Perfect set up for Tyms

DaBruinz said:

Is 40 receptions as a rookie some magical number that predicts stardom? Do I really have to go and get the list of WRs who had less than 40 receptions as a rookie and went on to be good to great players to show you how wrong this idea is?
Who cares that both missed 4+ games last season, right?
Forget that Dobson actually had more yards than any other Patriots rookie receiver since Brady became QB.
Forget that Thompkins only had 23 less yards than Deion Branch did as a rookie. And Branch had 11 more receptions than Thompkins.
Who cares that Dobson missed all of the OTAs, Mini-Camps, and Training Camp because of his injury, right? You're so great at talent evaluation that you know already how his season is going to go..

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ChrisR2223 said:

...He one the bulk of his matchups...

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Raymond said:

Credibility gone.

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hwc said:

In his last year with the Dophins, Welker had:

67 receptions for 687 yards
48 kick returns for 1064 yards
41 punt returns for 378 yards

I would say that 156 touches for 2129 yards would be in the "special player" category. I was surprised that the Dolphins didn't negotiate a deal to keep him. That was clearly a mistake.

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Rob0729 said:

If he was a special player, he would have been tendered a first rounder. He was not a special player in Miami.

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SalemPats said:

I was replying to the comment that they are clicking. They are not clicking yet, please watch the games before you write.

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DaBruinz said:

He was a special player in Miami. The problem was that Miami couldn't afford to tender him at a 1st round level if I remember correctly. Also, the contract negotiations they had failed..

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Rob0729 said:

First, once the Pats made an offer to Welker, the only thing they could do was match Welker's offer. They cannot do a deal after an offer is tendered by another team. And the Pats structured the offer in a way that it was near impossible for the Dolphins to match.

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By that point, the only question was how to finalize the process. The Patriots were prepared to sign Welker to an offer sheet that included a "poison pill" that would make it difficult for the Dolphins to match. Yet in hopes of avoiding the bad blood that sometimes can accompany offer sheets - the Seahawks and Vikings recently engaged in a nasty back and forth with offensive lineman Steve Hutchinson and receiver Nate Burleson exchanging teams via offer sheets - the Patriots instead called the Dolphins and proposed a trade.

The Dolphins were amenable, shipping Welker to the Patriots for second- and seventh-round draft choices. The Dolphins used the second-rounder (60th overall) to select Hawaii center Samson Satele, who has started all six games this season. The seventh-round pick (238th overall) yielded Abraham Wright, a linebacker from Colorado who has been inactive for every game.

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JMC00 said:

There are going to be some whiners on here when Oct 30th comes and the Patriots announce the release of Tyms.

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SEPatsFan said:

There was no poison pill in the Welker deal in '07, the Patriots traded a 2nd and 7th for him, they did not sign him it a restricted free agent offer sheet.

LINK to Boston.com 10/17/07



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