ScottishPat
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I'd say it was a much worse mistake for the JEST since they just cut him and got nothing.
Pats really stole Welker from the Phins with the poison pill.
OT: can I ask where the name Jest has came from ?
I can't start a new topic because I don't have enough posts. Haha.
Take the word J-E-T-S. And swap the last two letters.
This picture might help explain it....
Take the word J-E-T-S. And swap the last two letters.
This picture might help explain it....
To add to that and make sure you understand completely (we're talking about #1 and #3):
jest (jst)
n.
1. A playful or amusing act; a prank. See Synonyms at joke.
2. A frolicsome or frivolous mood: spoken in jest.
3. An object of ridicule; a laughingstock.
4. A witty remark.
Edit: Your picture isn't showing up, but I'm guessing it's the dumbass Jets fans holding up J-E-S-T
Thanks, we call them inbreds over here (or their brother is their father, sister is their mother, all sorts of things), if they're our closest rivals.
Uncle daddy?
No, incest.
Your sister is your mother
your father is your brother
you like to f**k each other
the Jets Family.
Your city's twinned with hell
you're ugly and you smell
this ought to ring a bell
the Jets Family.
We change the words to Fifer as they are the closest rivals to Falkirk (where I live and who I support as my football/soccer team)
It's a weird question, because it assumes players have equal value even on different teams. Some players fit -- Welker and Branch on the Patriots. Some don't. Adalius Thomas probably would have been better on the Ravens than he was here.
The Patriots track record of getting players to perform at a higher level than elsewhere is really good, but that doesn't necessary mean that the value the Patriots get out of the player is equal to the value that the other team gave up.
Also, it's a bit revisionist to say that the Dolphins "gave up" Welker. I don't think they wanted to let him walk. The problem is that they tendered him too low. They took a gamble, and perhaps didn't realize the value they had, and it cost them. People seem to remember this as a straight trade where we gave up a 2d and 7th for Welker, but it didn't really go down like that. They tendered him too low, we threatened the poison pill, and then threw in the 7th to make it a trade and avoid the unpleasantness of the poison pill, which Kraft seemed to think was a good move. Misjudging and tendering a player too low is, surely, an error. But the reality is that Welker was a UFA and had options, if not that year next. Woodhead was just a cut.
It was speculated the Pats would use a poison pill, but they didn't. In fact, they never actually made an offer directly to Welker until after the Dolphins traded him to the Patriots.Pats really stole Welker from the Phins with the poison pill.