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I’ve noticed recently Brady has been focusing in on getting the ball to Edelman a lot more than Amendola, even when Amendola is open. For example, the TD to Edelman at the end of the Browns game… Amendola was wide open, yet Brady chose the much more difficult throw to Edelman. Why does he not seem to be throwing as much to Amendola recently when it seems they have a lot of chemistry built up?

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Yeah, I noticed that as well and Nick Underhill pointed it out in his Tuesday film analysis. I don’t think it’s a total loss for Amendola yet, he obviously caught the game-winning touchdown against the Browns, but I do think Brady still is more comfortable with Edelman, and really, how could he not be?

Amendola will never be 100 percent this year with his groin injury and I think to some extent he’s missing some of his explosiveness. I think he’ll take some good strides forward next season. But with Edelman a free agent, it will be interesting to see how they handle him with Amendola already due to make a sizable chunk of change.

Given Amendola’s contract they’d take a $6.8 million cap hit next season if they were to cut him, so they’re probably not going to cut him.

But no question, Amendola will have to step up and make some big plays if the Pats are going to make run.