looks like u missed the point too

Joe, is it too much to ask for some dollar figures. How about some investigative reporting instead of just parroting what Jonathan says?

“There were offers on the table last summer, that, if you look at what Wes made last year with his franchise tag and you look at what the Broncos are paying him for the next two years and you put all that money together, it doesn’t equal what we offered in a three-year deal,” Jonathan Kraft said.

The Patriot’s last offer to Welker was a 2 year deal worth 16 million if he met the incentives. Welker’s deal with Denver is in actuality a one year deal for 6 million as the second year is not guaranteed. The Pats offer was better in the summer and it was better than the Denver deal he signed.

Wrong story. We took less to go to Denver. NFL contracts are not guaranteed. How much is Welker going to actually earn in Denver?

Yeah because Egghead does great as the lead-dog.

Wow, you have serious reading comprehension issues. Kraft did not say anything about the contract from this year. He discussed the fact that Welker was offered a more lucrative contract last summer.

Why don’t the Krafts go count their money.

They are doing a disservice to Pats fans as well as to Wes to try to control spin of losing Wes Welker. You are shoveling dirt on yourselves(and organization) since nothing that you have said justifies your actions or lays blame on Welker or his representative. It was simply a business move with the Pats.

Hey, Jonathon, Shut the **** up. The Pats valued Amendola more than Welker. Time will tell if smart or dumb move.

Let it go, Jonathan. Do it to save your own reputation, if for no other reason.

want to bet the denver has a better record than the team I love for 20 years BIG month put your money where your mounth is smuck
Well waiting you must live home with mon in the basement

Do you remember what this team was like before Kraft owned it? Only a complete moron would be pleading for Kraft to sell the team. If you are too young to remember , please research some Patriot history before you expose your ignorance in a public forum again.

I was joking I was trying to push people button sorry

We are all disappointed, but let’s not forget that Amendola can play. I was a huge 49ners fan when they replaced Montana with Young. It was unbelievable how upset the fan base was. But in the end it was the right decision. I am not saying that is what happened here, but fans were all over Young for years and it was not until the latter part of his career that people came to appreciate what he brought to the team.

Please reread what was said.

“all I’ll tell you is, there were offers on the table last summer, that
if you look at what Wes made last year with his franchise tag and you
look at what the Broncos are paying him for the next two years and you
put all that money together it doesn’t equal what we offered in a
three-year deal.”

The three year deal Kraft is referring to was the 3 years at $24M. There are reports that the guaranteed money was in the neighborhood of $16M. If you take Welker’s Franchise tag money $9.5M, plus the full 2 year $12M contract from the Broncos, it only adds up to $21.5M. That is $3.5M less than he would have gotten from the Patriots had he signed last summer.

Tom Curran wrote a story that says that the agent for Welker David Dunn wanted $20M in guaranteed money and was convinced that the market for Welker was closer to $9-$10M per year. So each side was pretty far apart.

I think this was a very unfortunate thing for both Welker and the Patriots, and people are wrong to simply blame the team, there is more to it and there is blame on the other side as well.

Ok we all know that we love welker he was a true football player BUT next year will yell and scream at the games and forget all about him.. IF X play catches a pass that all that matters. This is Fun pushing people Button boy you have to love boston fans we love our sports…………

Arik_s, you are right. Most people think it is $12M guaranteed. It was not, his payments are roster bonuses. If the Broncos cut him before March 2014, he gets nothing and Broncos are not on the hook for anything. So in reality Welker ended up with a $6M guranteed contract. The Patriots were apparently guaranteeing him $10M over 2 years, plus incentives. If it is all about guaranteed dollars (Curran reports that the agents were looking for $20M), then $10M is more than $6M and Welker ended up leaving the team for less money. Quite sad.

Nobody pays for past performance, my company does not, can’t think of any good organization that does. The franchise money does not factor in to a salary discussion for a normal contract, it makes no difference unless the team chooses to franchise the player again, in which case they would have to give the player a “raise” of sorts to do so consecutively. BTW – Welker is not our best Player, Brady is. If you want proof, do you think only 2 other teams would make an offer on Brady is he was a free agent?

Ok… I was just originally saying that they should of showed Welker a lil more love instead of I’m sure the hard nosed this is the offer end of story stance I”m sure he got…. NE plays by systems and every player besides basically Brady is changeable… Pats will stay make the playoffs

I saw his statement and he did not specify which offer he was talking about. Mosty people would assume he was talking about current negotiations and not ancient history which has nothing to do with the final result. Sure the offer was more then and no one knew where the market would settle. Welker wanted to find out and did.