Why did we get rid of Wes Welker again?????

[HarryBagpipe]

welker looked good but nobody would have franchised him. The smart thing to do would have been to put a first round tender on him but we tried to be cheap. Amazing for all the hype that Ronnie Brown had on this board no team offered a first rounder for him last year yet, Wes Wlekr got snatched up immediately lol. Welker is the most underrated player in the NFL to me, people keep making excuses for his success even when defenses focus on him.

This does have merit. From what I remember during that situation the money wasn't that much higher between a first and second round tender. It was in the hundreds of thousands not the millions and I was thinking why not just do that instead. Funny thing was a lot of people here didn't think anyone would give up a second rounder let alone a first rounder. I still have a pretty strong feeling though that the people screaming loudest during this thread weren't saying anything close to the same thing when this was actually going on. There were very few people, and you could of very well been one of them, here saying to put a first round tender on him and that we might of been pushing our luck putting a second round tender.

But hey, why damper people's opportunity to have themselves a good ol fashion whine fest

 

[Rev Kev]

Wait. Now people are saying we were stupid not to franchise him? Do you know how up in arms the masses here would be. We would than have to pay him like a top 5 receiver in the league. That would be on par if we franchised brian hartline since we've gotten the same production from both while they were here. God, the extent people will go to just to moan and complain about something.

NE put a nasty poison pill in the the contract saying if he played 6 games a year in Miami the contract would be guaranteed. The way the money was constructed, there was no way we could match it. There was no way we were keeping him without putting a huge financial burden on the team. All for a receiver that was pretty decent for us.

BINGO!!! Now we'll see the thread back again in 3 months - jsut wait and see.......

 

[walt]

wes welker is in touch with his QB. thats what makes him elusive. he runs routes down seem, over middle, back and forth go routes, slants, outs, and brady knows where the dude is at all times.

Brady was Brady before welker, but welker made brady even better. bess is not slower. bess is not completely in touch with his offense. BB would love to have Bess right now. u kiddin me? then were right back at same discussion.

Bess is not slower? Did you see Welker take it 99 yards to the house against us? When has Bess ever done that?