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New England gets big-time production from undersized Welker, Branch and Woodhead

Originally Published: November 17, 2010
By Greg Garber | ESPN.com

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Ready for their big television close-up, Wes Welker, Deion Branch and Danny Woodhead, wearing game jerseys and smiles all around, are sitting three wide in the New England Patriots' visiting locker room.

How, they are asked, does quarterback Tom Brady find them on the field when they are all listed at 5-foot-9?

"I think he misses us more times than he finds us," Welker says, laughing.

"Exactly," said Branch, trying to stifle the giggles.

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