The media waited a while for Wes Welker to return to his locker after Sunday’s 27-21 win over the Baltimore Ravens, but it wasn’t close to the wait Welker endured the last couple of weeks while bothered by a sore knee. The receiver admitted after the game he wasn’t 100 percent sure he would play the morning of the game, although fairly close to that.

“I felt good about it this week,” he said. “But there’s always making sure you’re ready to go. But I felt good about it today.”

And what was it like sitting on the sidelines the last two weeks/

“It’s been really hard, really hard,” Welker said of missing the previous two games. “it’s been tough. It’s very encouraging to get back out there.”

– TOM KING