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Familiarity with Matt Patricia made Detroit sensible for Danny Amendola

Danny Amendola didn’t have much time to look around the NFL, but the veteran wide receiver knew where he’d like to be in 2019 – a place where he’d be comfortable and have a role.

That place quickly became Detroit, which signed him to a one-year deal Monday morning, placing him with some familiar faces in Lions coach Matt Patricia and general manager Bob Quinn. He knows both men from their time together in New England from 2013-17 (although Quinn left earlier to take the Detroit general manager gig).