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This is a great article on WW and what he means to the Patriots plus the NFL as a whole.

Steve Solloway: Looking up to little tough man | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

I'm not claiming to be a football expert but I watch a ton of games for multiple decades and IMO WW is the toughest player in the NFL. He is 185lbs man who takes brutal hits week in and week out. I see him walking back to the huddles on some plays and feel bad for him.

WW is one of those few players that I'd be ok with the Patriots overpaying for. We need to lock him up. We paid close to $100 million to 2 men who are 260lbs plus each in AH and Gronk but yet the 185lb man we have not yet extended played in more games than the two of them combined this year.(This is not a knock on AH or Gronk)

wizwor

Maybe, but he's not very athletic

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Mike the Brit

IIRC Wes Welker just about had his head twisted off in the Ravens game earlier this season. No flag, no complaints, just keeps going ... What a player!

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MrNathanDrake

There are a lot of tough players in the NFL.

Anquan Bolden (Ravens) had a severe concussion and had his entire jaw rewired...... He played the next Sunday.



But nobody takes a beating on a weekly basis like Wes Welker.

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Fencer

Actually, the toughest players in the NFL are probably RBs.

But Welker comes next. No other receiver takes as many hard shots.

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MrNathanDrake

RBs don't usually take big hits like Welker does. Whens the last time you saw Ridley get crushed over the middle?

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robbomango

That's Big Ben's title or is it toughest man alive,...

RelocatedPatFan

Pound for Pound Welker has to be the toughest.

Think about some of the hits those 200, 250+ guys put on him and he bounces back up.

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You gotta love WW. Wes Welker says that he's trying to take less contact, but it doesn't show in the numbers | masslive.com

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deters

I like Welker and think he is tops possession receiver in the league but he isn't a #1 and nor is a spring chicken with no injury past. I wouldn't invest a ton of money in him. No more than 8 for 2 with ideally 6 for 3. While we have a glaring need at WR next season, we have cap room to improve our roster quite a bit from where it is now heading into next season. I'd hate to see the majority put into one player. He has to be reasonable.