[NFL!] Broncos sign Wes Welker to 2-year deal

[tanaka0826 (田中鬪莉王)]

https://twitter.com/johnelway/status/311943322384072704

Agreed to terms on a 2-yr deal with Wes Welker. Excited to have Wes join the
Broncos. His production & toughness will be a great asset!

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Broncos sign Wes Welker to 2-year deal

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Tom Brady described Wes Welker as the "heart and soul" of the New England
Patriots -- and now, New England's heart and soul is headed to Denver. The
Denver Broncos signed Welker to a two-year deal on Wednesday. The move
transforms Denver into one of the most potent offenses in the NFL.

Adam Schefter of ESPN later reported that the deal was worth $12 million.

Peyton Manning is now surrounded by three extremely talented wide receivers,
with Demaryius Thomas and Eric Decker on the outside. Welker will replace
Brandon Stokley in the slot, forming perhaps the best wide receiver trio in
the NFL.

Denver boasted the league's fifth-best passing attack in 2012, averaging
283.4 yards-per-game in Manning's first year with the Broncos. The Broncos
struggled out of the gate, starting 2-3, but then rattled off 11 consecutive
wins en route to the AFC's top seed in the playoffs. Manning finished the
season second in MVP voting, throwing for 4,659 yards and 37 touchdowns,
while completing 68.6 percent of his passes, in his first season back after
missing 2011 because of neck injuries.

With a season in Denver under his belt, there's no reason to think that
Manning will regress in 2013. Now with Welker added to his arsenal, Manning
is poised to be even better going forward, which is bad news for the rest of
the AFC.

Stokley, Denver's slot receiver in 2012, appeared in 15 games, catching 45
passes for 544 yards, while scoring five touchdowns. Welker's production was
more than double Stokley's last season, as Brady's most targeted receiver
finished the season with 118 receptions, 1,354 yards and six touchdowns.

Needless to say, Welker is a massive upgrade over Stokley -- who will turn 37
later this year.

Welker's departure from New England leaves a serious void in Bill Belichick's
offense. Welker averaged 154.1 targets per season in his six years with the
Patriots. Since coming over from Miami, he firmly entrenched himself as
Brady's favorite receiver. The Patriots don't have a receiver under contract
currently to take Welker's place, but could opt to pursue Danny Amendola, who
has worked with Patriots offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels during his 2011
stint as the offensive coordinator in St. Louis.

The Patriots are left with Kamar Aiken, Jeremy Ebert, Andre Holmes, Brandon
Lloyd and Matthew Slater as wide receivers on the active roster, and it's
believed that New England will cut ties with Lloyd by the end of March.
Belichick will once again need to completely revamp his team's wide receiving
corps, as he did in 2006 and 2007.

In 2007, the Patriots brought in Welker, Randy Moss and Donte Stallworth, and
rewrote the league's history book, en route to a perfect 16-0 regular season,
before faltering in the final two minutes of the Super Bowl, and eventually
losing to the New York Giants.

Unfortunately for the Patriots and Patriots fans, players of Moss' and
Welker's caliber aren't currently on the market.

It's not all doom and gloom for the Patriots headed into 2013, as they'll
still return Pro Bowl caliber tight ends Rob Gronkowski and Aaron Hernandez,
along with talented young running backs Stevan Ridley and Shane Vereen.
Belichick, however, will have to rebuild the wide receiving corps -- again --
and with Percy Harvin and Mike Wallace off the table, he'll have to settle
for second-tier weapons this time around.

It's far too early to say if the Patriots made the right or wrong decision by
letting Welker leave, but two things are clear -- Welker turns the Broncos
into the AFC favorites, and Welker's departure leaves the Patriots with a
gaping hole on offense.

As for the Broncos, the addition of Welker adds a new chapter to the
Brady-Manning rivalry. More importantly, it sets Denver up as an early
favorite as the AFC Champions and very real shot at a Super Bowl win.

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推 driftcreator:在投靠Manning的情況下，Welker表現應不會縮水了
→ driftcreator:野馬開了12m/2y, 消息指出這約比愛國者給的大方
推 oplz:不瞭解到底 Pats 要把 Brady 幫他們省下的錢花在哪裡
→ oplz:12m/2yrs 並不算差..意外竟然 Pats 自己估的價比這還低.
→ oplz:Pats 有 Edelman 可以補上.. Welker mini me.
推 oplz:Pats initial offer was 10m/2yr
→ nastygirl:個人愚見 Welker要走下坡惹
推 l23:if you check Peyton's wiki....
→ redplum:Will Pats sign Amendola?
推 mrkey:敢放 Welker 走, Pats 看到了甚麼?
→ mrkey:Amendola 應該是會簽下來, 但是 Gronk 和 AaronH 的壓力就大
推 JackTheFob:Michael Hoomanawanui表示: 選我~選我~
推 krajicek:丹佛梭哈了，接下來這兩年一定要拚一個超級盃就是了
推 driftcreator:Welker前腳剛踩出，Pats就簽下Amendola了，5年31m
推 redplum:Amendola跟Welker都打slot，但比較便宜，比較年輕
推 driftcreator:Edelman:幹, 留在Pats還是只有打替補的命嗎
推 oplz:Edelman 是 FA .. 現在是市場上最熱的 slot 了...
→ oplz:據說 Welker 拿到 12/2 的 offer 後.. Pats 不願意 match....
→ oplz:看來 32 歲的 welker 在 BB 的評分大概真的不高.. Welker
→ oplz:的進攻很依賴他的變速跟轉向.. 大概因為這樣所以 BB 不願給
→ oplz:match Broncos 的合約
推 LedZeppelin:Welker連續兩年掉關鍵球也是不想留的原因之一吧?
推 krajicek:明年DEN的進攻很有可能像2007年的Pats那樣強大
→ krajicek:不過我是覺得DEN最好在選秀能夠補強一下RB
推 oneface:走了WELKER 來了AMENDOLA 我覺得可以接受...
→ oneface:與其砸錢補WR 不如花點錢補強DEF隊吧..去年失分有點多
→ oneface:幸好進攻十分強大...
推 oneface:NFL的新聞說10M/2Y是DISRESPECT..現在什麼都跟RESPECT有關
推 shane:野馬黃金時間確實只剩兩年，之後一堆大咖FA可能簽不下來
推 ruffryders:PATS不想想辦法救一下自己的可憐的defense team嗎
推 oplz:I bet they have plans on going right now..
推 AK00627:Joe Flacco: New deal about respect 因為你一堆人留不住
推 oplz:Broncos 再簽下 Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, 5m/1yr
→ oplz:真猛....
推 krajicek:DEN想要挑戰Perfect Season嗎？
→ krajicek:可見得今年沒奪冠，真的是被刺激到了
→ krajicek:這樣Bailey的壓力可以減輕一點
推 smallmac:DRC 看怎麼用吧,overrate 的CB,從SB43之後就沒什進步了
推 smallmac:最遭的是他Tackle還是不扎實,還記得SB43,最重要一個play
→ smallmac:就是Miss tackle Holmes,自此之後還是沒進步
→ chadtracy:Flacco今年只有6.8M...
推 AK00627:我一直以為是Flacco的新約卡死薪資空間
→ AK00627:#1HCLBk-J推文沒看清楚抱歉，可是還是很賭爛他變那麼貴
推 ilovenets:才從烏鴉官網看到他們對Amendola有興趣就被簽走了= =