Thru week 6 Amendola has only proven his critics correct…

[captain insano]

I don't care whose fault it is or if its anybodies fault. the circumstances don't matter. the end result is the same. he gets hurt and its as predictable as the sun coming up every morning.

 

[WhoaDirty]

Pop in some game tape of the things Welker did over the past 6 years, Amendola could have done any number of those things.

He could have slid right before impact, that's what QBs are advised to do all the time, there's a reason for it.

How does a guy slide when he has a defender draped on his back??

 

[manxman2601]

I am talking about the entire season as a whole, Amendola caught 2 of 4 passes for ZERO yards yesterday… :bounce:

Which for Amendola is one full and two part games. I cannot believe you are suggesting Amendola should be cut based upon such a small sample size. I can't wait until your Shane Vereen thread.

 

[skspikex2]

How does a guy slide when he has a defender draped on his back??

He can, if he want to blow out his knees and ankles.

 

[Brady6]

wow.....:bricks:

If you go racing into an intersection driving your car how exactly be shocked when a tractor trailer takes you out? Am I being insensitive again..:bathbaby:

 

[jb1095]

There is valid reason to blame Amendola for always being injured but too many of you think with emotion and fail to use common sense.

DA sacrifices his body on nearly every play and as a result of that, often gets injured because of it. Yesterday, he could have run out of bounds a yard or two earlier, I mean, he isn't blind, he saw what was coming at him. He chose to try and get the first down and I love that about him, but Welker probably would have just ran out of bounds and lived to see another snap.

DA has done this his entire career, he isn't a wuss, he is as tough as they come, but I do not believe in coincidences, the reason he is always injured is because of the way he plays. He plays for the hear and now and doesn't think long term. Welker makes decisions to protect himself or run out of bounds in that play( and many like it) and Amendola does not.

All the haters will flame me telling me I am wrong, but watch the replay from yesterdays hit. Amendola intentionally lowered his head and tried to lunge at the incoming defender to make more yards. The hit was totally legal. It sucks that he got popped in the dome like that but he did it to himself. In fact, go look at all his injuries...you will see there are many things he could be doing to protect himself but doesn't. Welker did...that is the difference between the two. Its not bad luck, its poor decision making.

 

[Brady6]

Which for Amendola is one full and two part games. I cannot believe you are suggesting Amendola should be cut based upon such a small sample size. I can't wait until your Shane Vereen thread.

I didn’t say he should be cut, I said if this continues through the remainder of the season he should go the way of Brandon Lloyd and we should resign Edelman for $2-$3 mil per to be the starter, and develop Moe in the backup role. I don’t understand what has you in such disbelief here bro?

The likelihood is Amendola will not play for at least 1-2 weeks, which is half way through the season, at the midway point would you have Amendola back for $5 mil a year and risk losing Edelman to a place where he could be a starter?

 

[WhoaDirty]

If you go racing into an intersection driving your car how exactly be shocked when a tractor trailer takes you out? Am I being insensitive again..:bathbaby:

Not insensitive, but you are being completely asinine. As the posted gif shows, Amendola had one guy tackling him from behind and he turned his body to avoid the tackler from the front. There is nothing he could have done to prevent the concussion should of diving to ground when a defender comes within 3 yards of him. And clearly someone who does that should not be playing football in the NFL.

 

[Bobs My Uncle]

Regardless of the circumstances involved that get him hurt the reality is DA's Patriots existence has demonstrated to us all that the guy is snake bitten when it comes to injuries.

Unfortunately, he hasn't proven his detractors wrong on the injury front.

 

[WhoaDirty]

The likelihood is Amendola will not play for at least 1-2 weeks, which is half way through the season, at the midway point would you have Amendola back for $5 mil a year and risk losing Edelman to a place where he could be a starter?

Are you a doctor? How do you know how many games he will miss, if any?

Gronk has missed six games already, maybe we should cut him and sign Homan for $2-$3 million a year?

 

[holyredeemer]

There is valid reason to blame Amendola for always being injured but too many of you think with emotion and fail to use common sense.

DA sacrifices his body on nearly every play and as a result of that, often gets injured because of it. Yesterday, he could have run out of bounds a yard or two earlier, I mean, he isn't blind, he saw what was coming at him. He chose to try and get the first down and I love that about him, but Welker probably would have just ran out of bounds and lived to see another snap.

DA has done this his entire career, he isn't a wuss, he is as tough as they come, but I do not believe in coincidences, the reason he is always injured is because of the way he plays. He plays for the hear and now and doesn't think long term. Welker makes decisions to protect himself or run out of bounds in that play( and many like it) and Amendola does not.

All the haters will flame me telling me I am wrong, but watch the replay from yesterdays hit. Amendola intentionally lowered his head and tried to lunge at the incoming defender to make more yards. The hit was totally legal. It sucks that he got popped in the dome like that but he did it to himself. In fact, go look at all his injuries...you will see there are many things he could be doing to protect himself but doesn't. Welker did...that is the difference between the two. Its not bad luck, its poor decision making.

I'm so sick of this crap. It's ridiculous. How many more of you in this thread are gonna blame this guy for getting himself injured? Are you kidding me? I'm flabbergasted. The guy is injury prone, I won't argue with anyone on that. He just has bad luck. But to blame him for going all out just shows you have an agenda. If D.A. starts to run out of bounds, not stretching out for poorly thrown balls, or drops when he sees a hit coming, you and everyone else blaming him for his "play style" would be the first ones to step up and call the guy a *******.

 

[Brady6]

He can, if he want to blow out his knees and ankles.

He had other options..

 

[Brady6]

I'm so sick of this crap. It's ridiculous. How many more of you in this thread are gonna blame this guy for getting himself injured? Are you kidding me? I'm flabbergasted. The guy is injury prone, I won't argue with anyone on that. He just has bad luck. But to blame him for going all out just shows you have an agenda. If D.A. starts to run out of bounds, not stretching out for poorly thrown balls, or drops when he sees a hit coming, you and everyone else blaming him for his "play style" would be the first ones to step up and call the guy a *******.

Sucks when the actualities of life just keep coming and you just want them to stop… You guys act like we just employed the slot position for the first time in New England, nobody has used the slot position more over the past decade then the New England Patriots, how many head injuries have the receivers suffered during that time? You think Welker never had a player launching at him to prevent him reaching a first down marker? Do you remember Brown, Edelman, Branch, Woodhead, Faulk, Hernandez and any of the other players who caught passes out of the slot leave the game concussed? We practice protecting ourselves constantly and Amendola ignored what he was taught and that caused the injury, not to use the car analogy again but if you launch into that intersection not wearing your seatbelt you cannot be surprised if you get hurt and the person who wore their seatbelt did not.

 

[WhoaDirty]

Sucks when the actualities of life just keep coming and you just want them to stop… You guys act like we just employed the slot position for the first time in New England, nobody has used the slot position more over the past decade then the New England Patriots, how many head injuries have are receivers suffered during that time? You think Welker never had a player launching at him to prevent him reaching a first down marker? Do you remember Brown, Edelman, Branch, Woodhead, Faulk, Hernandez and any of the other players who caught passes out of the slot leave the game concussed? We practice protecting ourselves constantly and Amendola ignored what he was taught and that caused the injury, not to use the car analogy again but if you launch into that intersection not wearing your seatbelt you cannot be surprised if you get hurt and the person who wore their seatbelt did not.

Now you are just straight making things up ...

 

[Tunescribe]

Regardless of the circumstances involved that get him hurt the reality is DA's Patriots existence has demonstrated to us all that the guy is snake bitten when it comes to injuries.

Unfortunately, he hasn't proven his detractors wrong on the injury front.

How can you "detract" a guy for getting injured? None of this makes any sense. Each of Amendola's injuries has been different, it's not like the guy keeps re-injuring the same body part. This "injury prone" "snake bitten" "made of glass" canard is pure nonsense. He's absorbed ferocious hits and gotten up and walked back to the huddle time and time again. There is nothing inherent in the guy that makes him get hurt, it's just the way things have gone.

 

[Snake Eyes]

which is kind of ironic because last year this whole board got on Brandon Lloyd for NOT fighting for the extra yard and taking hits..now we get on guys for doing the exact opposite

That's true, and I was one of the only people on this board who was defending Lloyd over that.

 

[skspikex2]

He had other options..

Like what? it's so damn easy for you to say these ideas AFTER the freaking play. Amendola instinctively like any other football players to lower their head to brace for impact. How the hell he could tell Jenkins will line his helmet to his also, it's call football, nasty plays will happen, deal with it.

 

[manxman2601]

I didn’t say he should be cut, I said if this continues through the remainder of the season he should go the way of Brandon Lloyd and we should resign Edelman for $2-$3 mil per to be the starter, and develop Moe in the backup role. I don’t understand what has you in such disbelief here bro?

The likelihood is Amendola will not play for at least 1-2 weeks, which is half way through the season, at the midway point would you have Amendola back for $5 mil a year and risk losing Edelman to a place where he could be a starter?

I thought Brandon Lloyd was cut.

My disbelief stems from your reactionary analysis of Amendola. It's just far too early to make any sort of judgement, particularly one that mines statistics.

And why should it be either/or regarding Amendola and Edelman. Considering how cheap our other receivers are, re-signing Edelman isn't improbable. Remember, no other team wanted him last year for anything above minimum.

As for TJ Moe, great 3-cone and everything but he's slower than Michael Buchanan. There was a reason he wasn't drafted.

 

[Brady6]

How does a guy slide when he has a defender draped on his back??

I don’t know but fortunately Amendola did not have that problem because there was no defender draped on his back. The defender behind him did not make contact with him until after the initial hit, for the record though Wes Welker would have realized he meant more to the team than the difference between 3rd and 3 or 1st and 10, now I respect Amendola being a tough and competitive but it was not smart football and in the long haul it will cost us.

Amendola Hit vs Saints - YouTube

 

[RayClay]

I don’t know but fortunately Amendola did not have that problem because there was no defender draped on his back. The defender behind him did not make contact with him until after the initial hit, for the record though Wes Welker would have realized he meant more to the team than the difference between 3rd and 3 or 1st and 10, now I respect Amendola being a tough and competitive but it was not smart football and in the long haul it will cost us.

Amendola Hit vs Saints - YouTube

Welker didn't go for first downs now, in your revisionist history?