Brady6
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I have read through many threads and I see a lot of Danny Amendola bashing going on and frankly I don’t get it. I have consistently been anti-Amendola for much of the season and went back and forth with many posters about him not being worthy of his contract and failing to meet the expectations that came along with replacing Wes Welker. Today however I thought Amendola played his best ball game in a Patriots uniform and he was the primary cog in the team even being within scoring range.
The common theme is that Amendola choked today and that is far from the truth. Choking is when a player does not make a play that he generally would make 99.9% of the time due to the pressure of the situation. The play that Amendola did not make the reception on was a 50/50 play no matter the situation and if he had made that reception it would have been one of the best plays of the season. Could Danny have made the play? Yes absolutely but him not making the play is not had the same likelihood if not more so I am not going to fault him for that, the fact is the Dolphins DBs are in the NFL for a reason because they’re the best at what they do in the world so in my opinion them making a play when it counts is not shocking. In week 4 Talib made a play on Roddy White to knock away a ball we all celebrated nobody suggested that Roddy White was a choke-artist.
I for one walk away from this week’s game cautiously optimistic when assessing Amendola. He stepped up today and that to me is what we should all take away from this game that on the final drive when we needed plays Danny got it done and gave us a shot, his not pulling in what would have been an outstanding catch does not take from that. This is the happiest I have been with Amendola all season. I think Ivan, AJ, DaBruinz and many others can attest to the fact if Amendola deserved any crisitisim for his play I would be at the front of that line with an air horn letting it be known, the guy played a great game – 14 targets, 10 receptions, 131 receiving yards and 9 first downs. Give the guy the credit he deserves he did not lose this game for us him and Edelman are actually the only reasons we had a shot, period.
The common theme is that Amendola choked today and that is far from the truth. Choking is when a player does not make a play that he generally would make 99.9% of the time due to the pressure of the situation. The play that Amendola did not make the reception on was a 50/50 play no matter the situation and if he had made that reception it would have been one of the best plays of the season. Could Danny have made the play? Yes absolutely but him not making the play is not had the same likelihood if not more so I am not going to fault him for that, the fact is the Dolphins DBs are in the NFL for a reason because they’re the best at what they do in the world so in my opinion them making a play when it counts is not shocking. In week 4 Talib made a play on Roddy White to knock away a ball we all celebrated nobody suggested that Roddy White was a choke-artist.
I for one walk away from this week’s game cautiously optimistic when assessing Amendola. He stepped up today and that to me is what we should all take away from this game that on the final drive when we needed plays Danny got it done and gave us a shot, his not pulling in what would have been an outstanding catch does not take from that. This is the happiest I have been with Amendola all season. I think Ivan, AJ, DaBruinz and many others can attest to the fact if Amendola deserved any crisitisim for his play I would be at the front of that line with an air horn letting it be known, the guy played a great game – 14 targets, 10 receptions, 131 receiving yards and 9 first downs. Give the guy the credit he deserves he did not lose this game for us him and Edelman are actually the only reasons we had a shot, period.