midwestpatsfan

As I was preparing for my fantasy draft, I got to thinking who would be handling those duties for the patriots. LAst year Welker saved my butt in fantasy because of his returning abilities and thought he may be a steal in the later rounds since I think he is going to catch a ton of balls and add in the return numbers and he becomes a gem. What are your thoughts?

dhamz

He'll definitely handle punts.

Kickoff returns seem to be up in the air at this point. I expect he'll share duties there. Hobbs and Maroney are clearly the best KRs on the roster but I'd expect neither to do it except for very important returns.

brdmaverick

unfortunately for you Welker will not have any value as a kickoff return man this year. Even if he was the only returner, he would only be receiving one kickoff a game (opening kickoff or second half kickoff) as our defense is primed for 16 shutouts


no, really, this is a good question and one that I have been thinking about as well. I would take the chance that he does see action as a kickoff return guy even though Ellis Hobbs will be his equal. With or without kickoffs, I think he will still be valuable as a slot receiver.

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