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Danny Amendola Nearly Takes Jamell Fleming's Head off on Punt Return

Danny Amendola blew up Jamell Fleming on punt coverage.

Danny Amendola received a 15 yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty for this hit on Jamell Fleming. According to Mike Carey, the reasoning behind the call is that it amounted to a blindside block and receivers cannot block back towards their own endzone. Whatever the technical reasoning, this is obviously unnecessary at best, and at worst, straight-up dirty. He almost decapitated him.

The Chiefs were punting back to the Patriots and Fleming had flanked the Pats coverage to come around and field the punt inside the five. Amendola was awaiting the kick and when he saw Fleming get in position to field the kick, he just launched the crown of his helmet into Fleming's neck. It was a nasty hit and Fleming almost certainly suffered a concussion on the play.

Both teams have gotten increasingly testy—not unlike last weekend's Steelers-Bengals game when Vontaze Burfict recklessly threw his body into Antonio Brown's upper body—with multiple skirmishes breaking out in between plays. It happened after Amendola's hit, here, and again after Tom Brady scored on a quarterback sneak.

We'll wait to see if anyone sees fit to scold the players. Or maybe someone will scold Bill Belichick and Andy Reid.

[CBS]