From Rotoworld, A source close to Tom Brady tells CSN New England he is "beyond enraged" at the Patriots letting Wes Welker for two years and $12 million, and feels it is a "disgrace" and a "disservice." As he should be. Brady didn't renegotiate his deal to free up $8.2 million in 2013 cap space so the Patriots could let his favorite target walk for less than what Brian Hartline is making. It's business as usual for the Pats, but Brady clearly thought his new deal would make for an exception with his slot machine. Brady has been "enraged" at Pats moves before, but the effects of this one could be long-lasting. New England's braintrust has some explaining to do. :breakdance:
Are we talking the SB catch/drop? That's the one that Brady and Welker never completed before in their history together. Collinsworth said on the broadcast, Welker porbably catches that 99/100 times, so a website took a look and saw that Brady to Welker never made that type of throw and catch before. The throw is a few inches lower, game over. Didn't make a good throw for whatever reason. And so much for Brady restructuring letting them get money to sign Welker. Wonder who NE uses it on. Wallace is gone too but I didn't think he was a good fit in NE John Buccigross @Buccigross Peyton Manning completed 71.7% of his passes to slot receivers last year, best among aQBs with at least 50 targets to slot rec. #espnstats
Amendola scares me much more, he was able to produce w/ nothing around him. he didn't have Moss and the 2 TEs w/ the best QB in the game. That ball should have been caught, could have been thrown better but should have been caught.
Wait, for 2 years and 12 million? Why wouldn't NE match that? They just learned not everyone can mesh into the NE pass offense and Welker/Brady would torch other teams. I don't understand this decision.
Because that same I know everything, my way or the highway, asshole attitude we hated in Mangini comes right from Belli. Sure, hes a great coach, but they let hard feelings get in the way on this one.
Welker will either suck with the Broncos (I don't expect this) or the Pats offense will be fine without him. They usually do fine even when they make the tough decisions that everyone questions at the time they're made.
Amendola isn't half the player Welker is, and there is no way that pass "should have been caught". It was a terrible pass that Welker had to make a great adjustment to just get his hands on the ball.
A source close to Tom Brady — not Brady himself — tells CSN New England he/she is "beyond enraged" at the Patriots letting Wes Welker for two years and $12 million, and feels it is a "disgrace" and a "disservice." Again, these are apparently the thoughts of the actual source, and not Brady himself. It was initially believed the source was relaying Brady's direct feelings. Regardless, Brady didn't renegotiate his deal to free up $8.2 million in 2013 cap space so the Patriots could let his favorite target walk for less than what Brian Hartline is making. It's business as usual for the Pats, but Brady clearly thought his new deal would make for an exception with his slot machine. Brady himself has been "enraged" at Pats moves before, but the effects of this one could be long-lasting. New England's braintrust has some explaining to do.
lol it wasn't a perfect pass but don't exaggerate in the other direction. As you said he got his hands on it. It was definitely not a "terrible" pass.
maybe it wasn't an option of the Pats matching it. it is possible Welker felt the Pats should pay him more than $6 million per year and wouldn't accept that amount from them, or even just a little more, and would rather play for the Broncos for that amount.
Welker certainly made a great effort on the ball, and it is likely a catch he makes 8 out of 10 times, but not being a perfect pass doesn't then make the pass a terrible pass. with our QB we, of all people, should be well aware of what terrible passes are.
8 out of 10 times? So the two chances he had at that type of pass and couldn't bring it in were the 2 out of 10 he doesn't get apparently.
A "terrible" pass is one thrown 10 feet over his head, a-la Sanchez. It was a difficult catch to make, but far from a "terrible" pass.
