Passing Offense Statistics.......Fix It Gibbs

i am concerned about chris cooley's role. i saw him in pass protection a few times, which really i dont hate, i just think the less the better. when he protects he isnt running a route and i think he is more dangerous than moss. hear me out though on this. moss commands a safety and a corner to him to help prevent the big play. cooley when active in the passing game will command linebackers, safeties, and even corners when he is lined up outside. cooley helps give santana the ability to up top, he commands so much attention in the middle of the field that it leaves one on ones on the outside. chris cooley needs to be a bigger part of the offense and i believe he will be, he always starts slow then they get him heavily involved. i really hope though that he is more of the offense in the coming weeks, because the running game and tight end go hand and hand....thats who we are run first.
I saw Cooley, Moss & El open on a bunch of plays that JC ended up dumping the ball off for a short gain. I still think JC is going to be good but right now he is not seeing the field and that cost us as much as anything in Sundays loss. If you think back JC has averaged around 200 yards this year and has had atleast one big play each game to account for 1/4 of those yards and in the Miami game he had 50 yards on a batted down hail marry to go with a long pass to moss which 2 plays counted for 1/2 of his yards. We just have to remember that he is young and its going to take sometime to get things going.

I think Cooley in to pass protect is a big concern. A result, unfortunately, of losing both Jansen and Thomas. Particularly Thomas. They definitely need to figure out a way to correct this and use him to his strengths, which is as a receiver.I heard Cooley say during an interview that he was called upon to block Strahan on 12 different occasions, sometimes one-on-one which didn't go too well toward the end. His real value is as a receiver. Gibbs must come up with a way to pass that load to someone else, perhaps Yoder or one of the WRs cracking back on the DE. I know we have OL injuries, but I rarely see Jason Garrett keeping Whitten in to pass block.

All TE's have to block at some point.

Unfortunately our situation on the right side is handcuffing our ability to send Cooley out on pass patterns as much as we'd like to.

All TE's have to block at some point.

Unfortunately our situation on the right side is handcuffing our ability to send Cooley out on pass patterns as much as we'd like to.

They kept Cooley in alot to pass protect. Cooley is decent in pass protection unfortunately for us though, he was one on one w/ Strahan for at least several plays last week. Not a good scenario. I don't know of any TE in the NFL that can match up one on one w/ Strahan. I'm not sure if he got a sack but I know he got a couple pressures.

I agree with everything but the qualifier for Santana's performance. That wasnt a specialty play. Santana earned that.

I know winning is what matters, but your passing statistics need to be alot better than 190 yards to win games in the NFL. If he had 160 yards & the defense was scoring for us it wouldn't matter but they didn't score & we didn't win & Gibbs needs to balance the offense a bit more. Defense needs to focus on getting back to week 1 & 2 shape.

I think Cooley in to pass protect is a big concern. A result, unfortunately, of losing both Jansen and Thomas. Particularly Thomas. They definitely need to figure out a way to correct this and use him to his strengths, which is as a receiver.Well, the obvious solution is to play Yoder and Cooley on passing downs. Yoder stays in for extra protection and an emergency outlet also.

Don't have an established third receiver? Having to keep your second target in for pass pro? Will someone please put two and two together?!

And if Yoder isn't good enough, lets bring in a blocking TE that is.

I dont know about you all, but JC looked more unsettle Sunday than in the past two games. I agree that he defineately shows poise under pressure, but I would also have to think he is also human and will succum to the pressure eventually. I mean he techniqually still is a rookie after all.

One point that sticks out for me that is different to any other situation JC may have faced is that he finally got National Recognition on Monday Night Football of the talent we have all knew he already had. Later in the week was filled about of the 2 and 0 Redskins and their young QB that had the looks to be good, even great according to some articles.

I do know pressure plays a part in every play and that given time JC should be up for the challege. Besides isnt that why Gibbs loves veterans for QB's? They have the experience to handle pressure in order to reduce mistakes and mental errors. JC just needs more experience under his belt. Gibbs knows this and Im sure he is just being cautious.

I think Gibbs and Saunders need to stop being careful and let JC rip it off.. Yes I do expect JC to make some mistakes but that is how he can learn to be better QB.. And beside if Gibbs and Saunders are being careful with JC, then JC would not take this as a good sign..