Amendola had a 3% drop rate last year - should make NE fans hopeful. He's a solid slot guy when he's healthy, and I can only see him improving a lot under Brady.
Amendola had a 3% drop rate last year - should make NE fans hopeful. He's a solid slot guy when he's healthy, and I can only see him improving a lot under Brady.
I have nothing against Amendola. I didn't watch him because he's on the Rams but I've heard over the past 2 years that he's "the next Wes Welker" from some blogs. But the fact that the Pats gave him the same amount of money as they could have gotten Welker for is dumb.
After reading up on that injury (and other things) I'm slightly less worried now. And yes, Edleman was allready projected to be Welker's replacement early last season, but seeing as how Welker was doing his regular thing soon enough and Edleman wasn't signed I'm going to assume that the Pat's weren't convinced he would be able to get the job done well enough.
they went to welker 50% less than normal, they went 1-2
they went to welker like they have for years, they went 11-2
patriots can't win like they have been without welker. if welker was taller, blacker or more of a prima donna, he'd probably be considererd a top WR of all time because his stats the past few years are one of a kind. there has never been a better slot WR. guys who run 4.3s are great, but they aren't open unless someone is willing to do all the dirty work like welker has
amendola isn't even remotely on his level. he has health problems. pats run is over
I think the Patriots were worried about Welkers health, he has taken a lot of hits through his time in New England, eventually he will get injured. It's the nature of the game.
he caught about 60% of his targets
for comparison, welker has caught 68% 2 times for his "worst" 2 years
never under 70% the rest of the time
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so they replace him with a guy who has missed 22 games, played in 42
brilliant
run is over
Shit didn't even realize Edelman was a free agent. Ya fuck him, Ams is a way better pickup. He is a way better receiver and Edelman is at best a replaceable return man. Wasn't Ams injury essentially a backwards shoulder separation last year? Instead of separating out, the collar bone or humorous, I forget, jammed inward and nearly cut off circulation to an artery? I feel like that is what happened.
Austin Collie, Julian Edelman, Eric Decker, Danny Ams, Jordy Nelson to an extent although he is more of a deep threat, Jordan Shipley would be if he wasn't awful, Ryan Swopes will be this year when he is drafted, we used to hope Mike Mother Fuckin Furrey would be that type in Detroit but that last only one year. So ya every white receiver.
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pats fans don't understand football at all. the TE are so effective because of welker. he forces you to cover your zone underneath, without him, even with amendola, LB can drop back and close the window on that seam route that gronk has made a living on. you couldn't drop because then it's an easy and guaranteed first down underneath. MOST nfl WR are scared to go across the middle, amendola is NOT that kind of WR, he's NEVER been "like wes", he's more like edelman except that edelman hasn't missed 1/3 of his career
if they don't have someone who can hold those LB to their spots, it means more blitzes, fewer open seam routes and a lot more L
this is just pure ego, they think they can bring somebody else in and make him Welker, I like Amendola but they are still signing somebody for more money that's worse than somebody they already had
and the Seahawks just landed Avril, and at way less money than I thought he was gonna cost
Well, sounds like their original plan. Amendola was the only receiver besides Fitzgerald and Vernon Davis that scared me in the division.
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Well to break it down:
Bruce Irvin was good at a first because Jason Jones was healthy. His numbers declined when Jason Jones started missing practices. Bruce Irvin took very few snaps. Only on huge pass rush plays. Red Bryant took a low number of snaps because of injury. Brandon Mebane was healthy most of the year. Chris Clemons has a torn ACL. Our standard pass rush is Jones, Mebane, Bryant, Clemons in order. Mebane sitting when Irvin was out and Jones taking Mebanes place (later on Bryant was sitting cause of injury).
Jason Jones went to Detroit. Replacing Chris Clemons is vital because he runs a LEO position and is on like 95% of the defensive snaps wreaking havoc every snap.
Rodgers-Cromartie to Denver. And the rich get richer.
The good NFC teams seem to keep getting better and better. The AFC appears to get worse and worse (outside of Denver)
$16 million
dream team
etc.
hey the Saints signed a corner, here's hoping for not being the worst defense in the history of the league next year
also, people seem to like to talk about how Steven Jackson is an upgrade over Turner because he's younger, yea, by 1 year, he's still gonna be 30 at the start of the season, and he has about a thousand more touches than Turner over the course of their careers, I don't expect much difference aside from Jackson being a much better receiver
Last edited by draynay; 2013-03-14 at 09:23 PM.
Yeah he doesn't seem like that big of an upgrade.