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FRPLG · 03-12-2005, 12:24 AM

I really think his toe issues greased the wheels on this. I can totally see Bubba Tyer telling Gibbs to cut and run. I mean this guy's play is predicated on being fast and quick. Running good routes with good cuts created his seperation. He is not a big guy and while he plays physically he doesn't have the strength of bigger receivers so he can't make seperation very easily that way. I think one of the main reasons he caught so many short passes this year is because they felt he still had the straight away speed and some wiggle that he could create moving foward. But running precise routes and cutting CBs out of their jocks wasn't in the cards. It was they only way to maximize his avaiable skills. If his toe is degenerative or at at least chronic he loses a lot of value in my mind. Before the toe he sure was a serious #1 but after it the numbers (admittedly skewed by a conservative approach last year) show it was at least a medium level problem.

03-12-2005, 12:24 AM	#2
FRPLG MVP Join Date: May 2004 Age: 47 Posts: 10,164	Re: Lenny P: Coles' toe still a concern? I really think his toe issues greased the wheels on this. I can totally see Bubba Tyer telling Gibbs to cut and run. I mean this guy's play is predicated on being fast and quick. Running good routes with good cuts created his seperation. He is not a big guy and while he plays physically he doesn't have the strength of bigger receivers so he can't make seperation very easily that way. I think one of the main reasons he caught so many short passes this year is because they felt he still had the straight away speed and some wiggle that he could create moving foward. But running precise routes and cutting CBs out of their jocks wasn't in the cards. It was they only way to maximize his avaiable skills. If his toe is degenerative or at at least chronic he loses a lot of value in my mind. Before the toe he sure was a serious #1 but after it the numbers (admittedly skewed by a conservative approach last year) show it was at least a medium level problem.