The Patriots placed Wes Welker (knee, shoulder) on the active/Physically Unable to Perform list to open camp. 98.5 the Sports Hub's report that Welker would be medically cleared by now has been proven wrong. Still, Mike Reiss of ESPN Boston describes the move as "procedural," and Welker is eligible to come off active/PUP at any time. His progress remains worth monitoring daily for fantasy purposes. He'll be a candidate for reserve/PUP to begin the year if he can't practice in camp. http://twitter.com/MikeReiss/status/19656014513
Not really......now this... Wes Welker (knee, shoulder) is still expected to be ready to go come Week 1, according to the Boston Globe. Here we go again. Although Welker is on the active/PUP list, the Globe is sticking by their story that the slot machine could play in a playoff game if there was one today and adds that he'll get some preseason action. The paper says that he's not working out at practice right now to protect Welker against himself no one expects him to be on the reserve/PUP to begin the year. A similar report to this last was debunked by the Boston Herald and ESPN's Mike Reiss, so take this with a grain of salt. Still, it's looking more and more likely that Welker will be there when the Pats play the Bengals in Week 1. http://www.boston.com/sports/footba...maximum_protection_on_welker_whos_doing_fine/
If he does play he'll be max 90% which means those bigger guys are going to have a higher % of getting the hit on him that they would've missed before. Gunna be a rough year for ol' Wes if he starts week one.
