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Rams' Amendola screws up twice

WE'RE CALLING a violation - actually two - on Danny Amendola. On Sunday, the Rams receiver caught a touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter against the Vikings. He then spiked the ball so hard it bounced off the turf and smashed an elderly stadium employee - reportedly an usher - in the face. Broke the poor guy's glasses and all. It's a YouTube moment.

St. Louis Rams wide receiver Danny Amendola lands in the end zone after catching a six-yard touchdown pass during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, in St. Louis. (Seth Perlman/AP)
St. Louis Rams wide receiver Danny Amendola lands in the end zone after catching a six-yard touchdown pass during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Minnesota Vikings Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, in St. Louis. (Seth Perlman/AP)Read more
    by BY TOM MAHON, Daily News Staff Writer <a href="mailto:mahont@phillynews.com">mahont@phillynews.com</a>
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WE'RE CALLING a violation - actually two - on Danny Amendola.

On Sunday, the Rams receiver caught a touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter against the Vikings. He then spiked the ball so hard it bounced off the turf and smashed an elderly stadium employee - reportedly an usher - in the face. Broke the poor guy's glasses and all. It's a YouTube moment.

Amendola, who didn't see the guy get hurt, went on to celebrate.

No violation there.

But we're calling him out for spiking the ball in the first place. At the time, the Rams were trailing by 20 points.

Someone must have told Amendola what he had done, because after the Rams' next TD, he caught a two-point conversion pass and handed the ball to the guy as an apologetic gesture.

At least he thought he did. Amendola actually gave the ball to the wrong guy. A much younger-looking wrong guy.

Another violation? Absolutely.

By the way, the Rams lost, 36-22.

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