The problem with the Welker trade (for the Dolphins) isn't that it just made Miami weaker but it made a divisional rival much better.
I think Miami greatly underestimated Welker's value and that is why they didn't offer a higher level offer sheet, which would have either discouraged NE from going after him or gotten the Dolphins a 1st round pick instead. In BB's opinion WW was the Dolphins greatest weapon and the most problematic player to game plan for of all the players on the three AFCE rival teams.
Semi -unrelated - I think the NFL should change the rules to disallow the poison pills. NE wasn't the only nor the first to do what they did with Welker, but poison pills basically change the RFA rules into mini-franchise tag rules instead of the rules RFA intended.
I gotta say about the Welker trade:
Good trade for Miami. Welker is only good because he is in NE. Look at this year. The Pats picked up some guy off the street to replace him for the playoff game and he got 2 TDs.
Camarillo is almost as good, if not as good. He'd have similar numbers in NE as Welker.
We got a starting center out of it (Grove).
Good trade for Miami.
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