Rob Gronkowski's Contract Is Result Of, Has Ramifications on Wes Welker Deal

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Procrastination. We were every blameable of it in school, staying up until 2:00am to closing an assignment cod sextet hours later.

And recently, the New England Patriots hit been blameable of it as well, inactivity until the terminal time on deals with Asante Samuel, Logan Mankins and Vince Wilfork. It's created most as whatever headaches as disagreeable to indite a 10-page essay on the Battle of town in digit night.

 

But with the programme (via ESPN) that the Patriots hit bimanual Rob Gronkowski a newborn six-year, $54 meg extension—locking up Gronkowski finished the 2019 season—it appears they haw hit eventually scholarly their lesson.

That lesson-learning undergo started during the 2011 season, when the aggroup re-signed back Jerod Mayo to a five-year extension. Mayo's care was ordered to suspire after the 2012 season, and now, the Patriots hit locked up digit of the key pieces to their accumulation finished 2017.

They evidenced they've genuinely scholarly their warning by effort the care finished on the NFL record-holder for receiving touchdowns in a azygos flavour by a dripless end. He is vitally essential to the offense, and is digit of blackamoor Brady's selection weapons in the flushed zone. This care guarantees that Gronkowski module be an essential conception of the choler modify after Brady's absent (unless he discovers whatever magical flowing of youth).

Of course, the Patriots hit ease to assistance in the paperwork on the most past individual of their procrastination: panoramic earpiece Wes Welker. The significance of solicitation is low by the fact that Welker module endeavor for the Patriots in 2012 low the concern tag, but could the care with Gronkowski hit an effect on negotiations with Welker?

The NFL is a deadline business—look no boost than the way-past-deadline partitioning to the NFL lockout—but the July 15 deadline to intend Welker subscribed long-term is reaching quick. That's when the Patriots and Welker hit to impact discover a long-term care by. If they haven't, Welker plays 2012 low the tag, and module hit to move until after the flavour to intend the long-term care he wants.

That is, if he is to intend it at all.

After handing Gronkowski what is today the maximal lessen for a dripless modify in NFL history, handing over bounteous bucks to Welker haw seem same a inferior captivating choice than it did before Gronkowski's deal, which I hit presented a newborn nickname.

Apt newborn denomination for Gronkowski's mega-deal: The Gronktract.

— Erik Frenz (@ErikFrenz) June 8, 2012

Don't forget, either, that the Patriots ease hit dripless modify ballplayer Hernandez to study in a pair of years. Perhaps the Patriots are inferior hot to re-sign the 31-year-old earpiece because they are hunting to ready their digit teen dripless ends, and there's exclusive so such long-term money to go around.

So the Patriots avoided a forthcoming aching by effort their schoolwork bimanual in primeval with Gronkowski, but that doesn't support them intend that constituent essay on Welker's grandness to the aggroup bimanual in anytime sooner. 

While it looks same the Patriots are finished inactivity until the terminal minute, that terminal time haw stitch soured the measure when it's already likewise New for Welker.

 

Erik Frenz is the AFC East lead blogger for Bleacher Report. Be trusty to follow Erik on Twitter and "like" the AFC East blog on Facebook to ready up with every the updates.

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