RodThePat
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I'll be honest. There is clearly fault on both sides. I fault Welker and his agent for not at least trying to change the numbers at which the incentives kicked in. I also fault the Pats for not being willing to budge over a miniscule $1M over 3 years last year. Just silliness.
I truly hope that it doesn't bite the Pats in the rear.
It's not about "budging". If you believe Welker is no longer a Patriot because Kraft wasn't willing to part with an aditional $ 1 million per year, you don't think very highly of him. The Patriots wanted to move on from Wes, and offered him a deal that, while represented how they valued him, would almost certainly be covered by another team. Bill Belichick was answering Twitter questions 12 hours before Welker became a Bronco, don't you think he was at peace with how negotiations were going? It's very likely this transition from Welker to Amendola was in the works for a while now. It could blow up on their faces, and it could be another case of Bill outsmarting himself, but that's clearly the direction the Pats wanted to go all along.