Danny Amendola

[Future]

There just wasn't a place for him on our roster.

yea becaue he stunk :laugh2:

 

[Hostile]

Let the rueage begin :laugh2:

Are we ruing? I didn't get the memo. I am so ready to rue.

 

[Hostile]

Every team needs a Danny Amendola. I wish we'd have hung on to him when we had him.

Patrick Crayton is better than Amendola, and it isnt even close.

Kevin Ogletree has eons more upside than Dann Amendola, and it isnt even close.

The best he could hope for is to be on the team ahead of Sam Hurd, who is solid in coverage units, whereas Amendola offers nothing there.

REALLY!?!

You just want to attack me for my opinion?

You used to have more class than that dbair.

That was an attack Dan? Seriously?

I hesitate to ask in case my asking is also an attack. Holy cow.

 

[BubbleScreen]

Oh noes, we missed out on the Amendola!

And Beau Morgan, and Chris Brazell and Zuriel Smith, and Randal Williams and...

Ever since Jimmy Smith, we Cowboys fans have ruage issues.

Maybe we made up for Jimmy Smith with ol' what's his name, Austin Myles...

 

[Hoofbite]

That's what happens when you have projects like Stanback. You have to ditch guys with a world more potential to help out because you can't give up on your convert WR.

 

[dbair1967]

REALLY!?!

You just want to attack me for my opinion?

You used to have more class than that dbair.

how did I "attack" you exactly?

I said Amendola was nowhere near as good as Crayton, and didnt have anywhere near the upside of Ogletree.

 

[DeaconBlues]

That's what happens when you have projects like Stanback. You have to ditch guys with a world more potential to help out because you can't give up on your convert WR.

Sorry, but I missed the potential of Amedola. Outside of looking like Welker - small, quick, white - what did he do to beat out Stanback???

Outside of the general dislike for Stanback . . .

 

[dbair1967]

Sorry, but I missed the potential of Amedola. Outside of looking like Welker - small, quick, white - what did he do to beat out Stanback???

Outside of the general dislike for Stanback . . .

He did nothing here other than have a good week of TC or something once. I dont recall him doing anything once the games started to distinguish himself one bit.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Patrick Crayton is better than Amendola, and it isnt even close.

Kevin Ogletree has eons more upside than Dann Amendola, and it isnt even close.

The best he could hope for is to be on the team ahead of Sam Hurd, who is solid in coverage units, whereas Amendola offers nothing there.

To make the statement based on such a small sample size is silly.

In their second season in the league:

        Receptions    Yards    TDs    Kick Avg.    Punt Avg.
Welker        29        434    0    22.6        9.1
Amendola    40        308    1    24.7        11.0

Remember those people that laughed about him being anything like Wes Welker? Of course, Amendola won't have the fortune of going to New England and having Tom Brady throw him 150 attempts a season.

But if he did, he'd almost certainly put up similar or better numbers as Wes Welker.

Then someone posts some stats and squashes the small statement you tried to make.


Danny wasnt given a chance here. Only so many spots. He muffed his first kick or punt return? and he was crucified for it. That was silly too.

 

[dbair1967]

To make the statement based on such a small sample size is silly.

Nobody in the NFL would trade Crayton for Amendola, and there's no question after what we've seen throughout TC, preseason and even at a few times during the regular season that Ogletree has alot of upside. He certainly showed alot more than Amendola did when he was here. I dont see how that was even debatable.

Then someone posts some stats and squashes the small statement you tried to make.

He's on the worst team in the NFL. That team is the least talented team in pro football. Once they have a draft or two and a couple of free agent classes, Amendola will probably be somewhere else.

Danny wasnt given a chance here. Only so many spots. He muffed his first kick or punt return? and he was crucified for it. That was silly too.

That wasnt all he did to get himself released. He had alot of chances that preseason and TC to make it. He even had the owner pulling for him.

 

[Yeagermeister]

Nobody in the NFL would trade Crayton for Amendola, and there's no question after what we've seen throughout TC, preseason and even at a few times during the regular season that Ogletree has alot of upside. He certainly showed alot more than Amendola did when he was here. I dont see how that was even debatable.



He's on the worst team in the NFL. That team is the least talented team in pro football. Once they have a draft or two and a couple of free agent classes, Amendola will probably be somewhere else.



That wasnt all he did to get himself released. He had alot of chances that preseason and TC to make it. He even had the owner pulling for him.

And they had a lot of wr injuries

 

[The Realist]

Those comparing him to Welker please defend his 7.7 yards per catch.

That would be a pathetic average for a blocking TE.

And Crayton is 3rd in the league in PR average last I looked.

Amendola might be able to replace Manuel Johnson or Jesse Holley here on the PS.

Nowhere close to replacing Crayton.

That's just plain nonsense.

 

[GOLDENCHILD1688]

glad to see him doing well.i really hoped at the time we would keep him

i think hes only gonna get better as a wr. good for him, wish him the best

 

[dbair1967]

Those comparing him to Welker please defend his 7.7 yards per catch.

That would be a pathetic average for a blocking TE.

And Crayton is 3rd in the league in PR average last I looked.

Amendola might be able to replace Manuel Johnson or Jesse Holley here on the PS.

Nowhere close to replacing Crayton.

That's just plain nonsense.

Every player on our team who's caught a pass averages more yds per catch than he does, except for RB Felix Jones (7.3) and FB Deon Anderson (1 catch for 5 yds). All our WR's, all 3 TE's, two RB's avg more yds per catch than Amendola.

 

[DeaconBlues]

Danny wasnt given a chance here. Only so many spots. He muffed his first kick or punt return? and he was crucified for it. That was silly too.

How is this silly? You are an undrafted FA, with only an incredibly small chance of sticking. You muff the first chance you get in a game, and you expect another chance? Above vets and drafted players?

Sometimes you only get one chance. He blew his. Now he is excelling on the worst team in the league, leading in KO yardage only because the Rams receive more KOs than any other team. He is one of the leading WR on a team with the worst bunch of healthy WRs in the league.

Truthfully - is there any other team he could play for? Couldn't he be replaced with a better 5th or 6th round specialist next draft? Doesn't his play only reinforce the horrible state of the St. Louis Rams???

 

[Hoofbite]

Sorry, but I missed the potential of Amedola. Outside of looking like Welker - small, quick, white - what did he do to beat out Stanback???

Outside of the general dislike for Stanback . . .

He was a WR which was far more than Stanback could say.

Amendola fumbled his way out of town but Stanack didn't exactly do a whole lot either.

My point wasn't that Amendola was better or worse than Stanback, my point was drafting projects with decent picks forces your hand at times.

 

[LittleBoyBlue]

Amendola has gobbled up 2,100 yards of real estate — 1,507 on 61 kickoff returns (both franchise records), 287 on 26 punt returns, 308 on 40 receptions, and minus 2 on three carries.


He's amassed those numbers in just 13 games since the Rams signed him off Philadelphia's practice squad Sept. 22. And he has one more chance, Sunday's season finale against visiting San Francisco, to add to them.

That is nothing to sneeze at. He still had to go up against opposing defenses and special teams. That has little to do with the Rams being a poor team. If anything he accomplished that with shoddy Special Teams help on his end.


Look, he is gone. I really dont care. I pulled for him and it didnt work out. But to dismiss his stats is still silly.


Danny
11 plus yards per punt return
24 plus yard kick off returns

Hmmmm... I wonder how Crayton compares with punt returns considering all he does is fair catch and never runs....? lmao

How is this silly? You are an undrafted FA, with only an incredibly small chance of sticking. You muff the first chance you get in a game, and you expect another chance? Above vets and drafted players?

Given our recent success with undrafted's - I stopped there.

 

[Future]

That's what happens when you have projects like Stanback. You have to ditch guys with a world more potential to help out because you can't give up on your convert WR.

I agree that you lose guys like that for projects. But Stanback was the one with way more potential than Amendola. We knew what we would get with Danny, but for Stanback we thought he could be a serious player.

 

[NorthTexan95]

His death nail in Dallas was fumbling in preseason games. He has four fumbles this year. He's no Wes Welker and we won't miss him.

 

[DeaconBlues]

Given our recent success with undrafted's - I stopped there.

Then you do not understand football, or have a point. If you want to play in the NFL, you must show something.

Tell me if Austin had fumbled or dropped multiple passes in his first game, if he would be here.

If Romo, in his first preseason, had sprayed the ball all over the play, hanging WRs out to dry, would he be where he is today?

For Stanback to have lasted this long, he must have shown promise, the same promise that Dallas' undrafted FA's showed. The fact he lasted this long shows that the team saw something - his injuries simply got in the way. And the moment he was relased, NE saw enough to give him a chance.

If a undrafted player wants to play in the NFL, then he must excel on the field, immediately. Or show such promise and abilities that a team is willing to stick with him. Amendola failed on both counts. And so far, in this league, he has shown nothing to show he is any more than a fringe player.

Our recent success with FA's should demonstrate clearly and loudly what shortcomings Dallas saw in Amendola.