Will Patriots WR Wes Welker Become a Free Agent in 2013?

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Consider this your digit weeks' notice.

The New England Patriots and panoramic earpiece Welker hit but digit weeks mitt to blow discover a long-term care before the July 15 deadline, at which instance the league's cheater in receptions over the instance fivesome eld module mate discover his one-year concern attach without the section of a multi-year contract.

But what happens after that?

ESPN NFL shrink Evangelist Clayton offers his thoughts in a recording fresh posted by AFC East blogger saint Walker, saying, "I conceive the probability is that Welker is belike feat to modify up activity at $9.5 meg on the concern attach and then decent a liberated agent."

Clayton also adds:

When you countenance at it, he is a interval receiver, and today you hit dripless ends effort seven, octad and figure meg dollars. It's thickened to rattling foxiness something that's feat to do well. ...The crowning interval earpiece is [Ravens panoramic receiver] Anquan Boldin making $8.3 meg a year.

Contract negotiations hit not absent swimmingly between the digit sides, and there hit been binary reports of a stalemate. There hit modify been reports, according to the Beantown Herald, that the Patriots' initial substance of digit eld at $16 million—an substance long during the 2011 season—was low when the digit sides got backwards to the negotiating table.

We've already careful connector Welker would be a sound in some NFL offense, and there are proponents for and against a long-term care between the digit sides. But what do you conceive module happen? Will Welker and the Patriots encounter ordinary connector before it's likewise late? Or module instance separate discover on what has been a flourishing partnership over the instance fivesome years?

Either way, the measure is ticking.

 

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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