Who’s Really to Blame in Wes Welker vs. New England Patriots Contract Fiasco?

March 19, 2013   ·   Zach Kruse   ·   Jump to comments

New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft will attempt to make you think otherwise, but if his franchise truly wanted receiver Wes Welker back next season, he could have put his money where his mouth is.
The Patriots had two full years and a few months into 2013 to get a long-term deal done that would have kept Welker in New England.
Instead, the two sides constantly butted heads, fought over values and eventually split, as Welker walked away from New England's final offer for a chance to play with Peyton Manning and the Denver Broncos. 
Kraft, speaking at the NFL owners meetings this week, tried to make Welker's side sound like the villain (via Kareem Copeland of NFL.com):
In retrospect, I wish we could have wrapped that into an arrangement where it was part of a longer-term deal. But I really believe in this case, his agents misrepresented, in their mind, what his market value was. When you come right down to the bottom line, he accepted a deal in Denver t...

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