FOXBORO — Danny Amendola has become one of the league’s premier route runners, and his proficiency for carving his way through a defense has made him incalculably valuable to Tom Brady this season, especially while others are on the mend.
Amendola does the majority of his work between the numbers, sometimes bobbing and weaving with cornerbacks, safeties and linebackers all at once. It’s sometimes similar to crossing the street amid a couple car accidents, but Amendola always knows the best route to the ball, even if the path changes shape on any given play.
Point is, when Tom Brady looks Amendola’s way, the quarterback doesn’t care what the receiver has to fight through to find an open patch of grass.