WATCH: Teammate trips Amendola, robs him of TD on 82-yard punt return
The only thing that could stop Danny Amendola on this punt return was ... a teammate.
After Julian Edelman left Sunday’s Patriots-Giants game with a foot injury, Danny Amendola took over as the team’s punt returner. And in the third quarter, he came seven yards from scoring a touchdown, only his teammates got in the way … literally.
Amendola fielded a punt at the 11-yard line, got a few huge blocks, then sprinted down the sideline. With a convoy of blockers surrounding him, Amendola had nothing but open field between him and the end zone, but Duron Harmon inexplicably cut across him and tripped him up.
Danny Amendola: 82 yards of daylight and about to score…
Until he got tripped up by one of his teammates #NEvsNYG https://t.co/QZ8T8eymNK
— NFL (@NFL) November 15, 2015
The return went for 82 yards — the longest of Amendola’s career — but he was robbed of the touchdown. Fortunately for the Patriots, LeGarrette Blount later punch it in for a TD.
FACT: All LeGarrette Blount does is score touchdowns. #NEvsNYG https://t.co/3Idac2wvCG
— NFL (@NFL) November 15, 2015