Most of YouWager’s NFL football betting fans watched Wes Welker drop the pass that might have helped his team win the Super Bowl.
That’s not a fair perception for an exceptional player, a top NFL wagering analyst at YouWager says. “After he dropped the pass, some of the play by play “analysts” for the game were saying that Welker lost the Super Bowl. But it’s important to consider the elements at play here: It would have been a very difficult catch to make. Welker had to turn around, and completely shift his body. Maybe some bettors forget, we are so used to seeing Welker make these incredible catches, one after the other, it’s easy to forget that he is only human.”
And what a human he is. A four-time Pro Bowl selection, Welker led the NFL with 122 catches and he was second in the league with 1,569 yards receiving. Welker is 30 years old, and he is only the second receiver in the NFL to catch at least 120 passes in two different seasons.
A YouWager source tells us the New England Patriots receiver announced on Twitter that he had signed the $9.5 million tender offer that came with being designated the team’s franchise player. Welker said he loves the game and his teammates and ”hopefully doing the right thing gets the right results,” perhaps a humble nod to the fact that Welker caught more passes than anyone else in the NFL in the 2011 NFL football betting season, but still couldn’t hold on to the pass that could have clinched a Super Bowl win against the New York Giants.
After he failed to catch the un-blocked pass, the New England Patriots lost their chance to get a first down and they had to punt the ball. After the punt, the New York Giants claimed the first 88 yards that would lead to their game-winning touchdown and Super Bowl victory.
Crying after the game, Welker told a YouWager source, “I let my teammates down. It hit me right in the hands. It’s a play I never drop. I always make. I think Brady was a little worried about the safety so he threw it a little wider or whatever. But I mean, it’s right there. It hits me right in the hands. It’s one I’ll have to live with.”
YouWager’s NFL wagering pro reminds us that only one player in NFL history, Gale Sayers, had more all-purpose yards in his first three NFL seasons than Welker did with the Miami Dolphins. Welker holds the Dolphins’ all-time records for total kickoff returns, kickoff return yardage, total punt returns, and return touchdowns.
As a New England Patriot, Welker led the NFL in receptions in 2007, 2009, and 20011. He holds the four highest single-season reception totals in Patriots history, as well as four of the top ten receiving yardage totals, including the franchise record. He also holds the franchise records for most receptions in a single game, most receiving yards in a single game, and longest reception. Welker, with three consecutive 110-reception seasons, is the only receiver in the history of the NFL with at least 110 receptions in any three seasons. He has also been selected to the Pro Bowl, the All Bowl, and the All-Pro Bowl in every season of his career with the New England Patriots.
