FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- They met at the "Quality Italian" in New York, ordered chicken parm, and talked for hours about their connection across two different NFL eras -- the gutsy, undersized slot receiver thriving in a big man's game.
Their motto, as Danny Amendola of the New England Patriots tweeted, is as straightforward as their style of play on the field: "Across the middle till the day we die."
Amendola and teammate Julian Edelman came to see the man they call "The Godfather" of all slots, longtime New York Jets great Wayne Chrebet.