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Danny Amendola

Lions quietly bring back low-impact receiver

The Lions signed Danny Amendola last week, a one-year deal that barely made a blip on the newswire. It's a fitting lack of fanfare for a player who's productive, in his way, as long as you don't care about things like getting in the end zone.

Amendola has played for three different teams the last three seasons (Patriots, Dolphins, Lions). By staying healthy and involved in the slot, he's caught 50-plus passes in each of those years. That doesn't sound like much until you consider he's one of only 21 players in the league to catch at least 50 balls in each of the last three seasons. But those are pretty low-impact catches compared to everyone else who's done so.

In those three seasons, Amendola has caught only 2, 1 and 1 touchdown. That's two of the only four seasons among those 21 wideouts with just 1 TD, and one of the four with only 2 touchdowns. So he has 3 of the 8 worst scoring seasons among those 50-catch receivers.

RECEIVERS WITH 50 CATCHES EACH OF LAST THREE SEASONS
2019PlayerRecYdsAvgTD
2018Davante Adams, G.B.111138612.513
2017DeAndre Hopkins, Hou.96137814.413
2018Tyreek Hill, K.C.87147917.012
2018DeAndre Hopkins, Hou.115157213.711
2017Davante Adams, G.B.7488512.010
2018Travis Kelce, K.C.103133613.010
2017Jarvis Landry, Mia.1129878.89
2019Michael Thomas, N.O.149172511.69
2018Michael Thomas, N.O.125140511.29
2018Stefon Diggs, Min.102102110.09
2018Julio Jones, Atl.113167714.88
2018Mike Evans, T.B.86152417.78
2019Mike Evans, T.B.67115717.38
2017Stefon Diggs, Min.6484913.38
2017Travis Kelce, K.C.83103812.58
2018Zach Ertz, Phil.116116310.08
2017Zach Ertz, Phil.7482411.18
2019DeAndre Hopkins, Hou.104116511.27
2018James White, N.E.877518.67
2017Robby Anderson, NYJ6394114.97
2017Tyreek Hill, K.C.75118315.87
2019Tyreek Hill, K.C.5886014.87
2018Christian McCaffrey, Car.1078678.16
2019Jarvis Landry, Cle.83117414.16
2019Julio Jones, Atl.99139414.16
2019Keenan Allen, LAC104119911.56
2017Keenan Allen, LAC102139313.76
2018Keenan Allen, LAC97119612.36
2017Larry Fitzgerald, Ariz.109115610.66
2018Larry Fitzgerald, Ariz.6973410.66
2018Robby Anderson, NYJ5075215.06
2018Robert Woods, LAR86121914.26
2019Stefon Diggs, Min.63113017.96
2019Zach Ertz, Phil.8891610.46
2017Alvin Kamara, N.O.8182610.25
2017Christian McCaffrey, Car.806518.15
2019Davante Adams, G.B.8399712.05
2019James White, N.E.726459.05
2017Michael Thomas, N.O.104124512.05
2017Mike Evans, T.B.71100114.15
2017Mohamed Sanu, Atl.6770310.55
2019Robby Anderson, NYJ5277915.05
2017Robert Woods, LAR5678114.05
2018Tarik Cohen, Chi.7172510.25
2019Travis Kelce, K.C.97122912.75
2018Alvin Kamara, N.O.817098.84
2019Christian McCaffrey, Car.11610058.74
2018Jarvis Landry, Cle.8197612.14
2019Larry Fitzgerald, Ariz.7580410.74
2018Mohamed Sanu, Atl.6683812.74
2018Sterling Shepard, NYG6687213.24
2017James White, N.E.564297.73
2017Julio Jones, Atl.88144416.43
2019Sterling Shepard, NYG5757610.13
2019Tarik Cohen, Chi.794565.83
2019Mohamed Sanu, 2TM595208.82
2019Robert Woods, LAR90113412.62
2017Sterling Shepard, NYG5973112.42
2017Danny Amendola, N.E.6165910.82
2019Alvin Kamara, N.O.815336.61
2019Danny Amendola, Det.6267810.91
2018Danny Amendola, Mia.595759.81
2017Tarik Cohen, Chi.533536.71

Scoring isn't everything; no doubt Amendola helped the team pick up some key first downs along the way. But not a player or signing that moves the needle much on Detroit's hopes for relevance in 2020.

--Andy Richardson

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