Broncos WR Wes Welker was asked this week if he believed Peyton Manning wanted to find a way to get him the ball more against the Patriots.
"Not necessarily; I don't want him to feel that way either," Welker said. "I just want him to go play his game and whoever's open is open and whenever we need to score touchdowns, that's the way I want it to be. I'm not going to put any pressure on him or anything else, [saying] 'Hey, I really need the ball because I'm playing my old team,' or anything like that. I just want to go out there and whatever we need to do to win the game, that's first and foremost for me. Hopefully I make some plays along the way, but however that happens is how it happens."
Welker has faced the Patriots twice since signing with the Broncos, posting a combined eight catches for 69 yards and zero touchdowns. It doesn't appear that the Broncos have done anything special to force-feed him the ball against his old team. He has averaged 6.5 targets in his two games against New England.
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