Re: Cooley on The Herd
 

[quote=Lotus;569635]The rumor that JC was going to demand to get out if we had drafted Sanchez appears to have been true. On the Warpath I openly discounted that rumor and I am sorry that I was wrong.

May JC turn lemons into lemonade.[/quote]

Yea, I am in the same boat, I thought it was pure speculation and spin. Regardless, it looks like he handled it in a way that only built his leadership stock.

Re: Cooley on The Herd
 

[quote=The Goat;569654]Like others said Cooley needs to show up when/where it counts this season. To me that means getting open in the redzone and scoring points consistently. I do appreciate his support of JC...i think we're seeing Jason become the leader.[/quote]

Some have said Cooley had an off year last year, but I think he just didn't have many great highlights. He's improved in his blocking, though he's not a great blocker, and he had to help a lot in pass pro before releasing on short routes.

He had to play more of a traditional TE role rather than the downfield stuff that Saunders had him running, or the more versatile h-back stuff that Gibbs had him in. I give Cooley a lot of credit for playing w/in the system & improving the less heralded part of his game. I don't recall him dropping much either.

Re: Cooley on The Herd
 

[quote=freddyg12;569734]Some have said Cooley had an off year last year, but I think he just didn't have many great highlights. He's improved in his blocking, though he's not a great blocker, and he had to help a lot in pass pro before releasing on short routes.

He had to play more of a traditional TE role rather than the downfield stuff that Saunders had him running, or the more versatile h-back stuff that Gibbs had him in. I give Cooley a lot of credit for playing w/in the system & improving the less heralded part of his game. I don't recall him dropping much either.[/quote]

Plus he played on one of the worst offenses in the league. Hard to stat-up on a team that only throws 13 TDs all year.