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By rolling the dice and being wrong, Welker ends up with no more money, a moving van, left on his doorstep with a suitcase while the agent blows smoke up the ass of some other naive would be superstar.
Anyone want to dispute that this is an agent screwing his client?
By rolling the dice and being wrong, Welker ends up with no more money, a moving van, left on his doorstep with a suitcase while the agent blows smoke up the ass of some other naive would be superstar.
Welker sounded disoriented during his press conference in Denver, like he couldn't believe he had signed with Denver when the Broncos were just supposed to be leverage with Kraft and Belichick.
He's probably fuming right now trying to figure out the channels on his new cable box.
Yes I will dispute that. There was a three day legal tampering period. Welker knew what the offers we're and decided to turn down the Pats offer anyway. Perhaps Welker or his agent thought they could go to another team and then go back to the Pats to drive up the price but the Pats smartly moved on to make sure they got Amendola before they potentially lost out on both guys
Welker sounded disoriented during his press conference in Denver, like he couldn't believe he had signed with Denver when the Broncos were just supposed to be leverage with Kraft and Belichick.
He's probably fuming right now trying to figure out the channels on his new cable box.
Originally Posted by Gronkandez
Yes I will dispute that. There was a three day legal tampering period. Welker knew what the offers we're and decided to turn down the Pats offer anyway. Perhaps Welker or his agent thought they could go to another team and then go back to the Pats to drive up the price but the Pats smartly moved on to make sure they got Amendola before they potentially lost out on both guys
So Welker, gauging the market on his own, even though he had an agent, decided to leave his home, Brady, his friends etc to get basically the same money somewhere else.
So Welker, gauging the market on his own, even though he had an agent, decided to leave his home, Brady, his friends etc to get basically the same money somewhere else.
$2 million more guaranteed. A million here, a million there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.
Given the $6 million per year offer he signed with Denver, the Patriots would counter with the fact they paid him nearly $10 million on the franchise tag last year. That, they might say, was above-market.
When I spoke to Welker's agent David Dunn last year, he suggested that a four-year $32 million deal with about $20 million guaranteed would have gotten it done.
In the end, the Patriots were offering Welker -- including last year's deal -- three years for $20 million. The money Dunn believed Welker should be paid and Welker was convinced he should be paid was not realistic and the Broncos offer Welker agreed to seems to be proof of that.
So Welker, gauging the market on his own, even though he had an agent, decided to leave his home, Brady, his friends etc to get basically the same money somewhere else.
$2 million more guaranteed. A million here, a million there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money.
Felger's point is that if they were so far apart on Tuesday, why was there so much optimism. leading up to Tues. He can't get past that. But we should all understand that part of Felger's bias comes from having a very bad relationship with the team when he was the beat reporter. This sometimes leads to Felger's monomania about certain issues.