We have absolutely no way of knowing what advice Welker's agent is giving him but we do know that his ethical obligation as an agent is to get him the best deal possible, and at a bare minimum one that reflects his market value, neither of which the Patriots are likely to do. Regardless of what the Welker haters in this forum claim the reality is that his production puts him in rare air for any NFL player, as there are only one or two WR's in the NFL who have produced the way Welker has, and those receivers have contracts worth over 120 million. The Patriots aren't going to pay Welker that kind of money nor should they as those contracts were 2nd contracts for WR's who could well end up in the HOF when all is said and done. Welker is on his 3rd contract and that changes the length of any deal and pretty much ensures that he won't see the kind of mega deal those players received. That doesn't mean however that the Patriots have a right to offer him a deal that is so far below market value as to make it absurd on its face and expect him to take it, which is what their reported offer to him really was, and Kraft's stance apparently is. Offering him 1/10th of what Johnson and Fitzgerald received is not negotiating in any kind of good faith, and Welker's agent would have been grossly negligent to advise him to take that deal, or anything remotely in that ballpark. And if the Patriots make a similar offer this offseason then Welker's agent is once again going to be obliged to recommend free agency to him, and for Kraft to suggest that it's the agent who is causing the problem is really ludicrous, it is the Patriots desire to get a great player at well below market value that is the problem, not the recommendations of the agent.
Ultimately the Patriots are going to have to move for this to get done. i believe Welker really wants to be in NE and finish his career here, and if the Patriots come up with any kind of reasonable offer that will get done. whether or not they will be willing to do spo remains the question, but what isn't in question is that Welker has more than earned it in every way. he is the most productive, most reliable, most durable, and toughest player the Patriots have ever had had the position and there is absolutely no indication that is going to drop off any time soon. if the Patriots are willing to go around 4 years and 30 million I think it will get done, and it will be a steal for the Patriots, if they want to stay at less than for or under 20 million then Welker should leave for the best deal he can get, and that would be a huge blow to their hopes of winning any more rings before Brady hangs them up.