Welker best offensive player

We’ve played three quarters of Super Bowl 42, and the best offensive player on the field is the guy who wasn’t good enough to get a scholarship at OU or OSU, which is not the highest of crimes, considering a Miami Dolphins team that just went 1-15 decided Wes Welker couldn’t help, either.

Welker has seven catches for 72 yards, and he just made a huge play in this field-position game: a 16-yard catch on 2nd-and-15 from the New England 5-yard line. Tom Brady threw behind Welker, who turned his body and speared the ball, then held on as the Giants’ Gibril Wilson smacked him and tried to pull the ball away.

New England eventually punted, but not in the shadow of its end zone. The Patriots advanced into Giant territory, then punted, pinning New York at its 20.

Welker’s numbers aren’t huge, until you consider New England has only 211 total yards.

Welker is not the best player on the field. That distinction belongs to the Giants’ Jason Tuck, I suppose, or one of those other New York pass rushers who are making life miserable for Tom Brady.

But offensively, it’s Welker.