Take it or leave it: Amendola > Tavon Austin

[Zaphod]

I really like Tavon Austin. He didn't let his draft position go to his head and instead works hard. But be honest, he's not your goto slot receiver on third down.

Amendola was that go to guy even when he was the only viable target for Bradford.

Finally, if third down conversion is where we were failing last year, then maybe Amendola in his prime is more valuable now.

And the Rams are trying to address that obviously with two new pass catching tight ends and two new potential slot receivers.

 

[UKram]

TA Vs DA ... As recievers .. Then it's Danny AM all the way

As game changer ... Then it's TA no question

 

[Ballhawk]

Apples to oranges?

 

[VegasRam]

Tavon is the type of player that allows the offense to be more versatile. A football play is a football play. He's not as good a receiver as Danny tho.

 

[lockdnram21]

Taking tavon period. Receiver or playmaker

 

[LosAngelesRams]

Amendola is the better receiver but Tavons the better play maker, once Tavons polishes up his game he'll be way better. Also Amendola is injury prone where Tavon isn't.

 

[thirteen28]

Tavon, even if (for now) Amendola is a better pure WR. Tavon can hurt an opponent in so many different ways, and he has been much healthier than Amendola was during his Rams tenure.

 

[FrantikRam]

Tavon Austin with Tom Brady at QB....yikes lol.

Tavon might not have the physical makeup to take the beating, but he would be Wes Welker/Danny Am on STEROIDS if a team utilized him as a WR (I'm also assuming here that he develops better as a WR with a HOF QB, which would obviously happen..)

 

[Jorgeh0605]

I'll choose Tavon based off potential. I think we have seen Danny's ceiling. I don't think we have hit Tavons.

 

[HitStick]

Their career average yards per catch is exactly the same...9.4


The first two years for each player with the Rams- Amendola had 43 and 85 catches to Austin's 40 and 31.

Average receiving yards per game for Amendola for first three years is 23/43/45 Tavon 25/32/16

Amendola is a slot receiver and made clutch catches regularly. Austin is a GADGET PLAYER and has to be specially schemed to get the ball in his hands because he hasn't been able to be affective as a traditional WR.

What would Tavons numbers be with a decent QB throwing to him? At least Danny got mostly Sammy B.

 

[DaveFan'51]

I believe The Pat's are paying Amendola 1.2 Mil, that's Cheap! I pay that for him, just to add him to the mix! How much did we pay Welker Last Year!?

I'm not going either or, just add him to the mix, I'm keeping Tavon!!!!

 

[Selassie I]

Austin is our playmaker and I wouldn't trade him for that other guy ever.

Side Note... I haven't spoken or posted that other guy's name since he became dead to Ram Nation.

 

[Elmgrovegnome]

What would Tavons numbers be with a decent QB throwing to him? At least Danny got mostly Sammy B.

I would think that if Tavon had proven to be able to get open consistenly on his own by running crisp routes........then we could say this. As a true Wide Reciever he does not get it done. His value is in him getting the ball in his hands in space. And since he does not create that space like a great WR might they have to design plays just to get him in the open to make a play with his speed and wiggle. I think they could have done better drafting Sammy Watkins. Austin is a unique weapn, yes but he was drafted by a team that isn't exactly innovative with its offense. A prototypical wide receiver would probably have produced better numbers than what Tavon did in the last few years.

Watkins two seasons in Buffalo with average QB play is much better than Tavon's. Career Average Yards per Catch for Watkins is 16.2 and for Tavon it is 9.2

I never liked the pick to begin with. I was disappointed that they traded up to get Tavon. It was not good value. The pick seemed to come from desperation and picking by need in round 1 is never a good thing. But, I never felt that Austins game would be anything near what it was in college just because of the overall quality of NFL defenses and his small stature.

 

[Corbin]

What 101 sports is talking Rams football? Hate listening to their butthurt asses now and that's saying something because I love the FastLane gents.

 

[Debacled]

Danny was one of my absolute favorite players while he was here. Played on little more than true grit and shiftyness.

That said, he never provided the extra dimensions that Austin did/does. Danny's production while under Brady's watch kind of highlights that.

You won't find a guy out there who puts more pure effort and try hard into what he puts on the field, but let down or not at a top 10 pick TA just provides a broader spectrum.

 

[DickersonGurley]

Anyone who says Amendola just is nuts. He's a highly intelligent player, as evidenced by him leaving our abysmal offense and seemingly constant QB fiasco for a team that understood the passing game.

The answer is Simple, if Austin was on Patriots this entire time and Amendola had stayed a Ramona, what would the stats be? Would this question even warrant asking?
Give each player the same amount of touches on the same team, Austin would win so convincingly, Amendola would be playing on Special teams, and not as a returner.

 

[tempests]

The answer is Simple, if Austin was on Patriots this entire time and Amendola had stayed a Ramona, what would the stats be? Would this question even warrant asking?.

Let's ask it. Amen Danny's career highs in catches and yards came in 2010, and his best season was 2012. Had a 15 catch, 160 yard day vs Washington and his 11 catch, 102 yard game against SF would've been 180 yards if not for an illegal formation penalty.

I don't even know why people are bringing up Brady. In New England, he's just a guy. In St. Louis, he was Bradford's favorite target. He got open more often and caught more passes than any Ram receiver since Holt.

 

[DickersonGurley]

I would think that if Tavon had proven to be able to get open consistenly on his own by running crisp routes........then we could say this. As a true Wide Reciever he does not get it done. His value is in him getting the ball in his hands in space. And since he does not create that space like a great WR might they have to design plays just to get him in the open to make a play with his speed and wiggle. I think they could have done better drafting Sammy Watkins. Austin is a unique weapn, yes but he was drafted by a team that isn't exactly innovative with its offense. A prototypical wide receiver would probably have produced better numbers than what Tavon did in the last few years.

Watkins two seasons in Buffalo with average QB play is much better than Tavon's. Career Average Yards per Catch for Watkins is 16.2 and for Tavon it is 9.2

I never liked the pick to begin with. I was disappointed that they traded up to get Tavon. It was not good value. The pick seemed to come from desperation and picking by need in round 1 is never a good thing. But, I never felt that Austins game would be anything near what it was in college just because of the overall quality of NFL defenses and his small stature.

That's pretty much a given. Probably 15 to 20 guys who we would have done better drafting.

 

[jrry32]

I would think that if Tavon had proven to be able to get open consistenly on his own by running crisp routes........then we could say this. As a true Wide Reciever he does not get it done. His value is in him getting the ball in his hands in space. And since he does not create that space like a great WR might they have to design plays just to get him in the open to make a play with his speed and wiggle. I think they could have done better drafting Sammy Watkins. Austin is a unique weapn, yes but he was drafted by a team that isn't exactly innovative with its offense. A prototypical wide receiver would probably have produced better numbers than what Tavon did in the last few years.

Watkins two seasons in Buffalo with average QB play is much better than Tavon's. Career Average Yards per Catch for Watkins is 16.2 and for Tavon it is 9.2

I never liked the pick to begin with. I was disappointed that they traded up to get Tavon. It was not good value. The pick seemed to come from desperation and picking by need in round 1 is never a good thing. But, I never felt that Austins game would be anything near what it was in college just because of the overall quality of NFL defenses and his small stature.

Watkins wasn't in the same draft class, though. Keep in mind that Mike Evans and Odell Beckham Jr. were both drafted after Watkins in his own class and are arguably better WRs. If we're talking about what we wish we had, I'd be pining more after OBJ than Watkins.

 

[jrry32]

I really like Tavon Austin. He didn't let his draft position go to his head and instead works hard. But be honest, he's not your goto slot receiver on third down.

Amendola was that go to guy even when he was the only viable target for Bradford.

Finally, if third down conversion is where we were failing last year, then maybe Amendola in his prime is more valuable now.

And the Rams are trying to address that obviously with two new pass catching tight ends and two new potential slot receivers.

Our 3rd down problems went beyond our WRs. Amendola doesn't fix all of the QB issues. Austin's skill-set offered more value to the 2015 Rams than Amendola's did because Austin could contribute in a major way with the ball in his hands on jet sweeps and reverses. And the threat of him doing that opened up lanes for Gurley and create passing windows off of play-action passes. We had Welker in 2015 and Foles/Keenum struggled to make use of him because they weren't precise, accurate passers. Not that Welker is the same guy but I don't think Foles and Keenum are the type of QBs who would make good use of Amendola.