Wheres Chris Cooley been?

in Brunell's defense, that's exactly the pass Brunell and Cooley connected on with that last TD.

like i said before, Cooley is only player big and slow enough for Brunell to hit over the middle.

I agree, and it was actually a beautiful play. Maybe we should run it more.

I agree, and it was actually a beautiful play. Maybe we should run it more.

Agreed...that is vintage Trent Green to Tony Gonzalez, with the latter dragging tacklers with him into the end zone. Cooley did that against the Titans. This thread has been misnamed - we know Cooley's play has not been a problem - he's as sure a pair of hands as we have on this team - he catches almost everything thrown his way. His blocking has improved substantially too.

Brunell has not been able to find him - not Cooley's fault.

Agreed...that is vintage Trent Green to Tony Gonzalez, with the latter dragging tacklers with him into the end zone. Cooley did that against the Titans. This thread has been misnamed - we know Cooley's play has not been a problem - he's as sure a pair of hands as we have on this team - he catches almost everything thrown his way. His blocking has improved substantially too.

Brunell has not been able to find him - not Cooley's fault.

And yet all those times he found him last year, Brunell gets no credit for that.

And yet all those times he found him last year, Brunell gets no credit for that.

do you blame Saunders then? the Oline? honest question.

I just think it's a matter of Cooley being the 3rd or 4th option now where last year he was #2.

do you blame Saunders then? the Oline? honest question.

I think, like Matty says and we've both said before, it's just a matter of him not being a top option these days. I don't think the blame can be simply pinned on Brunell for not reaching every receiver multiple times each game. Beyond Tom Brady, how many QBs really spread the wealth around so much?

And yet all those times he found him last year, Brunell gets no credit for that.

He got credit for last year when it mattered... last year.

And I agree with the people that think the problem is the person delivering the ball, and not the person catching it. Cooley only gets passes his way when he's Brunell's first read, which is far less than last year, since there's a true #2 receiver now.

yeah i can see that. but there are articles written on how little the new #2 and #3 have been getting it this year (besides in the flat).

i think Patten is actually a better receiver than anyone thought, Brunell just didn't look to him much last year.

Cooley isn't getting as many looks, espicially in the red zone, so his numbers are suffering. He's doing a great job in run blocking this year, very much improved. Cooley is not a weak link on this team by any means.

But here's a good point. Last year we were using Cooley to max potential. This year, it's not even close. So was it really neccessary to add TWO WRs in the offseason?

I'd say no.

I think, like Matty says and we've both said before, it's just a matter of him not being a top option these days. I don't think the blame can be simply pinned on Brunell for not reaching every receiver multiple times each game. Beyond Tom Brady, how many QBs really spread the wealth around so much?In general, Mark Brunell is high on the spreading list. McNabb and Peyton are up there too. Pretty much all good QBs spread the ball, and I do think that Brunell has been struggling to get to the level of the comfort in this offense to where he can spread the ball around efficiently. He's doing an okay job, but not as good as last year.

Campbell, I imagine, would be way behind in this part of his development.