New England Patriots: Need Wes Welker and Tom Brady to Win Against the Ravens?

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Published: January 4, 2010

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... departure of the Patriots from the playoffs.

Wes Welker has suffered ligament tears that didn’t just end his season but honestly it’s an injury that could end his career. Injury reports have also been issued indicating that Tom Brady is playing with not only broken ribs but also a broken index finger on his passing hand.

The argument goes that because Wes Welker is out then it is a simple defensive task of double covering Randy Moss to reduce the Patriots offense to a tortoise pace.
Let’s think about that for a moment. Who’s left on the offense that could give a defense fits.

There is a surprising Welker like rookie by the name of Jullian Edelman, and another new name, Sam Aiken not to mention the tight end Benjamin Watson for receiving chores.
There is also a running back crew that has Sammy Morris, Fred Taylor, Lawrence Maroney, BenJarvus Green-Ellis and good ole stand-by Kevin Faulk.

I’ll agree that in that group there isn’t a sing...

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