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Do you think Danny Amendola puts up an 7+ catch, 100+ yard game anytime soon? Feel like teams will try to focus on JE11, Gronk, and LaFell and we’ll have to count on Danny sometime VERY soon

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Yeah I agree, I’m waiting for him to have one of those games. I think the problem to this point is that no one has been able to completely shut down 87, 19 and 11 yet. And really none of them have had a bad game yet.

Amendola as their WR is a luxury the Pats really haven’t had since the days of Jabar Gaffney/Donte Stallworth. I know he gets judged on his salary and the media’s judgement of him specifically being the “Welker replacement”, but we’re going to need him at some point and I have a feeling he’ll come through.

At the very least I really like what he’s brought to the kickoff returns as well as some spot punt return duty to take some of the load off of Edelman.

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Foxboro’s a weird place,” Quin said. “You go up there and you’re in a hotel and then you got to drive through like back woods to get there and then all of a sudden a stadium appears like it seems like in people’s backyard and it’s like, just a weird place out there. And they love it. They play great there. I’ve never won there. I’ve played there three or four times, I’ve never won there. It’s tough to win there.

H/T @PatriotsSB49 for this great find!

https://www.patspropaganda.com/foxboros-a-weird-place-quin-said-you-go-up/

How do you see things working out with Blount back in the fold, I think they should let gray most of the carries(not prisoner of the moment *kinda* but he looked more explosive to me compared to Blount) then let blount come in and be the bruiser that he is/can be and then vereen can be vereen

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I don’t think there really needs to be a set plan, though obviously Vereen will handle more of the passing downs and pass-heavy gameplans.

Otherwise, I think you work it somewhat like they did last year with Ridley and Blount. Give both Gray and Blount some carries, see who’s popping and then ride them for that game. Having two big backs, especially one with Blount’s experience, is certainly a good thing heading down the stretch.

It’s about having options and different things to try, something they didn’t have when it was just Gray and Vereen. Not to mention now there’s a level of injury protection as well.

Football Statistical Nerd Alert! Which rankings do you put more faith in and feel is a more accurate reflection of this Patriots team, FO Rankings that have the Pats ranked 5th in DVOA (behind, among others, MIA and BAL!) or 538’s ELO rankings that have the Pats ranked 1st?

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I haven’t really paid much attention to ELO rankings on 538. I’ve always been a big fan of DVOA and use it almost exclusively here. After digging a bit on ELO it just seems a little broader to me, while DVOA digs into the minutiae of football situations, while accounting the opponent.

Overall rankings, whether statistical or some pundits “Power Ranking”, don’t mean much to me. I like how specific DVOA can get, but it’s more about what teams have done, rather than what they will do.

So I find that useful for breaking down strengths and weaknesses and understanding how to hide/overcome your own problems, while attacking opponent’s.