I'd like to see how the cap number works out.
It would seem that a faotr could well be that we could sign a younger player to a much larger, longer term contract at the same cap hit for the 1st year or even 2.
Lets say Welkers hits are 5mill and 7mill.
A 5yr 50mill deal with 20 in bonus money and salaries of 1, 3, 7,9,10 would have the same cap hits in the first 2 years. If that is to sign a young stud type receiver entering his prime, it gives a different outlook.
In the end, you have to see where the money is spent to truly judge the decision to not spend it on Welker.
LMAO at people saying Danny or Eldeman. Eldeman is a joke compared to welker. He is not the big time potential player we need now that we don't have welker. I will seriously be pissed if we don't get welker. I am willing to give a first round for cruz
The Patriots Lowballed Wes and hoped that his loyalty would bring him back at any price.
You can't tell me that if your Boss came to you with an insulting under-market contract after you had been loyal to them for years that you wouldn't be a little pissed.
I completely understand Welker's frustration, i understand why he went to Denver, i understand why Denver would want him, So how can i blame Wes at all for this? he would have looked like a fool to take 10 million for 2 years.
If Welker wasn't in the Patriots plans, they had better have a great backup plan. Nobody except for Brady knows the complex patriots offense like Welker does and now you will be forced to bring in an unknown commodity, because of what on the surface appears to be hubris.
Cruz is the only guy who is NOT the answer.
We don't need to give away a 1st round pick in order to throw big money at a WR.
Welker is not going to be replaced, his role will be eliminated (actually reduced to a situational role) and the scheme will be altered to accenuate different receivers, just as it did when Moss arrived and again when he left, and when Welker arrived and now when he leaves.
yes they low balled him by offering him 2 years 16 mil, and 2 years 10 mil this year...
those offers are so insane compared to the 2 year 12 mill deal he just got......../s
apparently the pats added incentives to the deal that could have potentially made it similar to the Denver deal but w/e.
in short welker gave the big FU to the front office..........w/e move on.
The patriots weren't playing a money game, get real. Wes Welker is unwanted because he's old, slow, short, and can't catch big passes. Period. He's not worth 6 million, and thank god the Broncos suckers signed him. Welker was a cancer to the patriots offense attracting passes he couldn't catch. This is the first time since the 2007 offseason I've been proud of this organization for making a great decisions despite its popularity.
Welker is not going to be replaced, his role will be eliminated (actually reduced to a situational role) and the scheme will be altered to accenuate different receivers
I'm reminded of the day I joined this forum. The Patriots had just cut Lawyer Milloy, and much like now, the (much smaller) community was ripsh1t. Including me. The team ended up doing pretty well that year. Four more Super Bowl appearances has led me to give Belichick the benefit of the doubt, if not some of you. If he thinks that money is best used elsewhere, I believe him.
I've also thought that maybe he wants sturdier guys running some of those routes -- tight ends and larger receivers.
Maybe that is how it will play out. Maybe not. But I know this. I base things on facts. BB has 3 rings. WW has zero.
Sorry. I will trust the guy with 3 rings (who did it without the spectacular WW) over the guy with zero.
And how pray tell are we even going to get into the AFCCG next year? According to many of the crybabies on this forum we have obviously given up on this upcoming year. Gave away WW, haven't signed one player, Wont pay Wallace or apparently Cruz.
Shut the board down!! Its over...The only people who will be happy is a bunch of moms who wont have their children spending so much time on their computers whining about how terrible the Patriots are.
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