You would have to believe the agent.
I think Dunn is embarassed that he couldn't do better for Wes. I can imagine how I would feel if I was another player relying on Dunn's negotiating skills: Not good. At all.
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Full link of story penned by Curran with this snippet...
"No offer was ever made, Dunn contends. Period.
If that were the case, there was no two-year, $10 million offer plus incentives that could have pumped the deal up to $16 million.
That offer was reported by Mike Reiss of ESPNBoston, who wrote on Friday, "The last proposal from the Patriots was a two-year, $10 million pact that could have been worth up to $16 million with incentives (although in Welker's eyes a good chunk of those would have been tough to reach)."
If there were no offer, it confounds how Reiss would be able to report that the incentives in a non-existent offer were unattainable in the eyes of Welker."
Agent maintains Patriots didn't want Welker | Comcast SportsNet - CSNNE.com
More interesting to me is how the boys at Comcast... Felger, Mas and Curran... are going after Reiss in a not so subtle manner.
One point...Can we now all agree that the Reiss sourcing for his WW stories is clearly the NEP.
C) The BOTTOM LINE is that the agent screwed the pooch by not accepting the deal last year, and mis-read the market after talking to Denver in the legal tampering period this year. Or, perhaps the agent presented things correctly to Welker, and Welker simply decided that he'd rather play for Denver than New England, and that he preferred Denver to other teams, regardless of the money.
Full link of story penned by Curran with this snippet...
"No offer was ever made, Dunn contends. Period.
If that were the case, there was no two-year, $10 million offer plus incentives that could have pumped the deal up to $16 million.
That offer was reported by Mike Reiss of ESPNBoston, who wrote on Friday, "The last proposal from the Patriots was a two-year, $10 million pact that could have been worth up to $16 million with incentives (although in Welker's eyes a good chunk of those would have been tough to reach)."
If there were no offer, it confounds how Reiss would be able to report that the incentives in a non-existent offer were unattainable in the eyes of Welker."
Agent maintains Patriots didn't want Welker | Comcast SportsNet - CSNNE.com
More interesting to me is how the boys at Comcast... Felger, Mas and Curran... are going after Reiss in a not so subtle manner.
One point...Can we now all agree that the Reiss sourcing for his WW stories is clearly the NEP.
Let's not forget who I consider to be the most affected people in all this..
US...the Patriots fans...the same people who ultimately are the ones who PAY poor ittle wittle hurt "feewings" Wes the millions of dollars he makes to play a kid's game.
Welker left saying only this.."I'm going to miss Tommy"....yeah...uh....hello?????...uh...hey Wes...look...over here!!!...see US????? see the millions of Patriots fans who have supported you and cheered for you and PAID your salary these past six years????...anything you want to say to US?...or about US????....we're waiting..tap....tap...tap...tap.....
and Wes' the Wonderful's response?????????????????
so...storm off in a huff to take 2 million MORE over two years than here? BRILLIANT!!!!
Let me make an analogy, sort of...try to follow my twisted logic, please...it's the WAY I SEE IT....
Pedro goes to the Mets...OK...it's business...he wasn't happy about it but they parted ways....he LOVED the Red Sox fans....he comes back later in his career to standing ovations and open love....he's working NOW as a consultant for the Red Sox.
Johnny Damon essentially does the same exact thing Welker has done here...goes to the hated Yankees for a few million more....shaves his beard, cuts his hair, has a press conference during which he exclaims "I'M a TRUE YANKEE now!!!"...yeah, they use him up and unceremoniously give him the boot. He was MADE in Boston...he was part of a once in a lifetime experience...his goodwill here was incalculable...the love a tangible thing from the fans...and he did the EXACT same thing that Welker has done. John Damon comes here to Fenway and one would think there's 39,000 snakes hissing in the stands. He is DONE as a viable Boston sports figure. He has ZERO image to try to bank in NYC. He SCREWED HIMSELF. The idiot we all loved proved to be an idiot we all can't stand now.
Pedro, si...Damon, no
Willie McG, si...Welker, no
here's my biggest beef with all this "Welker's gone...waaah...waaah!!!" crap....is he a GOOD receiver? ...yes
Is he a GREAT receiver? well I consider great to be a receiver who MAKES THE CATCHES in the Super Bowl and AFC Championship games, not the one remembered for CRUCIAL DROPS...
Troy Aikman and Michael Irvin, Super Bowl XXVII...THAT is a great WR
John Elway and Rod Smith, Super Bowl XXXIII
Elway was named Super Bowl MVP, the oldest ever, throwing for 336 yards, one touchdown and one interception. Rod Smith was Elway's main target, catching five balls for 152 yards and Elway's lone touchdown
Terry Bradshaw and Lynn Swann, Super Bowl X...really, what can I add to Swann's performance...THAT is what a great WR does in the Super Bowl...THAT
Super Bowl XXIII - 49ers 20, Bengals 16 Montana to Rice
With this game legends were made and Hall of Fame busts officially ordered for a trio of 49ers, from head coach Bill Walsh (who retired after his third Super Bowl triumph) to WR Jerry Rice (Super Bowl MVP, 215 receiving yards) and, of course, QB Joe Montana (pictured). This game helped relaunch the Niners as the team to beat for the next 2-3 seasons, but the Niners actually trailed late in the fourth quarter, 16-13. Ever the epitome of "Joe Cool," Montana was unstoppable on the final 92-yard drive and hit John Taylor for the championship touchdown with just eight seconds left — the third of Montana's four Super Bowl titles.
Rice, Taylor, Dwight Clark...every single one a GREAT wide receiver who played BIG BIG BIG in the the biggest of games.
In fact,Deion Branch, our own Deion, had a spectacular performance at WR for us with all the chips on the line...has everyone crying and moaning over poor Welky forgotten THAT brilliant, BIG TIME performance in the ultimate game?
So please, good luck to Wes Welker...who knows, maybe he can grab a few local Denver spots pitching cars for Elway after his playing days are done...but don't ever come back HERE selling anything, Wes, because you are nothing but another Damonesque sellout, as far as I'm concerned. Hey, maybe you and Seymour can buy a vineyard out west and start making your own special brand of whine.
You are probably right...I tend to forget football players are not necessarily on any MENSA waiting list...and I didn't mention his agent because that clown doesn't deserve mention...and probably will be out of the agent business in a few years. Perhaps the Rocky Mountain air will clear the cobwebs in Welker's head and he'll make some kind of fan reconciliation gesture. I'm not going to waste my time waiting for it though.
I decided today how I feel about this whole dog and pony show...after thinking on it and reading all the sides to it. Stupid move. No matter how I slice it it's still a plate of shyt.
The Patriots get the blame for the whole mess GETTING to this fail safe point...for some reason that we may never know in THIS life, they declined to sign him to an extension last season and used the tag instead. OK...9.5 mil isn't chump change but the guy wanted security at a fair price. Welker performed well over his pay grade to that point...why the foot dragging on settling the issue and moving forward is beyond my ken as a fan.
And while it's true that the Pats did not cloak themselves in glory in handling this, they would have looked like the biggest fools had they lost out on Amendola, too. The way I see, there was no way Welker wasn't going to test the market. The Patriots acted to protect themselves. It sucks, but there it is.
Which, once again, boils down to Welker's agent misleading him into believing the market was much greater than what panned out. Wes still could have told his agent to get what he could out of the Patriots and be done with it.
I think I found a pic of Welker's agent...
The Patriots get the blame for the whole mess GETTING to this fail safe point...for some reason that we may never know in THIS life, they declined to sign him to an extension last season and used the tag instead. OK...9.5 mil isn't chump change but the guy wanted security at a fair price. Welker performed well over his pay grade to that point...why the foot dragging on settling the issue and moving forward is beyond my ken as a fan.