Amendola Again

[mcpickl]

Well is there any doubt in your kinds that he will be cut after this year as things stand, and in any way can this be characterized as anything other than a poor signing?

As for the cap hit last year, the figures being thrown about re the cap make it a puzzle palace to me. Sometimes you are better off just moving on, but maybe it would have been cap prohibitive

In any case, this signing coming back to bite us in the ass is not Monday morning QBing if BigSoxFan is correct. A substantial minority here, if not more, did not like the signing from the get, in substantial part for health reasons.

He has not come close to fulfilling the very high promise many had for him. A review of that signing thread is instructive.

He is part of the reason we are where we are.

 
His cap number this year is 4.575, if they cut him it would've been 4.8M.
 
Would've been pretty rash to cut him after one season, where he actually played through a bad injury rather than shut it down, and get no cap benefit for doing so.
 
Next offseason was always going to be make or break for him from the day he signed because he has no more guaranteed money owed to him. If the NFL reported contracts reasonably, his would've been reported as 2 years/11.75M with three team option years.

 

[soxfan121]

I guess that means either it didn't heal right, or something else was going on (sports hernia?), or maybe the doctors this Yahoo reporter asked were just wrong.

 
The good news is that we will be finding out...soon. Get your $10 out and be ready to pay up, people.

 

[crystalline]

The reports were at the time that doctors often treat groin injuries by cutting the adductor muscle, but Amendola had a complete tear so surgery was unnecessary. http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl--patriots--danny-amendola-has-complete-muscle-tear-in-groin-but-recovering-at-fast-pace-211510361.html
 
I guess that means either it didn't heal right, or something else was going on (sports hernia?), or maybe the doctors this Yahoo reporter asked were just wrong.
 
Can't argue with this. The Pats' record in FA in recent years is atrocious to say the least.
 
For this year, at least, he serves a significant role as Edelman's backup. Last year they had to drag Austin Collie out of retirement because they didn't have enough guys who can play the slot role, and with Boyce and Gallon being cut Amendola figures to benefit in terms of targets and snaps if anything happened to Edelman. He's overpaid for that, and as you say almost certainly gone in the offseason.

The doctors SOSH asked too. DRS is on record here saying the same thing about no surgery on a completely torn adductor.

 

[Super Nomario]

Cross-posting from the Dobson thread:
 

People keep saying this but it's not just 3 WR, it's 3 WR and Vereen and Tim Wright. That's 5 guys who can line up at WR, plus Gronk. Vereen and Wright are not necessarily better WR than Dobson or KT but they can do other things too (theoretically). 
 
If you've decided that Edelman, LaFell and Amendola are your top 3, the other guys are only seeing the field in 4 WR sets (which might see Vereen lined up wide) or in case of an injury, so it makes some sense to go with someone who can provide value elsewhere. As it was Amendola only played 28 of 50 offensive snaps.

And of Amendola's snaps, a lot came on the last couple drives in the fourth. The Patriots went 3 WR on the first drive, but they actually ran a lot of 2 TE and 2 RB sets until the game got out of hand. I suspect they liked the matchups of the backs and tight ends against Kansas City's linebackers in the passing game, but they didn't end up throwing their way very much.