Dec 18th 2008 3:45PM by Adam Gretz (author feed)
Filed under: PatriotsI admit, I’ve never been a huge fan of Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker. I mean, sure, he seems like a nice enough guy, solid player, but I always felt that any reasonably talented NFL wide receiver could do his job, which is to basically haul in swing passes from Tom Brady. Turns out, I may have been wrong. Actually, I think I am.

With two games to play in the regular season, Welker has already hauled in 100 passes for the second straight season, and is going to his very first Pro Bowl.

My criticism, if you want to call it that, with Welker over the years has been the fact he never, ever catches anything down field. Ever. On a given pass play his typical route usually ends within four or five yards of the line of scrimmage, if not behind it. It’s the definition of dink-and-dunk. Yet, while that may be true, I was still wrong about his ability to be a game-breaker.Continue Reading