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Despite the fact that Welker ended the 2010 season with 86 catches for 848 yards, by his own admission, he was never quite at 100 percent, thanks in large part to spending the offseason rehabbing instead of training.

This year, Welker is more than a year removed from the torn ACL and shoulder surgery, and said that lockout aside, there’s been no comparison between this offseason and last offseason.“It’s been great. I’ve actually been able to train instead of rehabbing. It’s been a world of difference. I’ve actually been able to bench press for the first time. I’ve been able to squat because of my shoulder — I can reach back there to grab the bar. Some of those things are kind of key when it comes to football. I’m definitely excited about that and that’s encouraging to see.

Hopefully, I’ll be able to use some of those skills I’m working on now during the season.“I feel so much better. It’s been great, really. Being able to train … I have confidence and everything. I feel good out there. The running, there’s no achiness. There’s none of that. It’s just being able to go out there and being able to do everything I’ve been able to do in the past and not have the aches and pains in the morning or anytime through it all. It’s been nice to see.”

Chris Price – WEEI

A nice reminder since it seems like everyone looks at WW’s ‘10 and sees “decline”. Expect WW to return to uncoverable status in ’11.

https://www.patspropaganda.com/despite-the-fact-that-welker-ended-the-2010-season/

X-and-O Flashback: How Welker makes Patriots offense go (2009)

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X-and-O Flashback: How Welker makes Patriots offense go (2009)

This is an article from a couple years back but if you love x’s and o’s like me it’s well worth the read.

One thing you’ll notice from the video is how adroitly Welker adjusts the nature of his route to the coverage he faces. Against tight man coverage, he might jab-step and juke a defender and make a flat cut to get open, while against loose man coverage or a softer zone he might “speed cut” the route — i.e. roll the cut in a way that is not quite as precise but where he doesn’t lose speed as he changes direction.

BST&N/Desberg: Important time for Patriots wide receivers

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BST&N/Desberg: Important time for Patriots wide receivers

Not a lot has been said about the Patriots wide receiver corps in the wake of a draft that many hoped would land the Pats a “deep threat”. I’ve always been of the opinion that they’d let their younger guys develop, and if they did make an additional it would be a veteran free agent.

Many smart football guys like Mike Lombardi do think the Pats should add someone, but I don’t necessarily thinks it’s a lock that they do.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qCQ2DM13fIQ

Today in reasons for Patriots fans to be excited…

Think of how much better Tom Brady was in 2010 than 2009. Now think about how much better Wes Welker will be in 2011 than he was in 2010. No one seems to remember Welker could’ve missed most of 2010 if he was human, yet he managed 86 catches and 7 TDs. Expect Welker to have the quick burst back in 2011.

(Source: http://www.youtube.com/)

https://www.patspropaganda.com/today-in-reasons-for-patriots-fans-to-be-excited/

Cutting a Welker report off at the knees

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If you haven’t heard it yet I’m sure it will pop up somewhere so this is a preemptive attempt to provide some perspective on the twitter personality known as “Incarcerated Bob” and this tweet that he made this morning:

**BREAKING NEWS** Patriots are looking into shopping WR Wes Welker this off-season : Pats believe they can get a 2nd RD pick or early 3rd

I can’t say that I definitively know that this is untrue, but I do know that Bob reports a lot of stuff that never happens. His tweets surrounding Jim Harbaugh were pretty comical, he had Harbaugh as a lock to multiple places multiple times.

It’s also worth mentioning that Bob is a Jets fan, so we can’t rule out him just trying to drive a stake between the Pats and Welker after his first series benching.

Finally, and most logically, the season ended three days ago. Are we to assume that the Patriots, namely BB, already sat down, decided that they’d be better off getting either a 3rd second or third round pick than they’d be with WW coming into year two after an ACL injury (usually the year they get back to 100%)? Not only did they decide all this but they told people who then somehow leaked word back to Incarcerated Bob? Highly doubtful.

Perhaps Bob or his sources (likely Jets related) saw a small rift between BB and WW and wanted to try to up the stakes. The fact is that players have had rifts with BB before, but once it’s over with it’s in the past. So I find it unlikely that there would be residual tension based on Welker getting benched for one series.

Welker is signed through 2011, so there could be some contract discussions with him about an extension this offseason. But right now his cap number is manageable so there’s no reason to think it would be a salary related move.

So all in all, if/when news of this “report” catches on take it with a grain of salt and consider the source.