tonyto3690
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Welker is a tremendous fit for the Patriots scheme. In the 5 years the Brady/Welker duo has been together, there have been
2 SB appearances
3 AFCCG appearances
1 16-0 season
1 14-2 season
1 13-3 season
1 12-4 season
1 10-6 season (Brady's year back from sugery)
2008 was the lost season
2009 was the lost playoff season (Welker injured week 17)
So, only one "healthy" Brady/Welker season hasn't resulted in at least an AFCCG appearance, and that was the 2010 playoff season with the loss to the Jets.
1st SB appearance and 16-0 was in the spread system where he's a more natural fit.
2nd SB appearance we were without Gronk/Hernandez most of season and were running a 3 WR set a lot of the time.
This is all completely beside the point. I already stated Welker is an elite WR. He'd put up good numbers anywhere with any half decent QB. The point is he isn't a natural fit in the natural direction our scheme is developing into.
Had we had Fitzgerald in 2010 we likely make it to the SB- Welker was hurt, but we had no WR that could get separation.
Had we had Fitzgerald in 2011 we likely win the SB- The Giants flooded the box with men to stop the run who just would backout in a zone against the pass and Welker couldn't make them pay deep.
Welker and our offense having success does NOT mean Fitzgerald wouldn't have been an improvement in 2010 to present. That is completely moronic logic to say "Welker played well, therefore it's impossible for it to be any better". Fitzgerald would have been able to win deep and punish teams for loading all 11 players 15 yards deep and in between the numbers.