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Article: Welker meant no offense toward Samuel
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 22, 2008
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PATRIOTS NOTEBOOK
FOXBOROUGH - Wes Welker does not think former Patriots cornerback
Asante Samuel chose money over championships when he signed a six-
year, $57 million deal with the Eagles.
"He chose money over championships, and that's the way it goes
sometimes," Welker was quoted as saying this summer at a youth
football camp in Oklahoma. "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 was joking and didn't realize a reporter was
present. He said he called Samuel to explain.
"I was talking at [Viking] Adrian Peterson's football camp and a
kid asked a question, and I was just kind of joking around ...