Quote Originally Posted by mraynrand View Post
Patler woulda given Scott Wells more!
No, not even close.
I argued at the time that retaining Wells was more important than keeping Finley, because they had no one on the roster ready to step in for Wells. I mistakenly thought that Quarless would be ready to play in 2012, but if not they had lots of guys to catch the ball. A TE doesn't have to be one of them.

But, I wasn't in favor of an offer even as much as Wells got from the Rams, because he was either injured or nursing what were borderline significant injuries for years. When they talked that kind of money, I said let him go.

I admit to liking the Saturday signing. I thought he still had a year or two left. He didn't.