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This article was written before today's game. Amendola had another game with zero catches today.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2...visible-man/5zURDb2O107KUp3ukFKtOI/story.html
Danny Amendola couldn’t have been more wide open.
It was third and 6 in the first half of the Week 1 game at Miami. Starting from the right slot, he ran exactly to the first-down marker at the 14-yard line and cut inward, streaking across the middle of the field. The closest defensive back was 4 yards away and didn’t have a good angle. Tom Brady had a clean pocket and plenty of time to read the field. All he had to do was deliver a quick pass over the middle and Amendola could have had at least a first down, if not a big catch-and-run.
It didn’t matter. Brady never looked at him.
Brady instead heaved the ball up to Rob Gronkowski in double coverage in the end zone. Gronkowski, tightly covered, had no chance of catching the pass. The ball fell harmlessly to the turf, and the Patriots had to settle for a field goal.
That’s been a common theme for the Patriots’ offense through two games. Gronkowski and Julian Edelman have gotten a lot of Brady’s targets — 32 of 77, or 42 percent — while the other receivers and tight ends have been little more than decoys.
Especially Amendola.
Brought here last year to be Wes Welker’s replacement, Amendola instead has been the invisible man in the Patriots’ offense, as Edelman has stolen his thunder.
Amendola has three measly catches for 16 yards through two games. He played all of 18 snaps last week against the Vikings, with no catches and just two targets (one called back by penalty). It’s a continuation from the end of last year, when he had one pass thrown his way in the AFC Championship game, which he dropped.
On the surface, Amendola looks like yet another receiver who can’t figure out the Patriots’ offense and get on the same page with Brady.
http://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/2...visible-man/5zURDb2O107KUp3ukFKtOI/story.html
Danny Amendola couldn’t have been more wide open.
It was third and 6 in the first half of the Week 1 game at Miami. Starting from the right slot, he ran exactly to the first-down marker at the 14-yard line and cut inward, streaking across the middle of the field. The closest defensive back was 4 yards away and didn’t have a good angle. Tom Brady had a clean pocket and plenty of time to read the field. All he had to do was deliver a quick pass over the middle and Amendola could have had at least a first down, if not a big catch-and-run.
It didn’t matter. Brady never looked at him.
Brady instead heaved the ball up to Rob Gronkowski in double coverage in the end zone. Gronkowski, tightly covered, had no chance of catching the pass. The ball fell harmlessly to the turf, and the Patriots had to settle for a field goal.
That’s been a common theme for the Patriots’ offense through two games. Gronkowski and Julian Edelman have gotten a lot of Brady’s targets — 32 of 77, or 42 percent — while the other receivers and tight ends have been little more than decoys.
Especially Amendola.
Brought here last year to be Wes Welker’s replacement, Amendola instead has been the invisible man in the Patriots’ offense, as Edelman has stolen his thunder.
Amendola has three measly catches for 16 yards through two games. He played all of 18 snaps last week against the Vikings, with no catches and just two targets (one called back by penalty). It’s a continuation from the end of last year, when he had one pass thrown his way in the AFC Championship game, which he dropped.
On the surface, Amendola looks like yet another receiver who can’t figure out the Patriots’ offense and get on the same page with Brady.
