And it is this, from a recent AP story:
[Patriots WR Wes] Welker expressed disappointment that the Patriots weren't able to re-sign Asante Samuel, an All-Pro and Pro Bowl selection last season who won two Super Bowls with New England. Samuel instead signed a six-year, $57 million contract with the Philadelphia Eagles.
"Asante's a great player, so it hurts not to have a guy like that. But then again, it's part of the business of the game," Welker said. "He chose money over championships, and that's the way it goes sometimes."
Emphasis mine.
Anyway, two things are implied in that statement: One, that the Eagles will not win a championship while Asante Samuel is on their payroll; and two, that the Patriots will win not just one, but multiple championships during that time period.
Welker, of all people, should know far better, considering he just finished a season with the most dominant regular-season team in NFL history and wound up sans championship. (In fact, he speaks of the devastating Super Bowl loss in the self-same article.)
It's taken just a single year for Welker to absorb and reflect the incredible sense of superiority of the Boston sports culture circa 2008... which might be understandable if he had actually won a fucking championship in said year. Nope, apparently that isn't necessary. (Did he get a ring from the Red Sox?) Instead, he fires a shot off at Samuel (again, Super Bowl rings: 2), and, more blatantly, the Philadelphia Eagles...
...The team whose defense was the first to effectively limit the Patriots' insane offense during their record-crushing undefeated season? The first team all season to have a fourth-quarter lead over the Patriots (on the road, at that), despite starting its third-string quarterback, who threw three interceptions?
Samuel taking his two Super Bowl rings to that team -- which, incidentally, has had ONE losing season in the past decade and has NEVER had salary cap issues -- is choosing money over championships?
Congratulations, Wesley -- you've betrayed yourself to be a tool of the most bloodless organization in professional sports. God help you if you get injured next season or find your skills in a sudden decline (or if the same happens to your meal-ticket quarterback), because you won't have the leeway to try to latch onto a team that's been approved as a championship contender by the minimum-salary schlub who's taken your place on the Pats' roster.
Take the dull mind of an Okie goon, and add to it the pompous self-entitlement of a Boston sports fan... Oh, we couldn't award Tha Nutz fast enough.
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