Wes Welker Injury Update – Knee Injury

Stephen Kersey — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 03:55:27 +0000

Wes Welker, the possession receiver for the New England Patriots, missed the team’s Week 2 game against the New York Jets. Although the team hasn’t released much information, Welker’s absence has been blamed on a knee injury.

For Week 3, Welker apparently thinks he will play — according to a report on ESPN.com. That said, Welker didn’t practice on Wednesday, which is a definite sign that he’s not completely healthy. If he doesn’t get back on the practice field on Thursday or Friday, you can expect him to miss at least another game.

Welker has quickly become a very important player for the Patriots. In 2007, he had 112 catches for 1,175 yards and eight touchdowns. Last year, Welker had 111 catches for 1,165 yards and three touchdowns. In Week 1, Welker had 12 catches for 93 yards. Without Welker in Week 2, the Patriots struggled against the Jets and ended up losing 16-9.

If Welker can’t play in Week 3, expect Julian Edelman to play Welker’s role as the team’s possession receiver. In Week 2, Edelman had eight catches for 98 yards. Backup wide receiver Joey Galloway would also see more action.

Wes Welker - New England Patriots (Image: Zuma Press)

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Jodie Lynn Boduch — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:00:54 +0000

We were so happy about the New England Patriots’ 31-20 playoff win over the Jacksonville Jaguars that we had a hard time settling down to sleep Saturday night. (And yet that lack of sleep didn’t sap our energy: We definitely had enough pep Sunday to do cartwheels when the Indianapolis Colts lost to the San Diego Chargers. More on that later this week when we examine Peyton Manning’s overexposure . . .)

Anyway . . . no matter what side of the Love The Patriots/Hate the Patriots Debate you call home, you have to admit it: Tom Brady’s TD pass to Wes Walker in the third quarter. Was. Absolutely. Undoutbedly. Awesome.

The best quality video of the Statue of Liberty-style play is here on the NFL site (35s, preceded by a 19-s ad). This wasn’t embed-able—ooh, we could have fun with that newly-coined adjective—but it’s really worth checking out. Wow!

Oh, and we should not that we apparently don’t speak for everyone with that “Wow!” Reggie Nelson, a safety for the Jags, said of Brady, “He ain’t all that . . . He’s alright.”

No, really. Nelson said that. You can stop giggling now.

We’re not going to get our jock strap in a bunch about Nelson’s ~~sour grapes~~ remarks (read more here). First of all, chicks don’t wear jock straps. Second, Nelson is a rookie and thus wet behind the ears when it comes to giving sound bites to the press following a season-ending loss. Third, and most importantly, the Colts lost. Indeed, we’re just so pleased about it that we’re going to give the Jag newbie a special dispensation to commemorate the occasion.

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Wes Welker Injury Update – Knee Injury

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