Morning Jolt: Welker admits he's not the same

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Publish date:: Nov 10, 2010

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Wes Welker's production is down, significantly. Welker can't shake that awful feeling of dread when he makes a hard plant like the one that ripped out his ACL and MCL in Houston. There's just that tiny fear of his knee caving in again. It's a natural aftershock of the injury. "Yeah, it's getting to the point of just trusting my knee and knowing that it's going to be fine," Welker said. "Not that there's doubt, but subconsciously (when you're out there), you think there might be doubt. So for me, it's getting past that and getting that muscle memory back." (Boston Herald)Comment

Posada informed of new role

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