ESPN.com: Ex-Red Raider Welker, Pats struggling on contract (Raider Buzz blog)

Submitted by Raider Buzz on July 15, 2012 - 7:22am

A Hail Mary remains possible, but as of late Saturday night the expectation is the New England Patriots and receiver Wes Welker will not reach a contract extension by Monday's 4 p.m. ET deadline for franchise-tagged players.

A source close to Welker said that as of Saturday dialogue between the sides wasn't overly active. The source said that at this point, it would be a surprise if an extension was reached, but cautioned that things always could shift as the deadline approaches.

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Welker's Problem

Submitted by FactsRFacts on July 16, 2012 - 7:06am.

Of course, Wes gets about 10 mil for this year. At least we haven't heard that the Pats had decided to simply cheat Wes out of his pay and had called in Dicky Grigg.