Chris Cooley Released

Don't discount the Raiders

Don't discount the Raiders

Cooley in Oaktown...yeah I see it. He's gonna play with a mean streak and that team is one place you can buy into it all the way.

Cooley lasted a bit longer (couple weeks) than I thought he would

Me too. In the end I just dont think the coaches believed he could stay healthy and decided to give him a chance to catch on with another team. Health was the main reason, not money.

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3 TDS vs Dallas will always be my favorite Captain Chaos moment.

I think he's going to retire.

I'm not worried about Fred Davis and Trent Williams getting suspended for the year. I think they learned their lesson. Especially when Freds in a contract year, he knows that he messes up and he's going nowhere to get a good contract. '

I'm worried about them getting suspended.

Based on their own comments on the matter, it seems that neither of them has made any drastic lifestyle changes. If they haven't, that's a problem. They're both just one weak moment at a party or giving in just once to a pushy friend away from a one year suspension.

Also, aren't they required by the NFL to refrain from drinking alcoholic beverages, as well? That's not easy to do at a party or a nightclub.

If those two get suspended again (especially TW), it could cost the Skins a couple of games and cost MS his job.

The last thing I want to see is for DS to fire MS and change the HC and the system once again. I think that would really set us back.

I was watching Mike Shanahan speak about Cooley this morning (it was from last evening's Redskins Nation) and it really sounded like Cooley refused to be a backup and asked to be released. They never discussed his contract from other reports.

It doesn't harm my view of Cooley as a true Redskin, it just shows how competitive he is and how hard it is for players to accept the end of their career.

It basically went like this:

Cooley: "Coach, I want to be a starter."

Shanahan (verbatim): "Chris, Fred is going to be our starter."

Cooley: "I want to start somewhere in the NFL."

Shanahan: "Then we're try to help you with that."

I am.

Based on their own comments on the matter, it seems that neither of them has made any drastic lifestyle changes. If they haven't, that's a problem. They're both just one weak moment at a party or giving in just once to a pushy friend away from a one year suspension.

Also, aren't they required by the NFL to refrain from drinking alcoholic beverages, as well? That's not easy to do at a party or a nightclub.

If those two get suspended again (especially TW), it could cost the Skins a couple of games and cost MS his job.

The last thing I want to see is for DS to lose patience with MS and change the HC and the system once again.

I'm not worried about Trent. I've seen him speak about it and really seems mature now and realizes he screwed up.

Fred, he worries me some. He seemed to be more of a partier anyway.

Imagine how much worse you would feel if we actually won something with CP and Cooley, as we did with Art Monk and Darrell Green. Monk and Green were also great Redskins and good good people like Cooley. Add winning multiple Championships and the loss of them hurts even more.


So now you know how the Colts fans must feel with Manning being released. Having one of the best QBs in NFL history for over a decade to having him released within a days time.

Cooley was loved by many

I see what you did there.