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Evans wasn’t the issue it’s been the QB and he admitted himself this past week that he has targeted Evans enough. IIRC Evans is like down 4 targets a game vs last year. That’s a significant dump in targets. Overall your right his production has been a disappointment but it’s beca of the QB and not Evans.
I've watched just about everything available on Cole which isn't much.
I've defended Evans for much of the year and blamed his QBs, but he has shown some poor effort the second half of the season. Even Mr. Magoo Gruden called him out for not laying out for that first pass on Monday night. Several of his targets were catchable lately, but he's barely tried to catch some of them.
That's a possibility, but we're talking about such small sample sizes it's hard to decipher anything right now.
So the only advantage Westbrook has is name recognition from going to a well known school and faster forty time. The NFL is littered with fast guys from big five schools who do nothing special as pros. I prefer to judge with my eyes based on what I see in real NFL games, and so far there is no comparison.
That's just the thing. I'm judging these guys from ALL aspects & I can tell you Westbrook is a better prospect. I'm very confident Dede outproduces Cole next season.
Fair enough. I've learned over the years that when a guy has opportunity as a young player and doesn't seize it more than likely he will not be a difference maker ever. So I churn my roster and drop guys like Westbrook to pick up people who were overlooked but shine like Cole. Sometimes you miss out on a late bloomer but more often than not you have a better chance of finding a difference maker if you don't hold on too long to guys with promise but no show.
Teams aren't double teaming Dede Westbrook. I doubt they're game planning for either of these guys yet. Houston played a lot of zone, but Cole also beat man coverage a few times as well.
That's fair. I just wanted to point out that he's clearly not a 4.59 guy on the field. He's fast enough to be a deep threat, as he's shown. He's not a 4.3 guy either, so we agree there.
You're right but I'd be shocked honestly if they didn't. I can see them letting Hurns and/or Lee walk, but no way with Robinson. Cole, Dede, and even Mickens as a unit look like a handful for defenses though. They're all impressing.
I can understand your point of view but I also think it depends a lot on what they’d have to pay for him. He’s had 2 seasons cut short due to injury, 1 average season, and 1 huge season. I’m just not sure how much he’s worth.
If they are producing without him and you can use that money on another player/position why resign him unless he’s willing to take less money to stay home?
I hear you, but the only knock on those 3 is they all severely lack size. Like you guys been saying, AR been hurt, so I don't think he can command too much money, which makes him more likely to stay unless another team wants to take a chance and throw dough at him.
Fair enough, he’s a WR the All think the deserve to be paid top dollar but I could be wrong AR15 might be different. IMHO, when it comes to WR size means very little. It’s not in any meaningful category for successful or failure rate for the position.
Man I wish I had kept him in over Rudolph. Wanted to enjoy last night's game so benched Cole for Rudy.
Nice! I spent 5 bucks on Goodwin early in the week, more I thought about it more I wasn’t feeling it. Spent another 5 on Cole and ending up winning the super bowl because of it. I officially love this guy!
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Cost me the championship.Lost by 1 point.
I would take Cole and the 3.1 in this deal personally....Lol
No, just pointing out he's done it repeatedly becoming more of a high profile off season guy.
I offered him and a 4th for Trey Burton(FFPC) and got quick reject so there is another attempted deal with him. I can't believe he got back Allen Robinson.
There's gonna be some justified Burton hype this offseason but I would have thought most would take Cole in that deal.
and what I have heard from a podcast or 2 is that Dede is behind the rookie Chark and Rashad Greene.
The problem is, they have all flashed, but thats all they have done. Every one of those guys ( i guess sans Chark for the moment) is in the same boat. It won't likely work itself out until 5-6 games in, or a couple injuries force something to happen.Brisco54 said:
You’re not missing anything. I think with Cole (most) people dismiss his rookie production as a fluke or outlier simply because he was a small school UDFA. Draft capital plays a huge role in how these players are perceived.Brisco54 said:
Concur. It amazes me that this kid can still be had on the cheap. I've collected and stashed him on all 4 of my dynasty teams.
I wonder if it will take Keelan Cole as long as it took Doug Baldwin to get respect in the fantasy community.
Keep in mind that in the BUF and PIT games, Bortles only threw 23 and 26 passes respectively. Almost 1/3 of those went to RBs. This will likely be the challenge with Jags receivers in 2018...selecting who will get the most of a limited # of targets in any given game.
