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That's why they are going to the Super Bowl and we won 1 game.
Yeah, Wes Welker is the reason!
The reason the Pats are where they are is because they've made MANY moves like the Welker move the Dolphins made themselves.
If you've followed them at all, you'll see they've figured out the salary cap era. In this era you can't keep all your players without moving some to avoind creating a cap disaster. The Pats have let popular players go and traded popular players for draft picks.
They took heat at the time but in the end all the moves were fantastic.
To stay competitive in the modern NFL you have to get returns for players you know you won't be able to keep because of FA, cap restraints, or because you have younger players ready to step up and take a spot.
If you don't make tough decisions to trade or tender certain players you loose all value in having them as they end up walking in Free Agency.
In other words you loose talent without getting any talent in return.
The Phins made a great deal here bottom line.