Patriots rule Edelman and Gronkowski out, Amendola questionable

Posted by Michael David Smith on December 4, 2015, 3:40 PM EST
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The Patriots will be without their top two receivers on Sunday. And maybe their third as well.

New England has listed wide receiver Julian Edelman and tight end Rob Gronkowski out for Sunday’s game against the Eagles. Wide receiver Danny Amendola is questionable.

Edelman is first on the team with 61 catches and second with 692 yards and seven touchdowns. Gronkowski is second on the team with 57 catches and first with 931 yards and nine touchdowns. Amendola is third in catches (49) and yards (520). Tom Brady will be playing with a very depleted receiving corps.

Linebacker Jamie Collins, who has been dealing with an illness, is also questionable.

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96 responses to “Patriots rule Edelman and Gronkowski out, Amendola questionable”

  1. No Edelman, no Gronk, iffy Amendola and the worst officiating crew this side of Jeff Triplette.

    It might be a game after all.

  4. Will still win. And rest the key cogs. If this defense enters the postseason healthy, they will be nasty. Brown and Easley are rounding into form nicely.

  6. bassplucker says:
    Dec 4, 2015 3:43 PM
    No Edelman, no Gronk, iffy Amendola and the worst officiating crew this side of Jeff Triplette.

    It might be a game after all.

    ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

    Nope. It is still going to be a one sided thrashing.

  7. PatriotsCheat,FansDenyDenyAccuse says:
    Dec 4, 2015 3:46 PM

    SOFTEST TEAM EVER
    ———————–

    What does that even mean?

  8. PatriotsCheat,FansDenyDenyAccuse says:
    Dec 4, 2015 3:46 PM
    SOFTEST TEAM EVER

    _____________________________________

    You must be a Broncos fan. Congrats that it took the refs and OT to beat NE’s JV team.

  11. Glad they are not playing. Heath is the key to the next Superbowl win. It looks like most of the team will be back for the playoffs.

  12. This team is so good when healthy…every injury is to a key player. The fact that mayo is filling in for Collins and Hightower is a testament to their defensive strength this year. He used to be the defensive captain. And after all that, and the refs, they almost won against a team many feel will compete in the afc championship. Nothing’s changed people. Still going to dominate the AFC this year..

  14. Amendola, LaFell, Chandler, Bolden, Martin all play. But the big factor will be Blount, who will rack up 150 yds on that toilet paper Philly D.

  15. hightower is out. if amendola and Collins don’t play, eagles have a shot en route to their unlikely ascension to top of nfc east

  17. @bassplucker,

    The officiating crew can’t possibly be any worse than the crew that worked the Broncos game.

    In fact, I’ll take Pete Morelli’s crew any day. After all, there’s been no suggestion that they’re crooked – they’re merely incompetent.

    The crew that that worked the Pats-Denver game on the other hand, was blatantly crooked. Haven’t seen a game so obviously bagged for one team since the 1972 Olympic men’s basketball finals.

  18. So, Tom Brady has played every game this season, Bill Belichick is still employed, and Robert Kraft was fined pocket change, but the Patriots have been “jobbed” all season? Got it. The Eagles will win this game.

  20. What team isn’t good when healthy?
    Pats fans act like they’re the only team banged up but in reality they are lucky to have gone nearly 10 weeks without significant injuries. Don’t you think GB would be better with Nelson, Pittsburgh with Bell, Ravens with Suggs, Cowboys with Dez and Romo 100%, KC with Charles, the list goes on and on, not to mention Denver had significant injuries during that game as well. Its not an excuse in the NFL, stop crying NE fans!

  21. When Tom stepped in after Bledsoe got hurt he was hitting random receivers all over the field. It use to be an incredible stat. Analysts would joke about who he threw to – ‘the open receiver’. He’d have up to eight players that he targeted. No marquee name, just bodies. He needs to find these targets again, focus and hit them.

  27. wait, how close in Edleman to coming back ??

    real question, I haven’t heard anything close to that though.

  28. And EVERY team is dealing with the poor refereeing. Denver beat you because they are a talented team, and I’m not even a Broncos fan!

  29. The claims of “karma”… due to what I assume are the mounting injuries on the Pats, are curious indeed.

    I find this identical to the Southern Baptists’ claims of “karma” when soldiers, law enforcement, firemen die, or when severe storms ravage areas and kill people because… because why? Because it’s karma from God due to the legalization of gay marriage in the US.

    Very similar mindsets at work there. But Brady still gets another Lombardi this year. That there is yer “Karma”!

  31. Edelman is first on the team with 61 catches and second with 692 yards and seven touchdowns.

    Gronkowski is second on the team with 57 catches and first with 931 yards and nine touchdowns.

    ————————

    Looks like government accounting. How does 4 more catches but 239 fewer yards and 2 fewer touchdowns make Edelman first on the team?

    Odd

  33. ocgunslinger says:
    Dec 4, 2015 3:58 PM

    Glad they are not playing. Heath is the key to the next Superbowl win. It looks like most of the team will be back for the playoffs.
    ———————————————-
    Who is Heath? Shuler?

  34. scrp2 says:
    Dec 4, 2015 4:00 PM

    Gronk should play. Is he a warrior or a princess?
    —————————-

    He’s a man among boys on the football field, but they don’t need to rush him back just to play the Eagles.

    The Patriots are more concerned with having healthy players for the second round of the playoffs through to the Super Bowl.

  35. Imagine a world where loser fans of loser teams didn’t come to troll every article about the Patriots because those sad individuals secretly fear/envy the Patriots and the sustained success they’ve had. That’s a world I’d like to live in

  36. factman66 says:
    Dec 4, 2015 4:14 PM

    What team isn’t good when healthy?
    Pats fans act like they’re the only team banged up but in reality they are lucky to have gone nearly 10 weeks without significant injuries. Don’t you think GB would be better with Nelson, Pittsburgh with Bell, Ravens with Suggs, Cowboys with Dez and Romo 100%, KC with Charles, the list goes on and on, not to mention Denver had significant injuries during that game as well. Its not an excuse in the NFL, stop crying NE fans!
    _________________________________

    LOL “factman” you really live up to your name.

    Do a Google search for all the season ending injuries to Pats starters in the first half of the season. You do Google right?

  37. newenglandynasty says: Dec 4, 2015 4:17 PM

    Softest team ever.. God the trolls , not sure why I bother looking at the comments

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    Because they’re funny! I mean, look at that guy’s username. He’s obsessed.

  38. I think it is fair to point out ref bias when they reach the point of allowing opposing coaches to halt live plays that will go for touchdowns. But ultimately I take this as a compliment, as with the assault on science and reason that was Deflategate. Much like Ender’s Game, the only way you can slow down Belichick’s dragon army is to completely alter the underlying rules of the game, like the Colts do after every Patriots loss. And even then, it almost never works. That’s sad, but at the same time when the alien armadas arrive, the Patriots will be ready.

  39. factman66 says:
    Dec 4, 2015 4:14 PM

    What team isn’t good when healthy?
    ——————————

    Browns, Titans, Bills, 49ers, Jaguars, Redskins, Dolphins. There’s probably more.

  43. Yeah, I Google, but don’t care. Stop whining, every team has injuries, I don’t see Steelers fans still crying over losing Bell and Pouncey , I don’t see Packers fans crying over Nelson, or KC Fans crying over Charles. The truth is Pats fans are just flat out crybabies, their media is too. Every single story written by Boston sports media is about how NE got screwed, trolled, or unfairly treated. We’re all sick of it! Didn’t your mother ever teach you nobody likes a crybaby? Get over yourselves!

  45. draculalambert says:
    Dec 4, 2015 4:35 PM

    SWEET..I added Chandler in all my leagues. Am I smart or what
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    what.

  48. Every Anti-Patriots troll that visits this forum is an absolute delight!

    Knowing they care so much, knowing the Bill Belichick is in their heads like a nest stealing cuckoo, warms my heart.

  50. The Eagles have quit on chip Kelly. Just throw 46 uniforms on the field and they’ll win. Easily.

  51. jolink653 says:
    Dec 4, 2015 4:24 PM

    Imagine a world where loser fans of loser teams didn’t come to troll every article about the Patriots because those sad individuals secretly fear/envy the Patriots and the sustained success they’ve had. That’s a world I’d like to live in
    —————————-

    It would pretty boring around here without all of the bozos posting their anti-Patriots delusions.

  53. The pats are not the softest team ever. They are always hard and ready to play when Tom is in there.

    TB is smart and is a hard as nails field general to his inferior players and Gronk is one of his toughest over the middle and will be back.

    Your team probably lost to us and you are whining about it.. while we are on to the next super bowl, even though we are getting bad calls.

    We are getting our players ready to run the tables while you eat jealousy pie.

  54. factman66 says:
    Dec 4, 2015 4:40 PM
    Yeah, I Google, but don’t care. Stop whining, every team has injuries, I don’t see Steelers fans still crying over losing Bell and Pouncey , I don’t see Packers fans crying over Nelson, or KC Fans crying over Charles. The truth is Pats fans are just flat out crybabies, their media is too. Every single story written by Boston sports media is about how NE got screwed, trolled, or unfairly treated. We’re all sick of it! Didn’t your mother ever teach you nobody likes a crybaby? Get over yourselves!

    —-

    says the guy whining about the Pats… again? or is it still?

  56. mmack66 says:
    Dec 4, 2015 3:51 PM

    PatriotsCheat,FansDenyDenyAccuse says:
    Dec 4, 2015 3:46 PM

    SOFTEST TEAM EVER
    ———————–

    What does that even mean?

    I means the guy doesn’t like the Patriots. Who cares?

  57. nbptma1 says:
    Dec 4, 2015 4:16 PM
    When Tom stepped in after Bledsoe got hurt he was hitting random receivers all over the field. It use to be an incredible stat. Analysts would joke about who he threw to – ‘the open receiver’. He’d have up to eight players that he targeted. No marquee name, just bodies. He needs to find these targets again, focus and hit them.

    11 3

    ..all the pats fans are on a first name basis with “Tom”.
    What a love story!

  58. jolink653 says:
    Dec 4, 2015 4:24 PM

    Imagine a world where loser fans of loser teams didn’t come to troll every article about the Patriots because those sad individuals secretly fear/envy the Patriots and the sustained success they’ve had. That’s a world I’d like to live in
    ————————————————–
    That world will be here in a season or two when Uggs and Belicheat retire. Those 6-10 Zolak seasons are just over the horizon.

  59. factman66 says:
    Dec 4, 2015 4:40 PM

    Yeah, I Google, but don’t care. Stop whining, every team has injuries, I don’t see Steelers fans still crying over losing Bell and Pouncey , I don’t see Packers fans crying over Nelson, or KC Fans crying over Charles. The truth is Pats fans are just flat out crybabies, their media is too. Every single story written by Boston sports media is about how NE got screwed, trolled, or unfairly treated. We’re all sick of it! Didn’t your mother ever teach you nobody likes a crybaby? Get over yourselves!

    Factman, you aren’t reading the posts by the Steeler, Packer, an KC fans. Every team has whining fans. The Patriots fan are no different. They should all shut up.

  61. djaehne says:
    Dec 4, 2015 4:42 PM

    Gotta love Pat fans, they are so confident.
    ————————–

    Why wouldn’t they be?

    The Patriots are the reigning Super Bowl champs, and they are 10-1.

  63. gysot says:
    Dec 4, 2015 4:23 PM

    ocgunslinger says:
    Dec 4, 2015 3:58 PM

    Glad they are not playing. Heath is the key to the next Superbowl win. It looks like most of the team will be back for the playoffs.
    ———————————————-
    Who is Heath? Shuler?
    ——————————
    no Heath Evans, who used to play for the Pats and is now the NFL network commentator

  64. Giants fan checking in.

    If the Patriots get healthy before the playoffs they will decimate the AFC. A few NFC teams (Panthers, Cardinals, Seahawks and my Giants – God willing) could possibly beat them, but probably not.

    Additionally, they picked up a new scat back this week to replace D. Lewis that I’ve never heard of (because James White sucks and can’t block, run or catch). My guess is that in 6 weeks he’ll be playing outstanding and we will all wonder how the hell that happened.

    I’ve been watching football for a LONG time and nobody has been better than Brady. He’s not perfect, but on balance, he’s the best I’ve ever seen, season after season.

    If the Giants don’t make it I’ll be rooting for the Patriots. I’m not fooled by all the “cheater, cheater” garbage. They are just damn consistent and damn good.

  66. They can still cheat to win without them.
    With that in mind, why bother with 11 players on the field when just one will do?

  67. Most of the cogs of the Patriots are gone and they’re still rolling. Some elite teams lost 1 or two of their key players and where are they now?
    Just rest up and the Pats will chug along to the SB. This is what discombobulate Goodell and his minion of haters. Even the refs are recruited to bludgeon the hobbled Pats.

  68. You make it sound like Edelman is day to day or something. He has a broken bone in his foot. I think we’re all pretty sure he’s going to be out this week, and (news flash) next week, and the week after…

    Also, I’d compliment “aballinhighgrass” for the post above, but I’m not sure that it’s not a reverse jinx, so instead will reply thusly:

    The Giants are dangerous, are the most likely team to come out of the NFC East, and could very well run the table through the NFC playoffs, particularly if they don’t have to go to Arizona or Seattle. Bill and the Pats have a ton of respect for Coach Coughlin and that fine franchise. A ton of respect. 🙂

  69. Why is this even a headline? Everyone knows Edelman is out 6-8 weeks. This is only the 3rd week!

    And Gronk didn’t practice, so no surprise he’s not playing this weekend.

  71. Thanks aballinhighgrass for making such a thoughtful post. Not many here exercise that much common sense and brainpower.

  72. jetsfan136
    Dec 4, 2015, 4:13 PM EST
    Gronk ducking the Eagles defense for sure. He has his ring and his money
    ______________________________________________

    Definitely running scared from the prospect of 15 catches, 250yds and 5TD.

  73. The thing about Amendola that really irks me is that at one time he was an Eagle, before they cut him after the last preseason game in his rookie year. I guess Andy Reid thought that he had so many better receivers. Of course, Dion Lewis wasn’t good enough for the Eagles either, yet he became a star with the Patriots (before getting hurt). Its amazing what playing with Tom Brady can do for an otherwise run of the mill player.

  74. Gronk should play. Is he a warrior or a princess?

    Something you’ll never be.

    A high value asset to his employer.

  75. mmack66
    Dec 4, 2015, 4:35 PM EST
    factman66 says:
    Dec 4, 2015 4:14 PM

    What team isn’t good when healthy?
    ——————————

    Browns, Titans, Bills, 49ers, Jaguars, Redskins, Dolphins. There’s probably more.
    _____________________________________________

    The eagles fall under the more category, especially since they’ve lost to two of those teams.

  77. Philly puts crybrady on IR & the whole world laughs at the fraudulent cheaters. It’s ok just bring back Cassel & he’ll wins as many games. Cassel must be the GOAT too.

  78. I do not see what difference it makes who is in or who is out for the Pats. To listen to Pats-nation after the Denver game, the refs are out to get the Pats anyway. No way they let the Pats win another game for the rest of the season, right? I guess Pats-nation should throw in the towel now and look forward to next year. Of course, a lot of the same officiating crews will be back next year, so maybe Pats-nation needs to write off next year too. Aw, heck. Let’s close down the franchise. After all, if a team cannot go undefeated, what is the point of having the team? Right?

  79. truthdispensary says:
    Dec 4, 2015 6:29 PM

    Bradycheat ‘the league crybaby & wuss’ would be injured also if he wasn’t so fiercely protected by the refs.
    ———————-

    Lawl. Brady took all sorts of hits, including a cheap shot by the dirty scumbag, Von Miller, during the last game.

  80. chicagotomahawk says:
    Dec 4, 2015 4:35 PM

    Watch the media turn this into a Gronk comeback story
    —————————–

    Will it be better that the Big Ben comeback stories? Because those are getting old.

  81. Bills article- Bills Fans- “Sammy Watkins was in bounds and we were robbed of the last play”

    Same Bills article-Pats fans- “Typical Bills fans, whine about the refs, good teams overcome poor officiating”

    Fast forward to this article right here and it pretty much sums a Patriot fan. Delusional.

  82. mmack66 says:
    Dec 4, 2015 4:35 PM
    factman66 says:
    Dec 4, 2015 4:14 PM

    What team isn’t good when healthy?
    ——————————

    Browns, Titans, Bills, 49ers, Jaguars, Redskins, Dolphins. There’s probably more.
    ————————
    Jets (even when healthy), Cowboys, Colts, Ravens, Chargers, Saints, Bears, Rams

  83. “You must be a Broncos fan. Congrats that it took the refs and OT to beat NE’s JV team”

    What a laugher. Most important player on each team is the qb. It was the Broncos JV qb who was on the field while Pats had their all pro qb.

    Pats and their fans think they are the only team with injuries. Broncos beat them without their hall of fame qb, their hall of fame linebacker (Ware):; their all pro left tackle (Clady) and during the first half lost their pro bowl safety (Ward) and their starting nose tackle (Wiliams).

    Fans often take on the personalities of their best players. Brady’s whining seems to be emulated by Pat fans.

  84. PatriotsCheat,FansDenyDenyAccuse says:
    Dec 4, 2015 3:46 PM
    SOFTEST TEAM EVER

    _____________________________________

    You must be a Broncos fan. Congrats that it took the refs and OT to beat NE’s JV team.
    ______________________________

    No he/it is actually a multiscreen Seahawk

  85. So I’m confused. How are the Scats fans gonna blame this on Goodell? You know they’re working on that angle, they just haven’t worked out the details yet.

  86. ..all the pats fans are on a first name basis with “Tom”.
    What a love story!
    ===
    Yeah. We call him Tommy from Chestnut Hill. He has us all over for drinks in the off-season.

  87. Pats and their fans think they are the only team with injuries. Broncos beat them without their hall of fame qb, their hall of fame linebacker (Ware):; their all pro left tackle (Clady) and during the first half lost their pro bowl safety (Ward) and their starting nose tackle (Wiliams).
    ===
    Yeah… but your all-pro QB sucks now, so that’s a benefit. Edelman, Amendola, Dobson. That’s worth at least a TJ Ward and Williams, right? It’s got to count for something that NE was down to WR4/5/6 and PR 4/5, right? Ware washes with Collins at this point in their careers. Both teams are missing their nominal starting LTs.

    But then Gronk went out, and you still only won in OT playing 18 on 11 at home. Good Job. I’d say “see you in January,” but Denver’s just not that good. You’ll probably lose in the Divisional round, if you make it that far.

  88. It would pretty boring around here without all of the bozos posting their anti-Patriots delusions.
    ===
    If we want that we can go to the pulpit.

  89. “Brady is the toughest quarterback I ever faced.”
    — Justin Tuck

    Tee hee. 🙂 Look at Patriot Hater wussies thinking they know more about football than a guy who actually is playing it and who got to be on the field with the GOAT QB and beat him.

    🙂

  90. Pats and their fans think they are the only team with injuries. Broncos beat them without their hall of fame qb, their hall of fame linebacker (Ware):; their all pro left tackle (Clady) and during the first half lost their pro bowl safety (Ward) and their starting nose tackle (Wiliams).

    —
    Now lose the services of Von Miller, Demaryius, Sanders, Anderson, and tell us how that went.

    And is Peyton to Brock really that much of a downgrade these days? 🙂

    🙂

  91. rabidbillsfan says:
    Dec 4, 2015 7:23 PM

    Bills article- Bills Fans- “Sammy Watkins was in bounds and we were robbed of the last play”

    Same Bills article-Pats fans- “Typical Bills fans, whine about the refs, good teams overcome poor officiating”

    Fast forward to this article right here and it pretty much sums a Patriot fan. Delusional.
    —————————

    How do you connect an article about some Patriots players being out due to injury to the hapless Bills?

  92. Doesn’t matter who is out. Brady will still throw for 350+ yards against the Eagles. They could line up Belechick at wide receiver and still win this game in a blowout.

  94. getsomefocus2015 says:
    Dec 4, 2015 8:00 PM
    “You must be a Broncos fan. Congrats that it took the refs and OT to beat NE’s JV team”

    What a laugher. Most important player on each team is the qb. It was the Broncos JV qb who was on the field while Pats had their all pro qb.

    Pats and their fans think they are the only team with injuries. Broncos beat them without their hall of fame qb, their hall of fame linebacker (Ware):; their all pro left tackle (Clady) and during the first half lost their pro bowl safety (Ward) and their starting nose tackle (Wiliams).

    Fans often take on the personalities of their best players. Brady’s whining seems to be emulated by Pat fans.
    =======

    See the Broncos in January in Foxborough. Please do everything you can to have a healthy Peyton Manning, et al. It’s nice you have your excuse already built in. Either Manning can’t play or he is not at full strength.

  95. Pats fans just have to be patient. Those trolls will vanish as the Patriots keep moving forward to the superbowl. Their wishful thinking is no match for reality: New England is better coached and mentally tougher than everybody else and they rely on the second and third stringers who are the reason they win consistently. Just listen to the sweet music of the broncos, steelers and seahawks trolls drowning in envy every single week.

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