Getty ImagesRams receiver Danny Amendola got off to a very fast start on Thursday night, reeling in a 44-yard catch that set up a touchdown on the Rams’ first possession. But when trying to make a spectacular catch in the second quarter, he came up injured.
Amendola made what at first appeared to be a long diving catch on third-and-long, but the Cardinals challenged the ruling on the field, and on replay the referee ruled that Amendola didn’t have possession until after the ball hit the ground. Worse, Amendola came up in pain and left the game with a shoulder injury.
NFL Network cameras caught Amendola screaming and throwing his helmet after he stepped into the locker room. It wasn’t clear whether Amendola was upset because he lost the catch, or because he is worried he has a serious injury.
Later in the second quarter, Rams safety Quintin Mikell took a knee to the helmet and fell to the ground awkwardly, and players on both teams who saw Mikell motionless on the ground appeared to be worried that he was severely injured. But after being attended to by the medical staff for a couple minutes, Mikell walked off the field and looked OK.
Late in the second quarter, the Rams lead 10-3.
UPDATE 10:20 p.m. ET: Rams coach Jeff Fisher confirmed that Amendola will not return.
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Unreal, he was so good, missed last year with arm injury and now this after he was getting on a role, keep your head up Danny, you are a superstar so keep your head up and come back strong again next year.
Considering he threw his helmet with his non-throwing hand and screamed a work that rhymes with truck and another obscenity, I’d think he has a somewhat serious injury like a broken collarbone or a shoulder injury.
And fantasy owners are throwing their remotes.
NFL Network cameras caught Amendola screaming and throwing his helmet after he stepped into the locker room. It wasn’t clear whether Amendola was upset because he lost the catch, or because he is worried he has a serious injury.
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Gonna bet on “worried he has a serious injury.”
Twitter people are saying Amendola has a broken collarbone
Looked like a broken collar bone by his painful expressions. He was starting to become a big asset to the Rams offense.
Did Eisen just say “face raped”?
Looked like a collarbone injury based on the trainer’s sideline tests, too bad…
Crystal Danny Amendola breaksdown AGAIN.
The guy would better serve himself playing in a flag league.
Man this guy just cant shake the injury bug. Must be the
collarbone.
Broken clavicle, 6 weeks-back this year
Season ending injury? Probably out 6 games…
definitely collarbone. He’ll be back in 4-6 weeks.
Sorry Rams fans, I gave him the kiss of death by finally starting him on my fantasy team. Figures…..
He may now have to sign a one-year “prove-it” deal in free agency. Dude probably lost a big pay day, and he knew it.
Game extremely violent tonight. And the the thing is all of the hits are legal. NFL cannot “cleanup” this part of the game.
buh bye.
Watching these two teams beat each other into a pulp warms my heart. Please – continue.
Sincerely, Seahawk Fan.
This poor guy. Even as a 49er fan I feel bad for him because he definitely has potential to be an above average player. Sometimes I hate that sports has so much luck (avoiding injuries, ect.) involved in it.
Guess Amendola ain’t built “Ram Tough”.