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BenFred: Hard to cheer Welker signing

Normally, the addition of a five-time Pro Bowler would make your toes tingle instead of your stomach drop, but the latter happened when I read the news.

Wes Welker is officially a Ram.

St. Louis needed a receiver after Stedman Bailey's latest screwup, preferably one capable of boosting their league-worst third down conversion rate.

Welker, one of the most-effective slot receivers and third-down converters in recent memory, was a free agent still in search of a place to play.

Perfect match.

Except for that whole brain injury thing.

Welker has sustained multiple concussions, at least six documented by the media, during a career that's spanned 11 seasons, 890 catches, 9,822 receiving yards and 50 touchdowns.