Chris Cooley/Fred Davis

[mlmdub130]

Originally Posted by skinster

I'd prefer to lose him before he turns bad then keep him after he is past his prime. Championship teams have a tendency to have that mentality, and I like to copy winners. Might as well get something in return while we still can (if we still can).
But I think that someone will pay for Davis to start. Davis will not stick around if Cooley is still here. I'm sure he is not content playing second fiddle. I think it's cooley or davis next year, both isnt an option we can take. I choose davis.

you do realize there has been one game of PRESEASON football played thus far and you are saying cooley is done and davis is our starter and we must trade cooley and go with fred davis next year. as long as i haven't missed anything there was only one preseason game thus far, so let's take a second pump the breaks and relax. lets atleast wait until mid season before we have the cooley/davis bs going on yet again. if this happens to come up further down the road then lets talk about it but for christ sake we are dicussing trading cooley after one preseason game he didn't play in.

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by mlmdub130

you do realize there has been one game of PRESEASON football played thus far and you are saying cooley is done and davis is our starter and we must trade cooley and go with fred davis next year. as long as i haven't missed anything there was only one preseason game thus far, so let's take a second pump the breaks and relax. lets atleast wait until mid season before we have the cooley/davis bs going on yet again. if this happens to come up further down the road then lets talk about it but for christ sake we are dicussing trading cooley after one preseason game he didn't play in.

No, were discussing who we'd rather have next year when we have to choose between the two. If Cooley were healthy it would still be an issue: we can only keep one of them and cooley is older, less talented, and unfortunately becoming injury prone. Going Davis over Cooley in 2012 is a no-brainer.

[mlmdub130]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

No, were discussing who we'd rather have next year when we have to choose between the two. If Cooley were healthy it would still be an issue: we can only keep one of them and cooley is older, less talented, and unfortunately becoming injury prone. Going Davis over Cooley in 2012 is a no-brainer.

again only one preseason game so far and your set with davis as our starter for next year already? and it's a no brainer? seriously pump the breaks man why don't we atleast see what happens in the first half of this year, who knows if davis even stays healthy. chosing our starters for next year before this season has even started is extremly mind bottling

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by mlmdub130

again only one preseason game so far and your set with davis as our starter for next year already? and it's a no brainer? seriously pump the breaks man why don't we atleast see what happens in the first half of this year, who knows if davis even stays healthy. chosing our starters for next year before this season has even started is extremly mind bottling

Mind bottling? Is that like being a hatter? We've been talking about Davis as a potential replacement for Cooley since he was drafted in 2008, it's not like this talk is in any way grounded in one preseason game like you keep mentioning. Unless we franchise him, Davis is gone after this year unless he's our starter.

[mlmdub130]

Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

Mind bottling? Is that like being a hatter? We've been talking about Davis as a potential replacement for Cooley since he was drafted in 2008, it's not like this talk is in any way grounded in one preseason game like you keep mentioning. Unless we franchise him, Davis is gone after this year unless he's our starter.

yeah, mind bottling. you know, when things are so crazy it gets your thoughts all trapped, like in a bottle?

it just seems early to start the debate is all i'm saying, cooley is going nowhere anytime soon and as of right now he has zero trade value. it's just funny to me how people like to predict or decide what we should do as a team a season ahead of time rather than taking a seat back and seeing how things pan out. kinda reminds me of this game i heard of before...

[skinster]

Originally Posted by mlmdub130

you do realize there has been one game of PRESEASON football played thus far and you are saying cooley is done and davis is our starter and we must trade cooley and go with fred davis next year. as long as i haven't missed anything there was only one preseason game thus far, so let's take a second pump the breaks and relax. lets atleast wait until mid season before we have the cooley/davis bs going on yet again. if this happens to come up further down the road then lets talk about it but for christ sake we are dicussing trading cooley after one preseason game he didn't play in.

IMO how well they do this year is irreverent. Cooley is better than Davis now, and probably will be next year too. I'm saying that I do not believe we will be able to keep both, and even though he probably wont be AS good as Cooley in the short run, for longevity purposes keeping Davis over Cooley will be the right move. It's not really an "if" this happens question, its more of a "when" this happens question.