Will Our crappy O-Line kill cooleys production?

The title of this thread is enough to get you laughed at. Exactly what does that mean?

Are you saying that Chris Cooley's high production with an offensive line that was just a little banged up, will be less with the same offensive line when it's completely healthy?

I mean, it's fun to argue and all, but you don't have a point.


It's a valid point.
Are you saying we arent going to double strahan or Uminyora? If we are doubling one of the(or both) who will be blocking? if cooley is blocking, is it save to say his production will be down? If cooley isnt blocking, is it safe to say he is by the cheerleaders on the sidelines?

what about demarcus ware for dallas?can our guys handle him one on one? Javon kearse?

Sometimes people are so narrow minded. Football is chess not checkers people...

I can't tell if you're serious about this. Portis did break the Redskins single season rushing record. That can't be done with a crappy o-line. Someone in the Redskins front office seems to think Samuels is good for him to receive that huge contract ("Redskin for life!").In no way are they one of the best o-lines (Seattle, KC) but they are definitely above average.

It's a valid point.
Are you saying we arent going to double strahan or Uminyora? If we are doubling one of the(or both) who will be blocking? if cooley is blocking, is it save to say his production will be down? If cooley isnt blocking, is it safe to say he is by the cheerleaders on the sidelines?

what about demarcus ware for dallas?can our guys handle him one on one? Javon kearse?

Sometimes people are so narrow minded. Football is chess not checkers people...

Do you know how KC did it ? (not a rhetorical or sarcastic question)

I honestly don't know.

It's a valid point.
Are you saying we arent going to double strahan or Uminyora? If we are doubling one of the(or both) who will be blocking? if cooley is blocking, is it save to say his production will be down? If cooley isnt blocking, is it safe to say he is by the cheerleaders on the sidelines?

what about demarcus ware for dallas?can our guys handle him one on one? Javon kearse?

Sometimes people are so narrow minded. Football is chess not checkers people...
Cooley got 774 yards with that same o-line last year and they will only be better. The line handled those players last year fine and if we need an extra TE to block Fauria can do it. Cooley will block about as much as Gonzalez did last year, just like someone else said before this.

That's the key to it: how did kc do it ? And can the skins oline do the same ? I'm hoping and assuming they can.

I think we can assume that Cooley is going to be the primary receiving TE, and Fauria will be the primary blocking TE.

Cooley will likely be in motion alot to present defenses with matchup problems. Saunders knows how to utilize a TE, so my guess is we won't see Cooley tangled up with defensive ends too often.

We have some talent on the line but they dont play like it. God I hate the left side...

My question is:
With 3 WR's, CP in the backfield and Cooley at TE, Is saunders going to keep cooley on the line to help block?
Portis is a great blocker but I think its safe to say that we would rather have the ball in his hands than cooleys.

I'm worried that Cooleys production will mostly come from 2nd and short plays.
Ideally, I would love to see cooley go down field taking a safety with him leaving the middle open for our WR's or vice versa, have our WR's take the safety deep and leave cooley over the middle being covered by a linebacker but I dont see our O-Line giving brunell enough time.

man its late, im going to sleep :(



You guys sure do worry an awful lot. You are worse than women!

.......Sometimes people are so narrow minded. Football is chess not checkers people...

Football is also a team sport, for Super Bowl winning teams it is not be about individuals, it is about the team.
So why are so worried about Cooley? What about the team as a whole and winning the Super Bowl? If Cooley has to block - so be it.
It is part of the job description for a tight end anyway.

Our line has def underachieved many times, and playing devils' advocate, Portis did break alot of records, bc he touched the ball ALOT, he had alot of carries. But the line still protected Brunell well, and got us through the season. Are we the best? No but we are one of the better lines in the league. Compare this line to the one we had with Spurrier(his plays took too long as well), our line is much better now. Now that we have more offensive threats, that will also take some pressure off the line, bc they have to cover all our recievers well.

Im not worried about cooley. I would rather see speed guys with the ball in their hands...

But, cooley was an Hback last year, he didnt have to block. This year he will have blooking duties. Our line isnt as good as KC's if Gonzales was on our team he would probably have block more.