i hope this isnt bills big move for a receiver!

I see Bill continues to shop at K-Mart

DOES EVERY MOVE HAVE TO BE A BIG ONE, CALM DOWN

I think the fans are tired of quantity over quality!!!!!!!!!

Pats are the Atlanta Braves of the NFL….Just make the playoffs…year after year and the sheep will be happy.While other teams should be jealous of N.E. being playoff bound every year, I would prefer the Larry Bird Approach ” WE didn’t win the title-so the season was a failure”. Constantly strive to be the best…not to be good enough to get there.

I like this signing alot.!!! This guy will excel with Brady.

How long have we suffered with the defense and this is what BB worries about. ??????

that’s fine we’ll just get 3 or 4 subpar defensive players to do nothing except get hurt.and suck up money hence the quote the whole bunch of turds

People seem to forget how unproven Wes Welker was when he got here. Not everyone needs to come in here as Larry Fitzgerald in order to contribute. Just look at the Lions – all their eggs in the Stafford/Johnson/Suh basket, so they can’t build a team around them. BB knows what he’s doing.

my argument is we don’t need any more offense for defensive genius BB can’t develop draft or sign any defensiveplayers we need quality on defense we have enough on offense

this is a good sign. 4 tds as a number 3 in buffalo is impressive.

I have no problem with this move/approach. Lets see if he even makes the team. Sink the real money in the defense.

EMMANUEL SANDERS IN FOR A VISIT, RESTRICTED FREE AGENT, THE PATS WOULD HAVE TO GIVE UP A 3RD PICK

its interesting that there all these comments about how BB has dropped the ball. The reality is that BB continues to develop winning teams and other NFL coaches define their success by how they measure up to him. Put your egos aside. He knows what he is doing. Be a true fan and enjoy the ride.

SOmetimes it PAINS me to be a fan of this team. You know like when they went to their fifth Superbowl in 11 years. Or when they won their 9th AFC EAst Title in eleven years. This team was not just “making the playoffs” for the last decade. it was making it to the Superbowl four times….twice in the last four years. It was making it to the AFC CHampionship game SIX TIMES! Anyone who really is that upset can go cheer for the Jests…I hear the points about Welker. He was one of my favorite players in the last few years and he was a STUD WR in this system. However, he can not be the focal point of this offense. None of the last five SB winners had any receiver with over 100 catches. There needed to be a shift away from reliance on one guy…hence all of the WR moves so far this off season that seem to be small. Remember the smurfs? Remember when Brady’s favorite receive was the open one? I also agree that the offense is not the issue here…but most of the names floating around today are defensive and I really like a couple of these guys. We will see. It is just day three of free agency. The sky is not falling. I am not saying “In Bill We Trust” but all that man has done is win here….period. Give it time. I gave it about 20 years of watching a craptastic team before they won a Superbowl (with a couple of fun teams mixed in). The players that Bill is bringing in are part of a whole and until it is out there we do not have a clue how they will work out. I seem to recall 2006 FA when we had no real decent receivers on the roster. There were a couple of draft day trades that some of you may recall….something about some midget slot guy from Miami who might help the special teams unit a little and a washed up WR who was well past his prime….

lets hope brady actually throws some passes his way now that welker is gone

lets hope brady actually throws some passes his way now that welker is gone

Yeah , very good sign.. Buffallo $ucks and look at his numbers.. Chill .. NOw get some secondary help since you seemed to have signed one DE and looking at another.. as soon as Talib went down early in the SB i knew even an average QB like Baltimores was gonna beat us. WHen Talib joined the team our defense looked great !!!

The Pats look to be quickly building some depth at a position they sorely needed. Looks like they’re going to bring Lloyd back, and with Jones and Amendolah signed, they now have 3 receivers. Not only that, they may sign Emmanuel Sanders to make it 4. Add in the tight ends and receiving threats at RB too with Vereen and possibly Leon Washington and/or Danny Woodhead if they re-sign him, that’s awesome.

“True fans” don’t just give blind allegiance; that’s how you end up with the Chicago Cubs

Excellent points Patsfanroach. My sentiments exactly. I’ve been making those same points for the last few days. I have done so as I listen to the predictable comments from spoiled Pats fans, with short memories. I loved Welker too, and will miss him. However, ironically, if all these same fans care about is winning championships, then the best way to do that is to not let Public relations drive your football personell decisions. That said, the main reason Bill Belichick has been so successfull over the years is because he clearly doesn’t give a crap what fans think of him. That’s a good thing since the term fan is short for fanatic, and most fanatics are idiots. Do you want idiots running your football team, or Bill Belichick?

Speaking of idiots running football teams, take a look at what’s happening in Baltimore right now. They go off and sign a highly over rated Joe Flacco to an insane billion dollar contract (I know I exaggerate), and within a week they lose half the core of their team. Anquan Bolden, Paul Kruger, Patriot killer Bernard Pollard, Dannell Ellerbe, are all now GONE, and they are about to lose Ed Reed. They lost those guys in large part because of what will prove to be a really bad contract with an over rated quarterback, that the Fans down there LOVE. They should have played hardball with Flacco, and instead placated dumb fans. The result, they lost a ton of key players they cant pay, so they CAN pay ONE, VERY over rated quarterback. Yes, the Ravens just won the Super Bowl, but with that one move, they may not win another one for a VERY long time.

Here’s yet another example of what you could be dealing with in New England. Look at the Steelers in salary cap hell right now. They just lost Mike Wallace and are ABOUT to lose another big part of their Receiver core in Emmanuel Sanders (perhaps coming to New England). When is the last time you saw the Patriots manage their cap as badly as Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and most of the rest of the league?

Grow up fans. League rules are complicated and designed to ensure parity, thus forcing teams to constantly be making tough decisions like the one the Pats had to make on Welker. Remember Richard Seymour? The same fans barking about losing Welker were moaning about getting rid of Seymour too. Those same fans likely don’t have a clue whats going on with Richard Seymour right now, just a short time after leaving the Pats.

In short, the Raiders just voided Seymour’s contract because, being an old man, with bad knees, he missed half the season last year. Beyond that, he was slated to be paid 19 milion dollars next year… again, to an OLD MAN WITH BAD KNEES. Meanwhile the Pats got Oakland’s first round pick in 2011. That pick turned out to be Nate Solder. Who would you rather have right now: Nate Solder or Richard Seymour? I could drone on and on with numerous other examples like the Seymour example as to unpopular, yet smart moves the Pats have made over the years but I wont because the bottom line is this:

The Patriots over the last decade have maintained one of the longest, sustained periods of wild success in all of sports history, not just in football. Grow up New England fans. You cant win Super Bowls EVERY year. Football is a business, and that means making tough and unpopular decisions frequently. Furthermore, your team, the Patriots, have been damn good at the business end of the game as well as the game itself. That said, shut up, sit down, wait to see what happens, and enjoy over a decade of sustained greatness. That sustained greatness has allowed your team to seriously compete for a championship every year, since the man you deride so much, Bill Belichick, came here. Meanwhile, most other teams are up and down like a yo yo.