THose are bold words. Care to elaborate?
You would select Cook above Crabtree & Nicks. I like your ability to be crazy and fun.
Many many moons ago, I was screaming from the rooftops that Jason Witten was going to be a force. Sure enough, it happened. I'm not saying that to boast (well, maybe a little) but to highlight that I'm a heck of a lot better gauging TEs then WRs and RBs. For starters, I realize that for the most part a TE can only be a fantasy force if he is either very special in a unique way (think Gates' speed and height) or something very special in a common way (think Bo Scaife being an excellent blocker, thus he stays on the field a lot). Cook is more of the former. HE is a pretty mediocre (at best) blocker but that doesn't matter. Crumpler is relishing the blocking role this year, figuring it will extend his career for a couple of seasons. He's on record saying he'd rather not catch a pass at all this year since he knows Scaife and Cook have that area covered. Scaife is as valuable a member of the offense as there is (seriously) because he can block, shift, catch, etc. So where does Cook fit in? Simple - as a guy we call a "tight end" but in reality is moving all over the field as a pass catcher. He'll be in the slot, the H-back spot, maybe out wide, but my best guess is that he, Scaife, and Gage will end up with about the same number of receptions this season. Gage will have the highest YPR, Cook 2nd, Scaife 3rd. No idea who has the most TDs. But that's this season. I would imagine that by next year, Cook will have settled in to the TE position that OC Mike Heimerdinger loves; lots of targets all over the field. He'll go across the middle from the interior, he'll go deep from the flanker spot, etc. The bottom line is that his talent as a receiver is ALREADY good enough that like CJ a year ago, the Titans coaches are going to be thinking, "how do we get the ball in his hands." Whereas Scaife is going to the 2nd or 3rd option when he catches the ball, there will be some plays where the huddle breaks and the team/coaches are going to think, "If Jared gets open this could be a BIG one." THere are comparisons to SHannon SHarpe, which is stupid. But Jared Cook has the ability to do a LOT of things on the field, whether he's called a TE or HBack or WR. And the Titans, who rarely trade up for ANYTHING and even more rarely give up a later year pick, have a big investment in him adding an element to the passing game they can't get from Gage, Washington, etc.I'm guessing a floor of 40/500/4 this season with a ceiling of 60/800/9. ANd after this year, I think he's off to the races as a top-5 TE for quite a while...
flag on this. Ronnie Brown has scored an average of 12 fantasy points per game over his career. He's gone over 10 fantasy points 60% of the time, and he's gone over 20 fantasy points 11% of the time. Compared to other fantasy RBs who average 12 points per game, that's actually a higher percentage of 10+ point games and a lower percentage of 20+ point games. The fact that Ronnie Brown hasn't been very consistent to this point stems almost entirely from the fact that Ronnie Brown hasn't been very PRODUCTIVE to this point- obviously a back that averages 18 a game is going to have a lot fewer bad games than a back who averages 12 a game (which is why he's averaging 18 instead of 12).
