Biabreakable
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Jared Cook - What to expect? (3 Viewers)
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Hot Sauce Guy
Footballguy
flapgreen
Footballguy
flapgreen
Footballguy
Ilov80s
Footballguy
The great ones attract their fair share of haters. Look at how people feel about guys like Brady or Kobe.
Biabreakable
Footballguy
Those players are actually good. We are talking about Jared Cook here.Ilov80s said:
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Biabreakable
Footballguy
Making a reception but then running backwards on 3rd down so that you only gain 9 yards instead of the 10 yards you needed and had before you ran backwards is something I would define as not good.
Great athlete, not good at football.
Great athlete, not good at football.
Sabertooth
Footballguy
massraider
Footballguy
Thunderlips
Footballguy
He's the Kevan Barlow of TEs. Raw talent and situation will entice you.....but in the end, he's nothing more than Fools Gold.
Biabreakable
Footballguy
He doubled your reasonable prediction for this game. Glad I didn't say more bad stuff about him.
From what I saw they were matching Cook on Waynes on a couple of his receptions. He lines up out wide and then runs an inside breaking route away from Waynes zone. That was the main thing that seemed to be working for them was to try to pick on Waynes with different personnel.
Greenway didn't play much otherwise they could have tried to pick on him.
FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
At least Cook isn't alone in disappointing out of the TE position. Nearly all of them have been disappointments at least to some extent this season. Something called a Jack Doyle has outscored every TE drafted in the first 10 rounds other than Greg Olsen. Only two TEs have broken 20 points so far in non-ppr.
Dark Matter
Footballguy
Rodgers and the offense struggling to find an identity. Gonna hold in my deep bench league cuz I'm an optimistic homer. That play referenced above where he had the first down and then lost it made me 
just knowing Flap is out there about it.
just knowing Flap is out there about it.
Biabreakable
Footballguy
I was laughing every time the Packers went to Cook. I should send them a thank you note for signing him. Just what they needed was another inconsistent skill player.
(8 receptions week 16 for that I suppose
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(8 receptions week 16 for that I suppose
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Craig_MiamiFL
Footballguy
Jared Cook caught 7-of-12 targets for 78 yards and a touchdown in the Packers' NFC Championship Game loss to the Falcons.
Playing on a one-year, $2.75 million contract, 29-year-old Cook had something resembling a breakout, catching 30 passes for 377 yards in 10 games. His numbers would have been much better had he not missed a whopping six games with a high-ankle sprain. Praised as an essential element of the Pack’s offense by Aaron Rodgers, Cook consistently made plays up the seam. Headed back to free agency, Cook, of course, has never been consistent, and turns 30 in April. The Pack will undoubtedly try to re-sign him, but Cook’s ever-rumored "upside" could entice a team to overpay on the open market.
Jan 22 - 6:37 PM
Playing on a one-year, $2.75 million contract, 29-year-old Cook had something resembling a breakout, catching 30 passes for 377 yards in 10 games. His numbers would have been much better had he not missed a whopping six games with a high-ankle sprain. Praised as an essential element of the Pack’s offense by Aaron Rodgers, Cook consistently made plays up the seam. Headed back to free agency, Cook, of course, has never been consistent, and turns 30 in April. The Pack will undoubtedly try to re-sign him, but Cook’s ever-rumored "upside" could entice a team to overpay on the open market.
Jan 22 - 6:37 PM
Craig_MiamiFL
Footballguy
Aaron Rodgers said impending free agent Jared Cook "needs to be near the top of the priority list" for the Packers this offseason.
Cook played on a one-year, $2.75 million deal this past season and called it the most fun he's had in his eight-year career. Both sides will likely be open to working something out. Cook averaged 12.6 yards per catch and scored three touchdowns after coming on following a mid-season high-ankle sprain.
Source: ESPN.com
Cook played on a one-year, $2.75 million deal this past season and called it the most fun he's had in his eight-year career. Both sides will likely be open to working something out. Cook averaged 12.6 yards per catch and scored three touchdowns after coming on following a mid-season high-ankle sprain.
Source: ESPN.com
jeaton6
Footballguy
Yep I venture he cost himself a lot of $$. Though if Dion Sims is pulling 6M per year who knows..
Craig_MiamiFL
Footballguy
Too bad he didnt agree with the Pack. Was really a great fit there with his ability to stretch the field.
voiceofunreason
Footballguy
Bears liking that 1.01 next year.
Huge mistake by Cook with this class of rookie TEs. Not sure who picks him up, not a lot of empty jobs after 3 or 4 rookies come in and take spots.
FreeBaGeL
Footballguy
I think it's dumb on both sides. Cook obviously for holding out for a few more pennies and ending up missing out on a great situation.
On Green Bay's end I think GM's sometimes underestimate the value of players that your franchise billion dollar QB is comfortable with. Chemistry between a QB and a receiver can make as big a difference as raw talent if not more. Danny Amendola is a better talent than Julian Edelman but there's a reason Brady throws to Edelman a lot more.
Rodgers was pretty vocal about having developed a good rapport with Cook down the stretch. Getting a slightly better player may get you significantly worse results on the field if he doesn't end up on the same page with Rodgers like Cook was at the end. That play to beat Dallas in the playoffs was all about two guys in sync with each other (and Rodgers ridiculous arm talent of course).
On Green Bay's end I think GM's sometimes underestimate the value of players that your franchise billion dollar QB is comfortable with. Chemistry between a QB and a receiver can make as big a difference as raw talent if not more. Danny Amendola is a better talent than Julian Edelman but there's a reason Brady throws to Edelman a lot more.
Rodgers was pretty vocal about having developed a good rapport with Cook down the stretch. Getting a slightly better player may get you significantly worse results on the field if he doesn't end up on the same page with Rodgers like Cook was at the end. That play to beat Dallas in the playoffs was all about two guys in sync with each other (and Rodgers ridiculous arm talent of course).
Craig_MiamiFL
Footballguy
Really a best case scenario for Cook after not being able to come to terms with GB.
DocHolliday
Footballguy
I'm not sure that Walford is a bust but he is not the player that I thought the Raiders were getting. He looks slow or at least lack quickness off the line. Obviously, the Cook signing indicates that the Raiders do not think he is their starting TE.
massraider
Footballguy
Was a putz for pretty much his entire career. I'll root for him, but this is not my favorite signing.
DocHolliday
Footballguy
Ditka Butkus
Footballguy
Until last year the guy had crap for QB's....Got hurt last year but when back played very well.
Biabreakable
Footballguy
I was amazed with how well Cook played last night. He converted a critical 4th and long play to keep the Raiders alive. He also made the reception which was initially ruled a TD but after review was ruled a half yard short down by contact (defender maybe had a finger on him when he went down).
He did have one drop in the game that reminded me of what I have seen from him in the past, but overall he was much more consistent and made important plays for the Raiders. I didn't see some of the dumb moves from him either, for example with Green Bay last year he was very close to having a first down but he tried to run around a defender and went backwards on the play costing them yards.
Carr showed some trust in him going his way on critical downs.
He did have one drop in the game that reminded me of what I have seen from him in the past, but overall he was much more consistent and made important plays for the Raiders. I didn't see some of the dumb moves from him either, for example with Green Bay last year he was very close to having a first down but he tried to run around a defender and went backwards on the play costing them yards.
Carr showed some trust in him going his way on critical downs.
TheDirtyWord
Footballguy
So...is Cook finally ‘a thing’?
Looked like he had a nice connection with Carr and he’s always had the physical skill set. Cooper aside from the one ‘blowup’ continues to struggle with drops and Crabtree feels specialized.
For whatever reason, he doesn’t catch TD’s - but that seems to be the one blemish that could easily be rectified.
Looked like he had a nice connection with Carr and he’s always had the physical skill set. Cooper aside from the one ‘blowup’ continues to struggle with drops and Crabtree feels specialized.
For whatever reason, he doesn’t catch TD’s - but that seems to be the one blemish that could easily be rectified.
They offered Cook more than Bennett's contract. They got a better player for less and this moron now sees his value crater.
Given the Bennett news (cut by GB) and Cook's play for the Raiders the last few games...
Edit: Not to call out lod specifically, but a lot of people were bashing Cook and applauding GB for grabbing Bennett for cheaper.
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Interseptopus
Footballguy
What am I missing with this guy?
He gets 80 something targets last season. Oakland has no slot guy.
He finished as a TE1 last year
Somehow Cook was only $8 in the subscriber pool. I was super happy to have him at that price.
He goes undrafted in my 12 team ppr?
He gets 80 something targets last season. Oakland has no slot guy.
He finished as a TE1 last year
Somehow Cook was only $8 in the subscriber pool. I was super happy to have him at that price.
He goes undrafted in my 12 team ppr?
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