The Patriots' Randy Moss has five touchdown receptions, more than 18 teams.
With the private parties and company receptions, more than 2,000 bottles of Champagne were sold at $128 a bottle, and more than 40,000 bottles of mineral water.
Since the 2007 season, when Welker joined the Patriots from the Miami Dolphins as a little-known undrafted kick returner and receiver, he has made 432 receptions, more than any receiver in football.
But nowhere, Harvey says, is the critical reception more fearsome than in Britain, a situation which leaves him, as an unashamed Anglophile, strangely baffled.
The reception for more than 500 people took place at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (of course).
Toomer caught only three passes Monday and did not have a reception for more than 10 yards.
Earlier in the day, Mr. Klein received a warm, but not quite enthusiastic, reception from more than 8,000 new teachers at Madison Square Garden.
But as the Second Battalion soldiers patrolled residential streets in the summer heat on Friday, the reception seemed more than curious, even supportive.
When the couple returns, the families say, they will renew their vows in a Catholic church and have a reception with more than 200 people.
His five children were among guests, and the service - presided over by federal judge Kimba Wood - was followed by a reception for more than 500 at the Caramoor Centre for Music and the Arts.
