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New England Patriots receiver Wes Welker said the failure to reach a long-term contract with the team has been removed from his mindset, and his focus now is on playing well and helping the Pats win games

Every Tuesday on ESPNBoston.com, questions from Patriots followers are answered as part of a weekly mailbag. This week's mailbag has been posted, can be read here, and included some of the following topics: 1. Looking at the Wes Welker contract si...

John Clayton says New England WR Wes Welker could be headed to free agency after playing under the franchise tag in 2012....

A pair of former Patriots players and current NFL Network analysts, Willie McGinest and Heath Evans, opined on the Wes Welker contract situation in a recent segment on NFL Total Access. The take home from the conversation (transcribed below), is t...

John Clayton discusses New England receiver's claim that contract talks with the Patriots have gotten worse....

A potential Wes Welker contract extension just became a lot harder for the New England Patriots. The reigning AFC champs can thank receivers like Vincent Jackson and Pierre Garcon for that. Jackson and Garcon were signed to contracts worth nearly ...

Mike Reiss talked Patriots on "NFL Live," touching on the uncertainty surrounding much of the Patriots offensive line, the Wes Welker contract situation and what the team might do with its draft picks. Merril Hoge and Herm Edwards also weigh in on...

Wes Welker's agency says the Patriots made a "take it or leave it" offer to their client.

PHOENIX -- In what could be described as a fiery Q&A with reporters at the NFL's annual meeting, Patriots owner Robert Kraft contended that the team's contract offer to receiver Wes Welker was better than what Welker signed in Denver. "When yo...

The New England Patriots completed a controversial swap of slot receivers this week. The defending AFC East champions let go of Pro Bowl receiver Wes Welker and signed Danny Amendola to a five-year, $31 million contract. Both receivers have talent...

If Wes Welker had read the free agency landscape better, would he be a Bronco?

A quick look at the contract figures suggests the New England Patriots valued St. Louis Rams free agent Danny Amendola more than they valued their own Wes Welker. After all, they gave Amendola a five-year deal for $31 million after watching Welker...

Once the Pats sensed a stalemate with Wes Welker, they quickly moved on.

Former St. Louis Rams receiver Danny Amendola's five-year contract agreement with New England comes as no surprise after Wes Welker left the Patriots for Denver. The two-year agreement between Detroit Lions defensive end Cliff Avril and the Seattl...

The dependable security blanket is no longer with the New England Patriots. Pro Bowl receiver Wes Welker bolted New England on Wednesday to sign a reported two-year, $12 million contract with the Denver Broncos. Welker and Patriots quarterback Tom...

The surprising free-agent news of the day is that former Patriots wide receiver Wes Welker has left to join the Denver Broncos on a two-year, $12 million contract. This is AFC news, of course, but there is one specific way I think it touches on the N...