here's a pats thread for everyone to talk about patritos shit because nobody else cares

underestimate "good guy" receivers with "intangibles" and "grittiness" and "a superior work ethic" at your own risk is the lesson here

it was so sweet for chad jackson, and donte stallworth, and chad johnson, and brandon tate, and joey galloway

life is a pretty sweet fruit

there are only so many balls

(fruits)

i wanna go on record as saying that i was a fan of welker in his fins which is why i have ridden him to high regular season fantasy records and then fallen apart in the playoffs for many a year

one of many many reasons tbh

let the record show that forks has long loved welkah

selah

NE did give up a 2nd rounder for Welker, who was coming off a 67-cath season, it's not like he was some nobody

welker was a scrubs in an all-fitting uniform on his way outta the league until we picked him up outta the dirt, wiped the chocolate off his face, and taught him how to run a 3 yard crossing route. we made him like eddie murphy in trading places and he turned on us, like eddie murphy in trading places. why didn't we watch the film to the end?? and now he's gone. forever lost to us. and he will look so terrible in orange and blue.

just have to hold it together until simmons drags some fallacious but comforting bullshit out of his ass about how the pats will be much better without him because of something to do with la law.

Yet even after Welker received a two-year, $12 million offer from the Broncos on Wednesday, a call was made to the Patriots to see if the club would sweeten its offer. The Patriots did not have an immediate response, which led some in Welker's camp to believe a better offer was a possibility in part to keep him away from the Broncos, one of their top competitors in the AFC. Ultimately, the club informed Welker and his representatives that they had entered into another commitment, which Welker's camp assumed all along was Amendola.

So Welker called the Broncos -- who, according to a source, were initially concerned about insulting Welker with their offer because they already had made other financial commitments -- and told them he was on board.

http://espn.go.com/boston/nfl/story/_/id/9050742/2013-nfl-free-agency-new-england-patriots-quickly-shifted-wes-welker-danny-amendola

weird

hell be good for manning since he catches mostly short passes anyway

getting real tired of all these articles speculating how betrayed and angry Brady is after the Welker deal

talib and arrington back
adrian wilson in - i don't know how much more he has, but pats don't have much at safety
donald jones - never saw much to get excited about with him, but have to assume something is there
emmanuel sanders - great pick up if it gets confirmed, sounds like it will

danny woodhead to chargers. he generally did a good job, sad to see him go. hope he is getting paid somewhat

wow awesome getting talib on a 1-year deal

e. sanders signs offer sheet, let's see what sburgh do. this would be a great way to spend a 3rd round pick imo.

yup--from what i've seen it will be tough for the steelers to match

http://deadspin.com/former-patriots-guard-joe-andruzzi-helped-rescue-explos-473063870

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/new-england-patriots/post/_/id/4744064/soundbites-from-scarnecchia

Dante Scarnecchia is the best dude, i hope he somehow lives forever and never retires

"You have to prove yourself every day in this league. If you don’t, if you’re not willing to prove yourself every day and [you’re] complacent, it will be a [butt]-kicking of astronomical proportions. None of us want that.”

WHAT IN THEE FUCK

http://abcnews.go.com/US/patriots-star-aaron-hernandez-questioned-murder-sources-abc/story?id=19430625#.UcHTfJx_0cV

whoa

yeah i just saw this....

also....

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/06/19/report-hernandez-recently-was-sued-for-allegedly-shooting-someone-in-the-face/

Again I say WHAT IN THEE FUCK

http://i.usatoday.net/sports/_photos/2009/04/08/harrisonx.jpg

hernandez shooting someone in the face after an argument at a strip club makes his post-TD celebration juuuuuuuust slightly less charming

Trying to make a Cheney/Hernandez joke but it's not jelling :-(

glad k3v is safely out of the country

it's looking increasingly like this dude's career/life is over

A law enforcement official tells FOX 25 Hernandez appears to be directly tied to the homicide which is why authorities executed a search warrant at his home Tuesday night. According to the same source, Hernandez, Lloyd, and two other men were at a bar in Boston the night of the homicide, and at some point, the four men left together in a car driven by Hernandez which was confirmed by a text Lloyd sent another friend, the source says.

It is unclear where the car went or what happened during the ride, but according to the source only three men returned to Hernandez's home at the end of the night and Lloyd was not one of them.

The source also says forensic evidence places a vehicle driven by Hernandez at one of the crime scenes in this case.

I haven't followed his off the field antics, gronk's were always overshadowing his I guess. He was pretty uncontroversial up until now yeah?

no he dropped to the fourth round because of off the field stuff

just weed tho right?

he shot some guy and smoked his weed

well now there has been some reporting that teams were concerned about potential gang affiliations http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/nfl/news/20130619/aaron-hernandez-history/

fuck

Steve Silva ‏@stevesilva 5m
Hearing via law enforcement source that Aaron Hernandez will be arrested in connection with the North Attleborough murder

it is weird to see Attleborough written out. especially on twitter, that is a rookie move.

what is the most serious crime a regular serving nfl player has been convicted of

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rae_Carruth

damn this is really fucked up. What a weird week.

:(

wow
not to be crass but i imagine timmy moves to te for sure now, yes?

the pats are deeper at TE than anyone in the league

and every last one is eccentric in his own special way

pats' basic formation on offense this year will be 3 RBs and a fullback

Apparently Channel 5 currently has a helicopter following Hernandez's SUV as it drives through Dedham.

http://livewire.wcvb.com/Event/New_England_Patriots_TE_Aaron_Hernandez_questioned_in_murder_probe

I mean, who cares this deeply about were Hernandez is going that WCVB decided they needed to devote a live feed and a helicopter to it??

stories of pending arrest seem to be premature at best rn

I will admit I checked that live feed to see if his SUV was white (it was)

lol