Looked up Welker, he signed with the Rams in November. Thought it was stupid that the Pats did not work something out with him after 2012.
I really liked Welker, tough and gutsy player...sad to see him leave, but I am not surprised things happened the way they did.
In the end, the Patriots made the right choice from a football perspective, but as a fan, I wished it had gone down differently.
It is a truism around here with Pats fans that Bill Belichick generally gets rid of a player a year too early rather than a year too late. Sometimes I hate that approach (Wilfork is best example) but most often, I can’t argue with it. Most of the time he is proven correct in his assessment.