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I'm sure you feel his contribution is irreplaceable. Just like everyonsimply trot out a blank check and have him put in what ever numbers he wants regardless of the consequences to the rest of the team. You don't have to post a response to everyone who doesn't feel the same as youe thought Gronk was irreplaceable.
. The fact is that this offense will survive and flourish missing a single part or two. Would we be better WITH Gronk than without him. Of course we would. Yet without him we won 4 of 5 games and the only one we lost we scored 34 points
Tom Brady is the only irreplaceable part of this offense at this point, and even when he was gone for a year the offense was very productive (5th best in the NFL that year). Has anyone ever considered that this team and organization has something to do with a players' production. Look at what happened to players like Branch and Cassell after they left.
You miss the point completely. NO ONE wants Wes Welker to leave. NO ONE! But...there is a point, a price point, where keeping him will do more damage to the rest of the team, than the value he brings to the field. Even you have to acknowledge this. You and I can speculate what this number is. The Pats front office KNOWS it.
I would just wish you would recognize that whatever they pay Welker will have an effect on what they can do or not do in many other areas of the team. No player is signed in a vacuum. For every dollar that is given to Welker their is one less dollar for everyone else. THAT's a fact.