lying Liers Who Tell Them”.

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This coming from a fan of a franchise that cheats and lies and still cant win. The Jets can’t even cheat right.

Wes wanted more, was convinced he would find more and tuen down the Pats last offer,

then Wes found only lesser offers, the best being from Denver, but by that time the Pats had already signed Amendola and could offer even less still.

It’s a risk that Wes and his agent decided to take, unfortunately for both sides IMO.

No need to doubt that Kraft wanted Welker back, because the assumption is that it would be at or near the appropriate market rate.

The only obvious fact in all of this is that Welker’s agent did him a huge disservice. Welker may have had an inflated idea of what he was worth, but it’s the agent’s job to know what the market is before advising his client.

Aside from the Titans, there were no teams lining up for Welker’s services and Welker himself said he had to pitch himself to the Broncos to make the deal happen. So the Patriots neither low-balled him or made him a laughable offer.

The only people that missed the mark here was the Pats.