Wes Welker suffers knee injury
Not only did the Patriots lose to the Texans in the season finale today, they lost receiver Wes Welker to a knee injury in the first quarter.
Although there hasn't been an update to the status of Welker for the playoffs, it's not usually a good thing when a player suffers a knee injury making a cut.
“Not too good," [Wes' father] Leland Welker said, per Adam Kilgore of the Boston Globe. "We’re sick. We’re absolutely sick. We take all those hits and stuff all season long. And then just one fluke cut, and he just blows it out.”
Despite missing weeks 2 and 3, Welker leads the NFL in receptions with 123 for 1348 yards and four touchdowns. Both his receptions and yardage totals set career bests for Welker.
The Patriots would rely on rookie Julian Edelman, who had 10 receptions for 103 yards today, to step up and fill the role that Welker plays.
Next week, the Pats will host a wildcard-round game as either the three seed (if Cincinnati loses tonight) or the four seed (if Cincinnati wins).
