Welker: Lively small talk caused playbook flap
Previous New England pass receiver Wes Welker added context to a story that blew up recently regarding the Patriots possibly being in belongings of the The big apple Jets' playbook, saying that fun exchange between close friends might have sparked the media firestorm.
Welker said that he utilized to joke with Jets assistant coach Mike Smith often. Welker and Smith were buddies from their time with each other at Texas Tech, and quarterback Tom Brady got in on the act at Welker's wedding in 2012.
"We utilized to constantly make stuff up with each other. Tom beinged familiar with Mike too," Welker stated Friday early morning on Boston radio terminal 98.5 The Sports Hub.
" [Mike] used to claim 'So and so will covering you in the video game. No, really we're visiting double-team you.' So I 'd make things up, 'Oh, this is our game plan going into it.' Every once in a while you [say] something true just to throw them off. And [you would certainly] state 'Is that real? Would they do that?'.
"It was simply playing thoughts video games a bit.".
Those thoughts games obviously made it back to the Jets' facility with former defensive organizer Mike Pettine, now in his very first year as Cleveland Browns head instructor. Pettine's opinions to TheMMQB.com as part of a bigger tale on his coaching philosophy, where he proposed the Patriots might have a duplicate of the Jets' playbook based off a story he was distinguished Welker's wedding celebration, set off a media craze recently.
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Pettine later clarified his statements to Pro Soccer Talk, while Jets train Rex Ryan backed Patriots head instructor Expense Belichick. The worth of a group having a challenger's playbook has since been debated in media circles.
When it comes to Welker, whose radio look Friday belonged to a business-related venture, he said he was uninformed if the Patriots ever before had a copy of the Jets' playbook.
Asked if it would matter, he stated, "Every bit assists. I have no idea. It might a little bit.".
