Wes Welker Is Back And It Feels Terrible

Deadspin ^ | 11/10/15 | Barry Petchesky

[MinorityRepublican]

By all accounts—his own, his teams’, and a top NFL-affiliated concussion specialist’s—Wes Welker is healthy and ready to play. St. Louis badly needs a receiver. Still, when the Rams announced they signed Welker to bolster their etiolated passing attack, my first reaction was disappointment. It’s a strange feeling, to hope that Wes Welker—a talented WR and by all accounts a decent guy—never plays football again.

[doc1019]

A fool and his brain are soon parted.

[Finatic]

Free will. He knows the risk and the reward. Whatever he deems is his value that’s his business.

As a Dolphins fan I hated to see him go, especially to NE where he was crucial to Tom Brady.

[jimtorr]

What’s Barry’s problem with Wes? I’m not going to deadspin to find out.

[T-Bird45]

Welker’s history of concussions is the issue. And I didn’t go to deadspin to find out, it’s just a well-established fact behind why he wasn’t already on a roster. Most teams just didn’t want to take the risk.

[jimtorr]

Ahhhh, cuncussions. All I remembered about Welker is that he’s a pretty good receiver.

[JimRed]

All I remembered about Welker is that he’s a pretty good receiver.

Too small, to slow, too white, and very good!

[Blue Highway]

Every time I hear the name Wes Welker, I think of the old Jets receiver Wesley Walker. Basically the same name. is it just me?

[MinorityRepublican]

He’s still good. But I wouldn’t touch him with his history of concussions.

[T-Bird45]

Too small, to slow, too white, and very good!

That's what the competition in the Big 12 said about him when he played at Texas Tech and burned them regularly. He went to high school in Oklahoma City and both in-state schools passed on him, much to their later chagrin. College recruiting is basically a herd mentality game, i.e. if somebody else isn't chasing a player, he isn't any good so we don't want him. Independent thinking does not lead to long-term gigs in college coaching.