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

[FCB02062]

28 pages on amendola....brings back memories of the old kffl board and the kraft v parcells arguments in 96-97....wonder if anyone on this board remembers kffl.... but I suspect most of the fanboys were 7 years old when I was posting on kffl....

 

[primetime]

Ok, so here's some quick analysis that should put the 'Amendola is overpaid' argument - even ignoring injury - to rest. Apologies for any formatting errors. Note that I did not remove any players on their rookie contracts here - only the top 50 highest cap hits are included, which is why a great deal like Edelman is not here.

Cap hit per reception:

Player Team Cap hit Receptions Cap hit/reception
1 Demaryius Thomas Broncos $2,592,750 92 $28,182.07
2 Antonio Brown Steelers $3,120,000 110 $28,363.64
3 Harry Douglas Falcons $2,645,833 85 $31,127.45
4 Dez Bryant Cowboys $2,926,000 93 $31,462.37
5 Victor Cruz Giants $2,530,000 73 $34,657.53
6 Emmanuel Sanders Steelers $2,500,000 67 $37,313.43
7 Vincent Jackson Buccaneers $3,272,000 78 $41,948.72
8 Mike Wallace Dolphins $3,250,000 73 $44,520.55
9 Jordy Nelson Packers $3,975,000 85 $46,764.71
10 Delanie Walker Titans $2,950,000 60 $49,166.67
11 A.J. Green Bengals $5,369,481 98 $54,790.62
12 Wes Welker Broncos $4,150,000 73 $56,849.32
13 Marques Colston Saints $4,500,000 75 $60,000.00
14 James Jones Packers $3,750,000 59 $63,559.32
15 Davone Bess Browns $2,683,334 42 $63,888.90
16 Danny Amendola Patriots $3,543,750 54 $65,625.00
17 Hakeem Nicks Giants $3,705,000 56 $66,160.71
18 Dwayne Bowe Chiefs $4,000,000 57 $70,175.44
19 Anquan Boldin 49ers $6,000,000 85 $70,588.24
20 Jason Avant Eagles $2,710,000 38 $71,315.79
21 Pierre Garcon Redskins $8,184,375 113 $72,428.10
22 Greg Jennings Vikings $5,000,000 68 $73,529.41
23 Nate Washington Titans $5,100,000 58 $87,931.03
24 Steve Smith Panthers $5,750,000 64 $89,843.75
25 Brandon Marshall Bears $9,300,000 100 $93,000.00
26 Santana Moss Redskins $4,016,668 42 $95,634.95
27 Eddie Royal Chargers $4,500,000 47 $95,744.68
28 Andre Johnson Texans $10,727,918 109 $98,421.27
29 Nate Burleson Lions $4,031,641 39 $103,375.41
30 Calvin Johnson Lions $8,773,000 84 $104,440.48
31 Julio Jones Falcons $4,413,750 41 $107,652.44
32 Stevie Johnson Bills $5,650,000 52 $108,653.85
33 DeSean Jackson Eagles $9,000,000 82 $109,756.10
34 Justin Blackmon Jaguars $3,265,572 29 $112,605.93
35 Lance Moore Saints $4,568,750 37 $123,479.73
36 Larry Fitzgerald Cardinals $10,250,000 82 $125,000.00
37 Jacoby Jones Ravens $4,900,000 37 $132,432.43
38 Roddy White Falcons $9,125,000 63 $144,841.27
39 Miles Austin Cowboys $3,589,400 24 $149,558.33
40 Reggie Wayne Colts $8,166,666 38 $214,912.26
41 Josh Morgan Redskins $5,100,000 20 $255,000.00
42 Michael Crabtree 49ers $5,770,439 19 $303,707.32
43 Mario Manningham 49ers $2,800,000 9 $311,111.11
44 Mike Williams Buccaneers $8,334,562 22 $378,843.73
45 Santonio Holmes Jets $9,000,000 23 $391,304.35
46 Malcom Floyd Chargers $2,666,666 6 $444,444.33
47 Sidney Rice Seahawks $9,700,000 15 $646,666.67
48 Percy Harvin Seahawks $4,900,000 1 $4,900,000.00
49 Jeremy Maclin Eagles $4,553,000 0 #DIV/0!
50 Devin Hester Bears $2,940,858 0 #DIV/0!

Amendola is #16... and if you remove Thomas, Bryant, and Green who are all on their rookie contracts, in terms of receptions he was the 13th best value among the top 50 cap hits for receivers (#12 since Delanie Walker is oddly counted as a receiver here, but still).

Cap hit per receiving yard

1 Demaryius Thomas Broncos $2,592,750 92 $28,182.07 1430 $1,813.11
2 Antonio Brown Steelers $3,120,000 110 $28,363.64 1499 $2,081.39
3 Dez Bryant Cowboys $2,926,000 93 $31,462.37 1233 $2,373.07
4 Harry Douglas Falcons $2,645,833 85 $31,127.45 1067 $2,479.69
5 Victor Cruz Giants $2,530,000 73 $34,657.53 998 $2,535.07
6 Vincent Jackson Buccaneers $3,272,000 78 $41,948.72 1224 $2,673.20
7 Jordy Nelson Packers $3,975,000 85 $46,764.71 1314 $3,025.11
8 Emmanuel Sanders Steelers $2,500,000 67 $37,313.43 740 $3,378.38
9 Mike Wallace Dolphins $3,250,000 73 $44,520.55 930 $3,494.62
10 A.J. Green Bengals $5,369,481 98 $54,790.62 1426 $3,765.41
11 Hakeem Nicks Giants $3,705,000 56 $66,160.71 896 $4,135.04
12 James Jones Packers $3,750,000 59 $63,559.32 817 $4,589.96
13 Marques Colston Saints $4,500,000 75 $60,000.00 943 $4,772.00
14 Anquan Boldin 49ers $6,000,000 85 $70,588.24 1179 $5,089.06
15 Delanie Walker Titans $2,950,000 60 $49,166.67 571 $5,166.37
16 Wes Welker Broncos $4,150,000 73 $56,849.32 778 $5,334.19
17 Nate Washington Titans $5,100,000 58 $87,931.03 919 $5,549.51
18 Danny Amendola Patriots $3,543,750 54 $65,625.00 633 $5,598.34
19 Calvin Johnson Lions $8,773,000 84 $104,440.48 1492 $5,880.03
20 Dwayne Bowe Chiefs $4,000,000 57 $70,175.44 673 $5,943.54
21 Jason Avant Eagles $2,710,000 38 $71,315.79 447 $6,062.64
22 Pierre Garcon Redskins $8,184,375 113 $72,428.10 1346 $6,080.52
23 Greg Jennings Vikings $5,000,000 68 $73,529.41 804 $6,218.91
24 DeSean Jackson Eagles $9,000,000 82 $109,756.10 1332 $6,756.76
25 Eddie Royal Chargers $4,500,000 47 $95,744.68 631 $7,131.54
26 Brandon Marshall Bears $9,300,000 100 $93,000.00 1295 $7,181.47
27 Davone Bess Browns $2,683,334 42 $63,888.90 362 $7,412.52
28 Julio Jones Falcons $4,413,750 41 $107,652.44 580 $7,609.91
29 Andre Johnson Texans $10,727,918 109 $98,421.27 1407 $7,624.68
30 Steve Smith Panthers $5,750,000 64 $89,843.75 745 $7,718.12
31 Justin Blackmon Jaguars $3,265,572 29 $112,605.93 415 $7,868.85
32 Nate Burleson Lions $4,031,641 39 $103,375.41 461 $8,745.43
33 Santana Moss Redskins $4,016,668 42 $95,634.95 452 $8,886.43
34 Stevie Johnson Bills $5,650,000 52 $108,653.85 597 $9,463.99
35 Lance Moore Saints $4,568,750 37 $123,479.73 457 $9,997.26
36 Larry Fitzgerald Cardinals $10,250,000 82 $125,000.00 954 $10,744.23
37 Jacoby Jones Ravens $4,900,000 37 $132,432.43 455 $10,769.23
38 Roddy White Falcons $9,125,000 63 $144,841.27 711 $12,834.04
39 Miles Austin Cowboys $3,589,400 24 $149,558.33 244 $14,710.66
40 Reggie Wayne Colts $8,166,666 38 $214,912.26 503 $16,235.92
41 Malcom Floyd Chargers $2,666,666 6 $444,444.33 149 $17,897.09
42 Santonio Holmes Jets $9,000,000 23 $391,304.35 456 $19,736.84
43 Michael Crabtree 49ers $5,770,439 19 $303,707.32 284 $20,318.45
44 Josh Morgan Redskins $5,100,000 20 $255,000.00 214 $23,831.78
45 Mario Manningham 49ers $2,800,000 9 $311,111.11 85 $32,941.18
46 Mike Williams Buccaneers $8,334,562 22 $378,843.73 216 $38,585.94
47 Sidney Rice Seahawks $9,700,000 15 $646,666.67 231 $41,991.34
48 Percy Harvin Seahawks $4,900,000 1 $4,900,000.00 17 $288,235.29
49 Jeremy Maclin Eagles $4,553,000 0 #DIV/0! #N/A #N/A
50 Devin Hester Bears $2,940,858 0 #DIV/0! #N/A #N/A

Amendola is a little worse here, #18 (14 if you remove the 3 rookie contracts and Delanie Walker). But he still does pretty well.

And this is based on pure production. Of course, injured players are penalized tremendously. But of the players above Amendola in the 'value' rankings, only Welker and James Jones missed any games at all, and they missed fewer than Amendola and weren't dealing with a nagging injury the entire season.

Also makes you wish they had managed to sign Emmanuel Sanders.

 

[Brady6]

Ok, so here's some quick analysis that should put the 'Amendola is overpaid' argument - even ignoring injury - to rest. Apologies for any formatting errors. Note that I did not remove any players on their rookie contracts here - only the top 50 highest cap hits are included, which is why a great deal like Edelman is not here.



Cap hit per reception:







Amendola is #16... and if you remove Thomas, Bryant, and Green who are all on their rookie contracts, in terms of receptions he was the 13th best value among the top 50 cap hits for receivers (#12 since Delanie Walker is oddly counted as a receiver here, but still).



Cap hit per receiving yard







Amendola is a little worse here, #18 (14 if you remove the 3 rookie contracts and Delanie Walker). But he still does pretty well.



And this is based on pure production. Of course, injured players are penalized tremendously. But of the players above Amendola in the 'value' rankings, only Welker and James Jones missed any games at all, and they missed fewer than Amendola and weren't dealing with a nagging injury the entire season.



Also makes you wish they had managed to sign Emmanuel Sanders.

The Patriots paid Amendola $8,500,000 during 2013 league year, he will be paid another $3,375,000 during the 2014 league totaling $11,875,000 in money that was taxed and then put into Amendola's bank account for his services. How it shows up on a cap worksheet does change the actual transfer of funds from one person or entity to the other. 54 catches, 633 yards and 2 touchdowns is a very poor return on an $8.5 million investment and you don't need a CPA to know that.

 

[Brady6]

Wow. Really?

Yes really; Amendola received more cash in 2013 than every other RB, WR and TE on the Patriots combined including Gronkowski.

 

[primetime]

I'm not really worried about how much Robert Kraft paid Danny Amendola - it's completely immaterial to me, you, and everyone else posting on this board. What matters is how much he cost against the cap.

 

[Brady6]

I'm not really worried about how much Robert Kraft paid Danny Amendola - it's completely immaterial to me, you, and everyone else posting on this board. What matters is how much he cost against the cap.

A cap number is like the equator it's an imaginary basis point, when determining value the tangible investment is what matters. This is about Amendola's value vs. the Patriots investment not how financials are manipulated.

 

[Hercules Rockefeller]

A cap number is like the equator it's an imaginary basis point, when determining value the tangible investment is what matters. This is about Amendola's value vs. the Patriots investment not how financials are manipulated.

This is a very very awful position to have B6. It really shouldn't matter to any of us what Robert Kraft decides to do with his money. The ONLY thing that should matter to those who follow the NEP is whether or not there is cap room to go out and sign more players.

PERFECT EXAMPLE-----Does it make you pleased that even though Aaron Hernandez is not going to be on the team, but rather in prison, he will count $7.5 million against the cap? Robert Kraft does not have to pay him that money, so it is an imaginary basis point and not tangible. There is no actual tangible investment being paid to him, Robert Kraft will not lose any of those millions. So you are saying that you, as a fan and not one of Kraft's heirs, care only that he will not spend that money? That the dead money on the cap brings you relief because it will not actually have to be spent?

Try and explain to me how your position makes sense when framed that way. The ONLY thing that matters when discussing Amendola's pay is how it affects the cap now and in future years. How much he actually makes does not matter at all, not one iota. Only what the Pats can spend on other players.

Please please explain to me how you can dig in on this truly awful position in light of the awesome, excellent and profoundly smart example I just used concerning the murderer. I would love to read you spin this.

 

[Patsrock]

A cap number is like the equator it's an imaginary basis point, when determining value the tangible investment is what matters. This is about Amendola's value vs. the Patriots investment not how financials are manipulated.

Amendolas value in 2013 to the team was $3.54m.

Cap value is what truly matters.

 

[Brady6]

You need to learn between fact and opinion. You have been stating your opinion. Do you know what the Patriots expected out of Amendola? Do you know for a fact that his groin was not still injured?

I would have to say that they expected more than what they got from Amendola considering they paid him more this season than they paid Welker in any season other than 2012.

As far as him being injured still; I am sure he was but not to the degree many are making it seem, the drop off is far too extreme and the suggestion that he could have went on IR is absurd. The Patriots are one of the most conservative teams in the NFL in terms of injuries and Vereen was injured in week 1 and they gave the designated IR, if Amendola was as injured as they suggested he would have got that over Vereen who had a 4 week timeline for the broken wrist.

 

[Brady6]

Amendolas value in 2013 to the team was $3.54m.

Cap value is what truly matters.

Oh ok do you think the government only taxed Amendola on the $3.54 million? Mortgage companies and loan agents must love you...

 

[Patsrock]

Oh ok do you think the government only taxed Amendola on the $3.54 million? Mortgage companies and loan agents must love you...

What does taxes have anything to do with salary cap value?

 

[Brady6]

This is a very very awful position to have B6. It really shouldn't matter to any of us what Robert Kraft decides to do with his money. The ONLY thing that should matter to those who follow the NEP is whether or not there is cap room to go out and sign more players.

PERFECT EXAMPLE-----Does it make you pleased that even though Aaron Hernandez is not going to be on the team, but rather in prison, he will count $7.5 million against the cap? Robert Kraft does not have to pay him that money, so it is an imaginary basis point and not tangible. There is no actual tangible investment being paid to him, Robert Kraft will not lose any of those millions. So you are saying that you, as a fan and not one of Kraft's heirs, care only that he will not spend that money? That the dead money on the cap brings you relief because it will not actually have to be spent?

Try and explain to me how your position makes sense when framed that way. The ONLY thing that matters when discussing Amendola's pay is how it affects the cap now and in future years. How much he actually makes does not matter at all, not one iota. Only what the Pats can spend on other players.

Please please explain to me how you can dig in on this truly awful position in light of the awesome, excellent and profoundly smart example I just used concerning the murderer. I would love to read you spin this.

The thing is that Hernandez received the money that is counting against our cap in 2014 in 2012 when he received $12,740,000 in cash so the money is tangible and it was paid to him by Kraft.

 

[Brady6]

What does taxes have anything to do with salary cap value?

Listen honestly you seem like a nice person and overall I like much of what you say but right now you want me to look at a number and let that be the value at which I evaluate a players performance against the actual physical money that was paid to him. I cannot do that, every company manipulates numbers but investment vs. return on investment determines value. If Amendola is cut after 2014 he was paid $11,875,000 for 2 years of services rendered so far he has not earned that in my opinion and looking a financial metrics is not going to be the way that I kid myself into believing otherwise.

 

[primetime]

Here's a couple quick visualizations I made using the data I posted earlier, with a couple massive outliers like Harvin removed.

Cap dollars per yard for non-rookie contract receivers, 2013: Workbook: NFL Receiver Value, 2013

Cap dollars per reception for non-rookie contract receiver, 2013: Workbook: NFL Receiver Value, 2013

Amendola's contract-to-production falls above the linear regression line (though not by much, he falls within the 95% confidence bands which I've used as a proxy for the 'sweet spot'). But either way, he's not overpaid -- his production, even ignoring his injury, was right in line with (actually slightly above) what you'd expect for a receiver off his rookie contract that had Amendola's cap hit this season.

 

[Brady6]

At no point did I, and probably not anyone rational, say they expected him to be equal to or better than Wes Welker. Welker is one of the most productive slot receivers in league history - and he was (and is) woefully underpaid relative to his production his entire career, rendering that line of argument moot.

Welker was paid more than $5.7 million just once in his entire career here and that was 2012 when he was tagged so when you argue that Amendola is not overpaid whether you see it or not you’re implying that he should be as good as Welker.

The issue with your argument is the connection that you then make, taking his production and saying he's overpaid. Yet if you look at cap hits, if he is overpaid then so is just about every veteran receiver in the NFL. When presented with this fact, you instead point out that all of them are overpaid as well... that argument simply doesn't follow. Given his production relative to those other players paid comparably or more, one would say his cap hit is right in line with his production, which was over 50 catches in a season where he played injured. A player certainly does not need to be a superstar to justify a $3.5m cap hit.

Player A – 118 catches, 1354 yards, 6 touchdowns.
Player B – 54 catches, 633 yards, 2 touchdowns.
Player C – 105 catches, 1056 yards, 6 touchdowns.

Player A had those stats in 2012 and then left via free agency, the team signed player B to a contract at the same value as player A signed elsewhere for and for more annually than they paid player A for all but 1 of his seasons on the team, player B fails to perform to the level expected to fill the void left by player A departure, the team still has that gapping void left by player A’s departure so they insert player C into the role and unlike player B he is able to fill that void despite the fact that player C is paid less than 1/6 what they pay player B.

Don’t act like he was not signed to fill that position that is a ridiculous.

Your reaction to these two arguments is to handwave it away then continue harping on the tired points you make over and over in machine-gun, wall of text, run-on sentence style... and then throw in some random assertion about replacing Wes Welker's value that I certainly never made and I suspect no one else did either.

You should really read the threads from the spring, summer and even the season because you couldn’t be more wrong if you tried.

And judging Amendola based on the AFCCG is just silly. Blount had 6 yards in that game. Chandler Jones was stonewalled all day. Should we just assume those guys weren't worth it? Heck, the Patriots spent a first round pick on Jones - what a waste. And earlier this season, between the Miami and Pittsburgh games in back-to-back weeks, Edelman had 3 catches for 17 yards total. Don't even think about re-signing that guy.

I am not basing it only on the Championship game but everyone’s beef with Welker was that he was not clutch and dropped the ball in the SB, well his replacement the guy that we signed instead of him (even though he may of left either way) when put in the same situation of being in a big game delivered no catches and 1 drop. I guess if you’re going to bash the guy who caught 7 of 8 catches in the SB over his one “drop” it seems only fair to take issue with the player who was paid big money to replace him doing what Amendola did in his big game on the big stage.

Those games you mentioned for Edelman were because the team was trying to give Amendola his starting job back and implement their $30 million WR into their offense, they determined that was not working out by half-time of the Broncos game and then went back to Edelman and since then Amendola has been the 3rd WR.

 

[primetime]

I really honestly have no idea what you're talking about, or who you're talking about. I barely posted here in the spring or summer, and certainly never bashed Welker for his drops in the Super Bowl. Like I said, I wanted to see the Patriots bring back Welker and sign Amendola as well - I watch a great deal of Rams games because my roommate is a Rams fan, and have always been impressed with Amendola. I'll hazard a guess and say I've seen a lot more Amendola than you have.

Again, Welker was woefully underpaid while he was in New England relative to his production. It was a near-certainty that he resented the way he never received a contract commensurate with his value, and that was one reason he left.

Also, Amendola was injured all year. But I guess we're ignoring that again.

 

[Hercules Rockefeller]

The thing is that Hernandez received the money that is counting against our cap in 2014 in 2012 when he received $12,740,000 in cash so the money is tangible and it was paid to him by Kraft.

http://www.patsfans.com/new-england...le-homicide-charge-2014-cap.html#.UuHW-hDnbIU


Hernandez, per Miguel, is owed a guaranteed payment of $3.25mm in March of 2014. If the contract is voided, that automatically is wiped out - a portion of the huge $7.5mm cap fee due to Hernandez.

IIRC, here's what the Prisoner filed a grievance seeking:

* $3.25M of his signing bonus that was deferred
* $1.32M in guaranteed salary for 2013
* $1.14M in guaranteed salary for 2014
* $500K workout bonus for 2014(?)

The first of those is on the cap already, but the latter three are not.

Your post makes no sense. What about 2013? He was not paid by the team and still counted against the cap. You are saying that he is only being counted against the cap for money paid to him in 2012? That's a pretty screwy contract.

You didn't even answer my question. Carry on, keep hammering away, you have a legitimate chance at 100 posts in this thread if you keep up your breakneck pace.

 

[Brady6]

I really honestly have no idea what you're talking about, or who you're talking about. I barely posted here in the spring or summer, and certainly never bashed Welker for his drops in the Super Bowl. Like I said, I wanted to see the Patriots bring back Welker and sign Amendola as well - I watch a great deal of Rams games because my roommate is a Rams fan, and have always been impressed with Amendola. I'll hazard a guess and say I've seen a lot more Amendola than you have.

Again, Welker was woefully underpaid while he was in New England relative to his production. It was a near-certainty that he resented the way he never received a contract commensurate with his value, and that was one reason he left.

Also, Amendola was injured all year. But I guess we're ignoring that again.

There is a difference between being hindered by injury and not even being a factor. Amendola a player we signed to one of the biggest free agent contracts of the Belichick era was outplayed by a street free agent in Austin Collie in the AFC Championship game, that is not something that can be justified or accepted, you can say it is going to get better and let us all hope that is the case but don’t justify it and try and make it sound acceptable that is just poor taste.

The fact is the team needed the production and it was forced to turn to Edelman who was the 4th or 5th WR throughout training camp and the preseason in order to get it, they did not sign Amendola to play 2nd fiddle to their $750K depth WR on a 1 year contract. The biggest issue with Amendola not working out is that not only does he cost us more than he should but now we have to double pay on basically the same position to retain Edelman this offseason. Do you think that Edelman is going to just resign to make less than the guy he performed better than? Do you think Edelman’s agent is not going to leverage the fact that the Patriots tried an outside replacement already and he could not do what was needed out of that role? It is going to happen and at the end of the day we’re going to have $10 million annually tied into the slot WR position. Hindsight is always 20/20 of course but we’d have been much better off spending the money we spent on Amendola on a true Y-WR like Sanders, Hartline or someone else.

This is an example of why I am against signing other teams players to 2nd contracts, usually if a team is allowing a player to walk after their rookie deal it is because they’re not completely sold on them but often times they’re performance has a high market value so the team that signs them usually ends up overpaying. Amendola was not the only player Greg Jennings, Mike Wallace, Paul Kruger and others were all overpaid this past offseason.

You keep highlighting 2nd contracts and saying Danny is not overpaid or he doesn’t have a bad contract, well anytime you’re signing another teams player who comes with question marks it more times than not ends up being a poor contract. The best way to build a team is through the draft and then fill in the gaps with veterans on 1-2 year deals, we should have drafted TY Hilton last season at #90 instead of Bequette and we would have been 1 year ahead of the Welker depature and we would not have had to pay anyone a big contract.

 

[Brady6]

http://www.patsfans.com/new-england...le-homicide-charge-2014-cap.html#.UuHW-hDnbIU


Hernandez, per Miguel, is owed a guaranteed payment of $3.25mm in March of 2014. If the contract is voided, that automatically is wiped out - a portion of the huge $7.5mm cap fee due to Hernandez.

IIRC, here's what the Prisoner filed a grievance seeking:

* $3.25M of his signing bonus that was deferred
* $1.32M in guaranteed salary for 2013
* $1.14M in guaranteed salary for 2014
* $500K workout bonus for 2014(?)

The first of those is on the cap already, but the latter three are not.

Your post makes no sense. What about 2013? He was not paid by the team and still counted against the cap. You are saying that he is only being counted against the cap for money paid to him in 2012? That's a pretty screwy contract.

You didn't even answer my question. Carry on, keep hammering away, you have a legitimate chance at 100 posts in this thread if you keep up your breakneck pace.

Miguel's UNOFFICIAL 2013 Patriots Salary Cap Footnotes and Documentation Page - Aaron Hernandez

Year, Salary, Prorated, Roster Bonus/, Workout Bonus, Total Cap Figure, Cash Received, Remaining Signing Bonus
2010, $320,000, $50,000, $76,000 , , $436,000 , $620,000 , $200,000
2011, $450,000, $50,000, $90,000 , $110,000 , $700,000 , $650,000 , $150,000
2012, $540,000, $2,550,000, $104,000 , $96,000 , $3,290,000 , $12,740,000 , $12,600,000
2013, $984,000, $2,550,000, , $232,800 , $3,776,800 , , $7,500,000
2014, , $7,500,000 , , , $7,500,000 , ,

Answering your question – I think the resigning was a bad move by the Patriots of course and I think they overpaid for Hernandez at the time as well. It is one of the reasons that the Amendola contract concerns me so much more than it should because next season we likely will be double paying for our slot WR (Amendola and Edelman) and double paying for our flex TE (Hernandez and whoever). That does not leave a lot of room for other players.

 

[supafly]

you want me to look at a number and let that be the value at which I evaluate a players performance against the actual physical money that was paid to him. I cannot do that, every company manipulates numbers but investment vs. return on investment determines value. If Amendola is cut after 2014 he was paid $11,875,000 for 2 years of services rendered so far he has not earned that in my opinion and looking a financial metrics is not going to be the way that I kid myself into believing otherwise.

Why would you be looking at cash values paid by billionaire Bob Kraft? He has enough money to literally have the next 10 generations deep into the 22nd century be wealthier than anyone could ever imagine. Unless you are a close relative (and even then I don't think they'd care too much, since his NEP football business made plenty of profit this year), I'm not sure why you'd even bring this up?

You should be concerned with the salary cap as it pertains to his worth, not cash. Amendola cost us 3.5m against the cap this year, and averaged 4.5 catches a game in his 12 games player in the regular season.

While we'd all have liked to see him produce another 1--1.5 catches per game (or approximately between 4--6 more per month), he wasn't exactly the waste of a Chad Ochocinco out there either. I don't see much reason to believe that he can't produce another 1 catch or so per game next season, which would equate to 70 catches next year.