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pretty sad if this is how it happened. Wish they had simply not made an offer in FA and said they are moving on . Wouldve been cleaner.Last summer, his agent Brian Murphy came to Foxboro after Welker was franchised to talk deal with the Patriots. Murphy sat down and . . . no Kraft . . . no Belichick. It was Patriots advisor Floyd Reese he was negotiating with.
Murphy was dumbfounded to see that a supposedly serious meeting was not attended by anyone with the capacity to finalize the deal or change the offer.
And at the end, Murphy said that Reese apologized for wasting Murphy's time.
The beat went on. After signing the franchise tender and tweeting it was a "leap of faith" and that he hoped the Patriots would do the right thing, the Patriots had the gall to call Welker on the carpet for being disrespectful.
This was management against player, and management had its way. Until Welker had a chance to get his way. And he took it.