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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.His '12 compensation is the highest yearly comp for a WR in the history of the team. Such disrespect.
And WW was so outraged with the tag that he came flying in to sign it...in May. By signing it, negotiations had to be haulted.......his doing....not the teams.
In appreciation to Kraft for drafting him and extending him early...
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Nice detail -- Aaron Hernandez is donating $50K to the Patriots Charitable Foundation in honor of Myra Kraft with this deal done.
Bingo.
I think the fans are more upset about the Welker contract situation than Welker is.
He did what he had to do - - negotiate cold-bloodedly like the Pats did. They shook hands, didn't come to an agreement. He goes out and plays with a smile on his face and the comp you described above. He stated as much to the press that $9.4 million isn't killing him any.
Indeed, that was very nice and it is just awesome we have these two together for 7 more years. I love being a Patriots' fan but it's tough on all of us seeing the Seymours, Branches, Samuels, etc, leaving and it's so nice to be keeping those types longer now.What a sweet thing to do. I love that kid.
I think Schmess didn't make his point well. Let me try.Name the WR we are flush with. Stallworth is gone. Gaffney hasn't yet shown he will be back better than before at 31. Lloyd and Brady are still working on chemistry. Branch is on a one year deal at 33. Ebert hasn't taken a regular season snap yet and may be headed for the PS. Edleman is a pending UFA. They need to continue to upgrade the secondary via the draft and look at starting to plan for the future at WR that way too.
Welker was looking for something more than $16M guaranteed, and he's already made $9.5M of it.
Name the WR we are flush with. Stallworth is gone. Gaffney hasn't yet shown he will be back better than before at 31. Lloyd and Brady are still working on chemistry. Branch is on a one year deal at 33. Ebert hasn't taken a regular season snap yet and may be headed for the PS. Edleman is a pending UFA. They need to continue to upgrade the secondary via the draft and look at starting to plan for the future at WR that way too.
Welker was looking for something more than $16M guaranteed, and he's already made $9.5M of it.
His '12 compensation is the highest yearly comp for a WR in the history of the team. Such disrespect.
And WW was so outraged with the tag that he came flying in to sign it...in May. By signing it, negotiations had to be haulted.......his doing....not the teams.
The Pats are FLUSH with WRs and TE's - - but WILL need to spend money on that secondary. We all love Wes, no doubt. There is such a thing as priorities in the dog eat dog NFL. Rewarding for past performance is not a top one.
How about talking about Hernandez. Do you go to weddings and start discussing some other guy breaking up with his girlfriend ?
AHern made it rain, he and Gronk will be together until Brady is 42. It's all good.
Still waiting for Ken to show us Welker's "diminsihing skills" and the facts that back that claim up?
I think Schmess didn't make his point well. Let me try.
There were extenuating circumstances in some of those earlier cases. Branch was injury prone, same thing that is dogging Chung and Vollmer. And Samuel they were never entirely enamored of for a variety of reasons (skill, attitude, leadership). Mankins was a victim of the lockout monster, kind of like Welker was a victim of the turf monster. They love Vince but I think they were testing him to make sure he was all in and that was the test Seymour had flunked. Mayo sleeps on a couch in Bill's office. Gronk and Ahern while still a little frisky off the field or occasionally distracted on it, both seem to get it and that includes responding to Brady riding them like mules to toughen and coach them up.
There is another Boston team that can input a few ideas on albatross contracts.
If the concept was accepted from the beginning that the young TE's would come first; much of the emotion would never have developed.