Royal & McCants

[cpayne5]

Jacobs has some talent. Why call him a FL bozo?

Royal had 10 receptions this year and 4 TDs. So, he is being utilized. He's not the greatest blocker in the world, which keeps him out of certain formations (ie he's one dimensional).

McCants is a bad practice player, but seems to come up with some big plays when he's in the games. He's got to practice better AND find some way to contribute on special teams before he'll be put on the active list on a regular basis (if he's even around next year).

[sportscurmudgeon]

Let's look objectively at Royal and Cooley for just a moment.

Neither of them is a great blocker by any stretch of the imagination.

Both of them have good hands and will catch just about anything they can get their hands on.

Neither of them is a "deep threat" kind of TE.

Both of them have shown an understanding of red zone offense and the ability to get open in that kind of constrained field.

What the Redskins have now is two tight ends that are pretty much the same player which means that there are dimensions of the game opened up by certain kinds of tight ends that will not be available to the Redskins when either of these guys is on the field.

Maybe - MAYBE - the team would be better off with one of these two guys (whichever you prefer) and another TE that offers something else to the offense?

Just a thought.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by sportscurmudgeon

Let's look objectively at Royal and Cooley for just a moment.

Neither of them is a great blocker by any stretch of the imagination.

Both of them have good hands and will catch just about anything they can get their hands on.

Neither of them is a "deep threat" kind of TE.

Both of them have shown an understanding of red zone offense and the ability to get open in that kind of constrained field.

What the Redskins have now is two tight ends that are pretty much the same player which means that there are dimensions of the game opened up by certain kinds of tight ends that will not be available to the Redskins when either of these guys is on the field.

Maybe - MAYBE - the team would be better off with one of these two guys (whichever you prefer) and another TE that offers something else to the offense?

Just a thought.

Cooley and Royal don't play the same position really(well, really the same role not position). Cooley was more of a backfield and slot type guy while Royal made his noise from the tradional TE spot. I think you'll see Royal play the same role next year as the pass catching TE from the line while Cooley will may end up with 50+ catches next year from all of over the place. Royal is a nice option in the redzone and should continue. It'd be nice if we could find a guy who could block and catch from the line too.

[Defensewins]

Originally Posted by cpayne5

Jacobs has some talent. Why call him a FL bozo?.....

I think he is referring to all of the promising U of Florida Wide recievers that have been busts in the NFL.
I am not sure if you are aware but the U.of Florida receivers have a bad reputation in the NFL, which is why Jacobs slipped in his draft. Alot of it is attributed to Spurriers system (when he was coach there) and that his receivers and QB's have great success in the NCAA but that success has not translated well to the NFL.
I personally think it is not the offensive systems but the big jump in talent of defenses in college to the pro's. Almost all of the NFl teams have great players on D. In college only a hand ful of teams are really that good.

Below is an article that touches the subject of Taylor and the U of F receivers bad rep.

http://www.nfl.com/draft/story/6282615