I'll admit i was wrong - Amendola didn't work

[everlong]

It's a 2.7M cap hit to cut him and I doubt he'll restucture given he has more leverage with that cap hit than the Pats. Worst part is Hernandez is 7.5M so that's 10M in money they could really use.

 

[dales804]

Amendola is most likely not going anywhere because of the cost to cut him. And I don't think he's getting traded anywhere. Hopefully next year he's much more productive. I still have that hope.

 

[Brady6]

It's a 2.7M cap hit to cut him and I doubt he'll restucture given he has more leverage with that cap hit than the Pats. Worst part is Hernandez is 7.5M so that's 10M in money they could really use.

I think he would consider restructuring, what is he really going to get on the open market? Maybe a 1 year prove it deal for around a million bucks.

 

[Huckleberry1]

Yep, Wilfork, Mayo, Gronkowski, Vollmer didn't work out either, they need to release all of them and get players who don't get injured and play every down. i don't know what this garbage is with football players getting injured, there really is no reason for it, if they were only as tough and as athletic as the morons who trash them then they would be worth something.

 

[Brady6]

If Edelman leaves, I think that moves Amendola into his role as more of the quicker route/slot focus, so we'll need to go out and bring in some kind of reasonable FA wide receiver to replace that loss (or "those" losses, however you see it).

If Edelman leaves were in big trouble because Amendola cannot get open consistently unless he has a favorable matchup. He cannot be a primary target in our offense; his big games this season always coincided with someone one else having an even better game allowing him to be a second thought.

Week 1 - Vereen & Edelman
Week 9 - Gronkowski & Dobson
Week 15 - Edelman

Never was there a game in which Amendola was able to take the field and be the primary focus of the defense or even one of the primary focuses and be successful.

He is a nice complementary player but not a lead dog.

 

[SebertJr]

It's a 2.7M cap hit to cut him and I doubt he'll restucture given he has more leverage with that cap hit than the Pats. Worst part is Hernandez is 7.5M so that's 10M in money they could really use.

Dude's in prison for an alleged murder, are they fighting this , I would think so???

 

[Brady6]

Yep, Wilfork, Mayo, Gronkowski, Vollmer didn't work out either, they need to release all of them and get players who don't get injured and play every down. i don't know what this garbage is with football players getting injured, there really is no reason for it, if they were only as tough and as athletic as the morons who trash them then they would be worth something.

Yeah those players who suffered season ending injuries absolutely should be compared to a player who was injured in week 1 of the season and given a 2-6 week recovery period. Talk about a desperate reach, WOW.

 

[SebertJr]

If Edelman leaves were in big trouble because Amendola cannot get open consistently unless he has a favorable matchup. He cannot be a primary target in our offense; his big games this season always coincided with someone one else having an even better game allowing him to be a second thought.

Week 1 - Vereen & Edelman
Week 9 - Gronkowski & Dobson
Week 15 - Edelman

Never was there a game in which Amendola was able to take the field and be the primary focus of the defense or even one of the primary focuses and be successful.

He is a nice complementary player but not a lead dog.

Edelman replaced Welker...not Amendola, even though that was thought, if BB let's this one go, he will have once again outsmarted himself.

 

[Brady6]

Yep, Wilfork, Mayo, Gronkowski, Vollmer didn't work out either, they need to release all of them and get players who don't get injured and play every down. i don't know what this garbage is with football players getting injured, there really is no reason for it, if they were only as tough and as athletic as the morons who trash them then they would be worth something.

Do you seriously think that if Amendola was injured so badly that he is not even a factor they would keep running him out there week after week? We placed other players that we could have ran out there and then cut cleanly at the end of the season on injured reserve but we continued to put one of our highest paid players on the field hurt? That is just silly, if Amendola was as hurt as you claim he would have went to injured reserve, we use the injured reserve exception on Vereen for an injury that occurred the same week as Amendola that allowed Vereen more time to recover than reportedly needed but our $31,000,000 receiver we just carelessly continued to play. Yeah OK.

 

[JackBauer]

This strategy has not worked out for the New England Patriots. The wide receiver position should not be considered an afterthought in the NFL Draft. It's about time the New England Patriots draft a wide receiver in the first round since the Brandon Tate's and Taylor Price's of the world have not worked out whatsoever.

Sorry, but I think this is an awful idea. The Patriots just drafted two (well, three if you include Thompkins) wide receivers last year. They are in desperate need of help on both lines, and you want to expend more capital at a notoriously slow to develop position?

After watching Wendell get his lunch handed to him by Terrence freakin' Knighton, I'm actually somewhat relieved the Patriots aren't going on to face the Seahawks in the Super Bowl. The matchup between the Patriots OL/Seahawks front seven is the stuff nightmares are made of.

The common theme in all recent Patriots playoff losses has been crappy OL play and, relatedly, mental lapses at key moments. Unless there's a prospect they can't pass over, it's gotta be trenches early in the draft.

 

[Huckleberry1]

$20 says Brady6 is pretending to have a discussion with me when he knows without any doubt that i have him on ignore.

 

[DocHoliday]

Yeah those players who suffered season ending injuries absolutely should be compared to a player who was injured in week 1 of the season and given a 2-6 week recovery period. Talk about a desperate reach, WOW.

What don't you get about Amendola's injury? His groin muscle tore off. The recovery period is the period in which the pain subsides, not when the muscle reattaches.

That doesn't happen without surgery! He has to get surgery this offseason to regain use of the muscle.

The tweet about the complete tear doing what doctors would do anyway refers to the short term fix for the pain. Some people choose to leave it like that. A pro WR can't afford to.

In sum, he's not 100%.

 

[JackBauer]

What don't you get about Amendola's injury? His groin muscle tore off. The recovery period is the period in which the pain subsides, not when the muscle reattaches.

That doesn't happen without surgery! He has to get surgery this offseason to regain use of the muscle.

The tweet about the complete tear doing what doctors would do anyway refers to the short term fix for the pain. Some people choose to leave it like that. A pro WR can't afford to.

I'm sum, he's not 100%.

Suffice it to say, facts will not be allowed to undermine Brady6's jihad against Amendola.

 

[SalemPats]

What don't you get about Amendola's injury? His groin muscle tore off. The recovery period is the period in which the pain subsides, not when the muscle reattaches.

That doesn't happen without surgery! He has to get surgery this offseason to regain use of the muscle.

The tweet about the complete tear doing what doctors would do anyway refers to the short term fix for the pain. Some people choose to leave it like that. A pro WR can't afford to.

I'm sum, he's not 100%.

This guy has injured every part of his body over his career. You might not like Brady6, but he's right on Amendola. Give it up and be thankful we have Julian Edelman

 

[JackBauer]

This guy has injured every part of his body over his career. You might not like Brady6, but he's right on Amendola. Give it up and be thankful we have Julian Edelman

That's irrelevant to the point being discussed.

 

[Huckleberry1]

What don't you get about Amendola's injury? His groin muscle tore off. The recovery period is the period in which the pain subsides, not when the muscle reattaches.

That doesn't happen without surgery! He has to get surgery this offseason to regain use of the muscle.

The tweet about the complete tear doing what doctors would do anyway refers to the short term fix for the pain. Some people choose to leave it like that. A pro WR can't afford to.

I'm sum, he's not 100%.

Just so you know, being thoughtful and intelligent about this won't get you anywhere with the kneejerk haters. In their fantasy football minds Amendola should have been cut a month into the season and Calvin Johnson signed after trading Ridley, Bolden, and the patriots defense for him.

 

[detpatsfan]

Another brilliant move by Mr Genius Bill Belichick. Alienating and getting rid of his HOF Qb's favorite target Welker and replacing him with JAG clown who can't stay healthy.

 

[Brady6]

What don't you get about Amendola's injury? His groin muscle tore off. The recovery period is the period in which the pain subsides, not when the muscle reattaches.

That doesn't happen without surgery! He has to get surgery this offseason to regain use of the muscle.

The tweet about the complete tear doing what doctors would do anyway refers to the short term fix for the pain. Some people choose to leave it like that. A pro WR can't afford to.

I'm sum, he's not 100%.

Does it matter if he is 100%? How good could a player be when a groin injury reduces him to a player that is held to 0 receptions and 1 drop in the biggest game of his career? If this is Amendola at less than 100% I don’t want him anyway because the hope that a NFL player is 100% for an entire season is completely unreasonable so it is likely so every time something drops him below that 100% he is going to turn into a 0 reception receiver than he is not that good.

You all act as if the 633 receiving yards and 2 touchdowns aren’t nearly identical to the production Amendola had in his other seasons. He entered the NFL in 2008 next year will be his 7th season as a pro as I said before I have heard of the 2nd year leap but not the 7th year leap, if you have I would love to hear some players that became all pro 120 reception, 1200 receiving yards receivers in year 7 of their careers. Do tell?

Suffice it to say, facts will not be allowed to undermine Brady6's jihad against Amendola.

Facts? You want to talk about facts; tell me 1 factual, logical or rational reason to believe that Danny Amendola will perform any different in 2014 than he has in his previous 5 NFL seasons? The hope that he can do what he did in week 1 and week 15 every single week is not logical so save that because I would like Blount to play like he did in week 17 every week or Vereen like he did in week 1 and 14 every week but is that going to happen, probably not just like Amendola is not going to duplicate his best games week in and week out. Look around the NFL plenty of players have big games but the great players are the ones who do it week to week and Amendola has never done that and thinking he will in 2014 is wishful at best.

I have no jihad with Amendola, I have it with the 5-6 posters who are projecting a 7th year leap from a player and using a groin injury that probably was a result of poor conditioning and flexibility training to begin with that occurred in week 1 as an excuse for him having 0 receptions and 1 drop in our most important game of the year after this franchise paid him $8.5 million in cash during the 2013 year.

Tell you what you give me a fact something to support your position and I will put my tail between my legs and walk away, so far you’ve done nothing but make bold assertions built on nothing other than personal opinion, while I have provide statistical data, historic data, comparative data, and an outline of what his flaws are.

 

[Brady6]

Just so you know, being thoughtful and intelligent about this won't get you anywhere with the kneejerk haters. In their fantasy football minds Amendola should have been cut a month into the season and Calvin Johnson signed after trading Ridley, Bolden, and the patriots defense for him.

As I have said before I played fantasy football 1 time in 2006 and never again. Amendola did not do anything to help the team yesterday, fantasy or otherwise.

P.S. I know you have me on ignore but I respond because you make false statement with untrue information, such as this suggestion that I am a hater rather than just a realistic and objective fan, or that Amendola should be compared to players who are on injured reserve.

 

[JMarr]

Yep, Wilfork, Mayo, Gronkowski, Vollmer didn't work out either, they need to release all of them and get players who don't get injured and play every down. i don't know what this garbage is with football players getting injured, there really is no reason for it, if they were only as tough and as athletic as the morons who trash them then they would be worth something.

None of those guys had an injury history comparable to Amendola. I just don't see how you can defend them counting on Danny to be their #1 WR coming into the season.