He also paid a mid 3rd (assuming a 12 team league) while you took him over Stafford and Sanchez. We get it. You like, and have liked, Cook for a while. If Cook is a guy you are higher on than most, then that is cool ... we all have those players. But, at the same time, you cannot expect others to pay the price you think he is worth.
I know that. I'm just making a point about being proactive vs reactive. Substitute Cook for your favorite sleeper, I don't care.
How many current tight ends are currently worth what you are asking for Cook? I would guess four, maybe five. Paying the same price for Cook as Vernon Davis is not being proactive, it is being foolish, imo. This is the Tennessee offense, not Green Bay where Finley flourished (from week 13 on). Celek emerged in a pass-happy Philly offense.
depending on league size, positions, 1.5 ppr, etc. of course, i would say witten, celek, finley, davis, z miller, winslow, gates, clark, olsen would all go at or above 1.08, and an argument for daniels, keller, carleson, h miller, and cooley could be made, depending on how you evaluate their respective situations. i would NOT say that the position is so deep that it should be discounted because if you don't have a good one you're losing 3-4 pts a week, or the difference between steve smith and austin collie, phillip rivers and eli manning, deangelo williams and the aforementioned matt forte...at least for 2009. and even if there were 20 good ones, you still have to HAVE one, and no one is going to give one to you. they will just flex their second one and that's one less stud WR they need. in 1.5 ppr for TE leagues 14 TEs scored 12.5 pts per game. 24 WRs did it. 25 RBs did it. for contrast, in last year's rookie draft in the league i got cook at 33 in (said 30 earlier, my bad) i see a lot of people souring on mccoy at 3, d brown at 4, DHB at 12, robiske at 14, freeman at 16, dillard at 17, curry at 18, iglesias at 22. and do we expect britt (at 11) to be great in the same offense that troubles people about cook? and this doesnt count drafting good LBs in the 2nd round when you can get functional ones off the waiver wire even in a deep league. i'm not saying we're throwing darts, but let's not overvalue draft picks. would you RATHER take toby gerhardt over zach miller? even with jamarcus throwing to him i wouldnt.
also, keep in mind that nobody would have even given you a 3rd rounder for vernon davis last year at this time...which is who cook was/is being compared to.
