And as Deus Irae pointed out, Amendola would actually cost the team 3/4 of a million dollars if they cut him next year in 2014. He would not save them money, he would cost them money.
The first real cap savings year won't take place until 2015--which is typical of most contracts worth a damn. You can't rush to conclusions and cut players right off the bat unless they are making practically nothing based on the NFL pay scale.
The subject of Amendola under performing is one thing. The subject of actually thinking that we would cut Amendola is absolutely pointless, not to mention ridiculous and short-sighted.
And by the way--the fact that Austin Collie was active on Sunday means absolutely nothing aside from the fact that they believe he can contribute much more at this point in time than Josh Boyce can, who has been inactive of late. Every position has players who are active on gameday and aren't expected to see much of the field.
Thinking that Austin Collie was signed to replace Danny Amendola 12 days ago when everyone knew that Amendola was returning and healthy is almost as silly as the idea of cutting him. The addition of Austin Collie had absolutely nothing to do with Danny Amendola, although he can add production if any of the receivers are hurt by receiving more reps--and Amendola is not excluded from that grouping by any means.
When the signing was made I saw it more of a replacement to Boyce myself, who obviously wasn't "getting it" through 4 games; but in all reality the signing likely had multiple reasons that it made sense--depth included. It was a low risk signing for a guy who had the potential to work hard and pick up the system rather quickly due to his knowledge of a similar system, albeit with different verbiage. He's also played in a lot of big games and offers Brady that much needed short/intermediate quick, timing option.
