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you sure this isnt a ST signing?Welker's production before New England is worse than Amendola's
Five years $31 million for Danny.
I don't get it.
you sure this isnt a ST signing?
I guess I can't. I can however say I don't care about what Kraft came out and said
Kraft is so classless
Not a fan of Welker, but can't argue with a cheap deal, good value..
I'm not worried about the offense, hopefully Peyton will continue to improve with the chemistry and familiarity from last year..
The defense needs to perform in the playoffs, they have been exposed in consecutive years..hopefully Wolfe can improve with another year of experience, along with the added depth today..hopefully they re-sign Doom, along with adding a penetrating DT through the draft..
John Fox will continue to be the primary flaw on this team, though..
This has to be due to some kind of animosity between Wes and the Hoodie to go from one white shrimp from Texas Tech to another for the same money per year.
Nothing else makes sense.
okay if you're gonna commit 6 million a year to a slot receiver, it might as well be Welker. Goddammit, this looked like a brilliant move until they gave away that re ed contract.
That's stupid money to throw at Welker Light when you could have had Welker at the same price.
The one season Amendola played all 16 games he had 85 receptions for 689, and in his last season before New England, Welker had 67 receptions for 687 yards. If Amendola stays healthy (and that's a big if however receivers get injured less with QBs who don't hang them out to dry) it's not much of a question whether or not he'll replace Welker.
The difference between the two is that Amendola is bigger and can play outside the numbers, so he's a more versatile receiver than Welker.
If it were me I'd easily take the Welker deal over the Amendola deal but the difference I see is that Brady hasn't developed a habit of forcing the ball to "Welker Light" yet and "Welker Light" is capable of catching passes outside of the numbers.
I think this move means they're cutting Lloyd
Amendola's a little bigger but i don't think he really has the speed to be any kind of outside the numbers threat. Although that extra size might mean he isn't struggling and failing on a routine catch to win the Super Bowl.
He won't be drawing safety help over the top anytime soon, but he won't be utterly useless when he isn't running over the middle of the field. The deep ball Brady threw to Welker at the beginning of the AFCCG was another pass Amendola probably comes up with.
If they cut Lloyd and go into the season with Amendola and dog at receiver then I will stop caring because it'll mean Belichick has lost his mind. They need to keep Lloyd and sign another outside receiver.
So they paid more annually for Amendola than they would have for Welker... and Amendola is going to miss 9 games a year.
They probably save cap space initially with the Amendola deal assuming it's a typical contract that increases every year.
Well it's not a "trade a 1st round pick for Richard Seymour" or "trade Randy Moss for a 4th round pick" or "Draft Jamarcus Russell" level of stupid, but it is dumb to pay that to Amendola.
How about a "drafting a kicker in the 1st round" level of stupid
Still can't believe Danny A went from Hard Knocks Cowboys Edition to getting paid by the Pats, good for him tbqh
im a raider fan through thick and thin. no doubt its been pretty damn ty since the rich gannon era. the fact that you had to use old man senile al davis moves to justify your patriots moves shows how low its getting
although to be fair Jamarcus was a consensus #1. other notable qb in that draft: brady quinn. although we freakin passed on joe thomas, calvin johnson, and adrian peterson
and i would have traded moss for a washing machine the way he was dogging it with the Raiders
Calvin was the best player in the draft but the Raiders were desperate at the qb spot, having only Andrew Walter on their roster after the Aaron Brooks experiment failed.
I know the Raiders dealt Moss that offseason for a 4th round pick. im not sure if that trade happened before the draft or on draft day itself.
Jamarcus/Quinn was hotly debated though both were considered first round talent. The Raiders pick of Russell wasn't really heavily criticized... until he took a snap. Ah, the JaWalrus era
FWIW before that draft I was personally pushing for Joe Thomas, because that was right after the Robert Gallery blindside thing failed. I was pretty high on Walter as a pocket passer. unfortunately our OL was when he was QB, and that didn't bode well for an immobile qb.
Healthy Amendola > Welker
The healthy part is the concern.
It's funny how butthurt the media is against the Patriots still. ESPN is spinning this as "Welker gets even and screws over the Patriots!" as if Bill gives a that he left.
Only 10 mill is guaranteed for Amendola.
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