Who else thinks it's 50-50 blame for Brady and Welker?

Let's face it, most of us spent our Monday after the Superbowl talking about Tom Brady, Wes Welker, Eli Manning, Mario Manningham, legacies, Hall of Fame worthiness, revenge and how much this game affected both teams coming into it but nobody thought Wes Welker should catch more heat than he's getting after missing his opportunity to seal in the game. We all thought he should be blamed but not as much as Brady should. Well I'm taking the opportunity to explain why Wes Welker and Tom Brady are EQUALLY responsible for the Patriots loss in the Superbowl.

First of all, the regular season "dynamic duo" regularly made this type of pass and catch before the Superbowl. It was all the rage to watch these two teammates tear the field apart. They were the bread to each others butter. However for some reason, Brady was criticized more for the throw in the Championship game than Welker was for having the ball in both his hands and then spitting it out. In fact, some even defended Welker's attempt at a back shoulder catch by explaining how difficult it is to spin in the air. Welker was wide open and he knew it, he had that ball in his hands and couldn't capitalize on it for whatever reason. Yes, Brady knew Welker was wide open too and that's why he should be blamed for not throwing it as well as he could have but he trusted Welker to make that catch similar to the times he had done before and Welker should get blamed for not making the grab.

Secondly, there have many of spectacular acrobatic catches this season. There have been one handed juggles, forward flips and finger tip grabs all of which were completed, raved about and then never heard of again with the exception of Jerome Simpson's end-zone flip which was ESPN's best of the best play for quite some time. This catch was none of those. Mario Manningham's catch was far more superior in execution and reception. Had Welker made that catch, it would have been the catch of the game even though it is expected for him to make such grabs on a regular basis. In fact, if it was any other game, it would have been a routine throw and catch between Brady and Welker. People talk about how reliable those two are and how dependable Welker is for Brady, what makes this catch any different? This is why he should be more responsible for the loss than he is.

Yea losing a Superbowl is rough enough and knowing that for the next week it is all people are going to talk about isn't making the wound any better . So why does it matter who gets blamed more? A loss is a loss in the Pats book. Forget that they said this game isn't being affected by the memories of SB 42 (which I argue is totally false) because whether or not they thought about the revenge factor, the Pats lost a game they could have easily sealed in with a catch that Tom Brady and Wes Welker made frequently before. Now while Tom Brady is the captain of the team, Welker is the most dependable player for Brady to throw to especially since the injured Rob Gronkowski was more productive on the bench than on the field. If Welker wants to be considered an elite receiver in this league he has to be able to step up and take some of the heat off Brady since it was his fault too that the Giants came back to beat the Patriots once again.