Only $500k more and Welker would get 1st round tender

[BPF]

Here's the problem. Your kffl link says:

Len Pasquarelli, of ESPN.com, reports the New England Patriots have signed restricted free agent WR Wes Welker (Dolphins) to an offer sheet. The Miami Dolphins have seven days to either match or pass the offer sheet. If the Dolphins do not match the offer, they will receive the Patriots' second-round draft pick in the 2007 NFL Draft.

while Pasquarelli's ESPN.COM article says:

A team source told ESPN.com on Saturday that the Patriots plan to sign Miami wide receiver Wes Welker, a three-year veteran and an explosive all-around performer, to a restricted free agent offer sheet in an attempt to pirate him away from the Dolphins.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2786731

I didn't write 'em, I just read 'em. In any case I have a feeling the offer sheet will be signed today.

 

[NEPat]

I've seen in a couple of other threads people talking about the specifics of Welker's contract (6 yrs, 18 mil, poison pill 20 mil). Is there a link to any of this?

 

[Don_the_patfan]

I've seen in a couple of other threads people talking about the specifics of Welker's contract (6 yrs, 18 mil, poison pill 20 mil). Is there a link to any of this?

No link, just speculation at this point. Number arent out yet but I bet when they do it will be very close to that.

 

[hwc]

I've seen in a couple of other threads people talking about the specifics of Welker's contract (6 yrs, 18 mil, poison pill 20 mil). Is there a link to any of this?

No. There's a serious reading comprehension problem on the internet.

I posted that as a hypothetical example of how a poison pill contract works in response to a question, "what is a poison pill". It was clearly labeled as speculative and hypothetical. But, people started running with it.