Re: Chris Cooley
 

[quote=FRPLG;974460]Citation?[/quote]

[url=http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/10/22/chris-cooley-set-to-return-to-redskins/]Chris Cooley Believes He Can Help Redskins as Soon as Sunday « CBS DC[/url]

Re: Chris Cooley
 

[quote=Ruhskins;974462][url=http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/10/22/chris-cooley-set-to-return-to-redskins/]Chris Cooley Believes He Can Help Redskins as Soon as Sunday « CBS DC[/url][/quote]

So Cooley said this. Ok. In any case he doesn't seem to be able to unseat either guy he originally got cut for. That should tell us something.

Re: Chris Cooley
 

[quote=FRPLG;974467]So Cooley said this. Ok. In any case he doesn't seem to be able to unseat either guy he originally got cut for. That should tell us something.[/quote]

If you're saying Davis or Paulsen, I would agree. Paul...I don't know. Although I guess b/c of his special teams play he (Paul) may have an edge.

Re: Chris Cooley
 

[quote=FRPLG;974455]Is your argument that he isn't slow and incapable of effectively getting open? If so, I'd like to know how you've decided this considering he doesn't really run routes anymore. Stop living in the past.[/quote]

All TEs are not athletic like Fred Davis and Vernon Davis. TEs are not fast runners to begin with. That's how I decided this considering that Cooley doesn't run routes anymore. He doesn't run routes anymore because he's not in the game most of the time anymore. That's not saying that he can't. If his number is called, he surely could.

Re: Chris Cooley
 

Cooley isn't the same player he was 3-4 years ago. Sorry to the Cooley kool-aid drinkers, but he's just not.

Re: Chris Cooley
 

If the argument is that we should give Cooley a shot to see if he is better I can understand that. If the argument is some variation of "Cooley is better than this or that guy" then I think you're nuts because we haven't seen one iota of information to lead any of us to believe that.

Re: Chris Cooley
 

[quote=Mattyk;974477]Cooley isn't the same player he was 3-4 years ago. Sorry to the Cooley kool-aid drinkers, but he's just not.[/quote]

Nor is he our only receiving option like he was in the pre-Shanny years.

Re: Chris Cooley
 

[quote=REDSKINS4ever;974474]He doesn't run routes anymore because he's not in the game most of the time anymore. That's not saying that he can't. If his number is called, he surely could.[/quote]

Why do think this is?

Re: Chris Cooley
 

Mike is clearly holding Cooley back.

:doh:

Re: Chris Cooley
 

[quote=Mattyk;974484]Mike is clearly holding Cooley back.

:doh:[/quote]

Right

Re: Chris Cooley
 

[quote=SCRedskinsFan;974387]Had someone made him a real offer, he would have signed. Bank on it.

This loyalty thing is way over rated when compared to cash on the kitchen table.

IMHO[/quote]

[quote]“I’ve had offers,” he said. “I said to my agent, ‘You know what I want. And you don’t need to call me if it’s not something I want.’ I don’t have that much interest in the interest there is in me so far. If I could go somewhere and start, I’d probably do that. That’d be fun.”[/quote]

Granted my memory was wrong, sort of. He said that he would consider it if a team offered him a starting position, but if it is not the case then he would not. While Redskins offered him a spot as back-up, he took it immediately. Which says something about loyalty, something that you thought it to be overrated. Although it might be overrated for almost all cases, but I think it's pretty obvious that Cooley really loves Redskins.

[url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/football-insider/wp/2012/09/20/cooley-says-he-thinks-it-would-take-a-significant-injury-for-the-redskins-to-re-sign-him/]Cooley says he thinks it would take a significant injury for the Redskins to re-sign him[/url]

Re: Chris Cooley
 

[quote=FRPLG;974455]Is your argument that he isn't slow and incapable of effectively getting open? If so, I'd like to know how you've decided this considering he doesn't really run routes anymore. Stop living in the past.[/quote]

You'll see Cooley open and the ball forced elsewhere. Happened (again) in the Ravens game.

Re: Chris Cooley
 

[quote=FRPLG;974481]Why do think this is?[/quote]

Because Paulsen is a little younger. But he's not better. But with the exception of Tony Gonzales, no other starting TE is still starting from the time they started in 2004. Not even Jeremy Shockey.

Re: Chris Cooley
 

[quote=REDSKINS4ever;974495]Because Paulsen is a little younger. But he's not better. But with the exception of Tony Gonzales, [B]no other starting TE is still starting from the time they started in 2004. Not even Jeremy Shockey[/B].[/quote]and that means cooley should be

Re: Chris Cooley
 

[quote=The Goat;974493]You'll see Cooley open and the ball forced elsewhere. Happened (again) in the Ravens game.[/quote]

Was this before or after you watched the game?