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Bill O’Brien comes to defense of Wes Welker

By Greg A. Bedard

 |  Globe Staff  

  March 04, 2012

Bill O’Brien traded in his nautical blue Patriots sweatsuit for the dark royal blue of Penn State nearly a month ago, but the native son of Andover, Mass., hasn’t gotten over the Patriots’ 21-17 loss to the Giants in Super Bowl XLVI.

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