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re: Cooks Pick Revisited
Posted on 3/6/15 at 8:15 am to blueslover
Posted on 3/6/15 at 8:15 am to blueslover
I like Cooks also, but my concern was a short QB throwing to a short WR. I was hoping for Kelvin Benjamin in the 1st or trading down and taking Jordan Matthews.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 8:27 am to LSUlefty
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but my concern was a short QB throwing to a short WR
Posted on 3/6/15 at 8:33 am to LSUlefty
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I was hoping for Kelvin Benjamin in the 1st or trading down and taking Jordan Matthews.
For the life of me I will never understood why we reached for Cooks when Matthews was waiting there in the second round. Hindsight is 20/20 in regards to Fuller, but I never did like the idea of taking Cooks with that pick.
Meanwhile, I still think Matthews could potentially be the third best receiver in this draft.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 8:53 am to LSUlefty
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I like Cooks also, but my concern was a short QB throwing to a short WR
That's a pretty decent point, to be honest. The ideal situation for getting the ball to Cooks would be a designed rollout by Brees so that he can get clear line-of-site downfield to make his reads to make the spot throw. Last year was maddening, the designed rollouts seemed to get flushed out before the routes could develop and many of the 5 step drop plays resulted in Brees having to run for his life.
Lets also not fool ourselves, a weapon like Cooks is only as good as the plays designed to get him the ball. To be honest, I didn't see much of Payton's offensive genius last year. For Cooks to be successful, Payton will have create more downfield plays for Cooks to get into space.
One thing that impressed me about Cooks for last year is his ability to catch in traffic. He still shies away from contact (which he probably should if he wants to have a good, long career) but he doesn't appear to be afraid to make the hard catches. He'll be good, let's just hope the line and playcalling improves.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 11:41 am to LSUlefty
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but my concern was a short QB throwing to a short WR
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