Brady6
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Many feel that Edelman and Amendola do not make sense to have on the same team, and at first, I had the same belief. I have changed my view however; I actually think the two of them could give us an advantage that offensively. This season I believe there was a combination of issues with the two of them playing together (despite those issues they were still successful).
1. The offensive scheme did was not designed in the offseason to incorporate both of them. Our offensive scheme was adjusted on the fly and was largely built around 2-TEs.
2. The lack of a consistent deep threat to open up the field. Dobson was not on the field very often in the second half of the season.
3. Amendola’s injuries and understanding of the offense. I think that Amendola had a solid understanding of the offense from the slot position but when he suffered his groin injury it caused him to lose the lateral explosiveness to be effective in that position. That prompted them to move Amendola outside to the Y-WR and put him in a position that he did not have as strong an understanding of the offense.
4. The lack of Gronkowski; many of us undervalue Gronkowski because he has been off the field so often the last few years with injuries. Gronkowski is in the category of Calvin Johnson Jr. and Adrian Peterson, he is a rare talent that completely changes the trajectory of an offense. The importance of him however is even bigger for Edelman and Amendola because he commands the attention of the underneath defenders.
The advantages of keeping Edelman and Amendola together is the confusion that can be created with the two. With an entire offseason to implement them both into the offense McDaniels can create plays that throw defenses completely off. McDaniels can use more bunch formations, motion the two of them into stack formations, and disguise the inside outside receiver routes. The possibilities are actually very interesting when you take a moment to think about it.
Another benefit of keeping them both is the Josh Boyce factor, we do not know what the future is for this young man, but if we go out and sign an Emmanuel Sanders this offseason, we will likely stall it. Amendola’s contract is essentially a one year deal at this point, we can walk free and clear after 2014, so if Boyce develops we can move him into a starting (or lead role) in 2015 while maintaining Edelman in the slot.
Most importantly, this has worked on some degree before and we have younger players that are more effective now. In 2011, we used Deion Branch and Wes Welker both of whom were smaller and less athletic 30+ year old players and Brady threw for over 5,000 yards.
I say resign Edelman, retain Amendola, add a veteran X-WR for depth behind Dobson and draft a TE in the first 2 rounds, after that focus our attention on improving the offensive line and continuing to build a top 5 defense.
Thoughts?
1. The offensive scheme did was not designed in the offseason to incorporate both of them. Our offensive scheme was adjusted on the fly and was largely built around 2-TEs.
2. The lack of a consistent deep threat to open up the field. Dobson was not on the field very often in the second half of the season.
3. Amendola’s injuries and understanding of the offense. I think that Amendola had a solid understanding of the offense from the slot position but when he suffered his groin injury it caused him to lose the lateral explosiveness to be effective in that position. That prompted them to move Amendola outside to the Y-WR and put him in a position that he did not have as strong an understanding of the offense.
4. The lack of Gronkowski; many of us undervalue Gronkowski because he has been off the field so often the last few years with injuries. Gronkowski is in the category of Calvin Johnson Jr. and Adrian Peterson, he is a rare talent that completely changes the trajectory of an offense. The importance of him however is even bigger for Edelman and Amendola because he commands the attention of the underneath defenders.
The advantages of keeping Edelman and Amendola together is the confusion that can be created with the two. With an entire offseason to implement them both into the offense McDaniels can create plays that throw defenses completely off. McDaniels can use more bunch formations, motion the two of them into stack formations, and disguise the inside outside receiver routes. The possibilities are actually very interesting when you take a moment to think about it.
Another benefit of keeping them both is the Josh Boyce factor, we do not know what the future is for this young man, but if we go out and sign an Emmanuel Sanders this offseason, we will likely stall it. Amendola’s contract is essentially a one year deal at this point, we can walk free and clear after 2014, so if Boyce develops we can move him into a starting (or lead role) in 2015 while maintaining Edelman in the slot.
Most importantly, this has worked on some degree before and we have younger players that are more effective now. In 2011, we used Deion Branch and Wes Welker both of whom were smaller and less athletic 30+ year old players and Brady threw for over 5,000 yards.
I say resign Edelman, retain Amendola, add a veteran X-WR for depth behind Dobson and draft a TE in the first 2 rounds, after that focus our attention on improving the offensive line and continuing to build a top 5 defense.
Thoughts?
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