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I was all for signing Cook the day he hit FA. I saw him play vs Cincy last fall. he was impressive, but you could see some of the troubles he was having. Early in the game, Cook ran a quick seam route. Foles hit him right on rhythm and Cook started motoring with the ball. He ran a safety over like he wasn't there and turned a short gainer into a fast 25 yard gain. The Cincy fans were worried, the Bengals have coverage issues at the safety spot. Cook went on the have 4 grabs for 50 some yards.
But he should have had more yards than that. Cook ran a couple digs & was wide open for short yardage. I could see what was coming. Sure enough, they ran a dig and go to Cook & he was wide open. But, the crafty Foles threw the ball to the wrong man and the pass fell incomplete. I kept watching Cook, bc I figured he would go up to Foles and get in his ear about missing him on the route. Nope, he just walked back to his spot on the bench and sat down. Cook also flat out destroyed Vontez Burfict on an angle block. Tori Gurley made the wrong cut on that run and turned a 10 yard gain into a loss of a couple yards.
It took me a bit, but I eventually figured out why Cook was so non-committal after being ignored on the pass play. Earlier in the year, the Rams blew a big lead to the Cowboys in Dallas. They came back and had a shot to win the ball game. In the last minute, Foles hit Cook btw the numbers on a slant in the end zone. Cook dropped the ball and blew the chance for the win. When Cook went to the sideline, a young back-up QB ran up to him to give him some kind of rah-rah encouragement. Cook shoved him hard, almost knocked him on his ass, ya know, "get away from me rookie". All that week, it was a big flap in the St Looey papers about what a jag off Jared Cook is, big money, dropping passes, bad teammate, blah blah. So that's why Cook wasn't going to go up to Foles, he didn't want anymore static.
Now we got this big horse of a TE on a 1 year deal with something to prove. He can drop balls, miss blocks, but screw it, I'll take him.
But he should have had more yards than that. Cook ran a couple digs & was wide open for short yardage. I could see what was coming. Sure enough, they ran a dig and go to Cook & he was wide open. But, the crafty Foles threw the ball to the wrong man and the pass fell incomplete. I kept watching Cook, bc I figured he would go up to Foles and get in his ear about missing him on the route. Nope, he just walked back to his spot on the bench and sat down. Cook also flat out destroyed Vontez Burfict on an angle block. Tori Gurley made the wrong cut on that run and turned a 10 yard gain into a loss of a couple yards.
It took me a bit, but I eventually figured out why Cook was so non-committal after being ignored on the pass play. Earlier in the year, the Rams blew a big lead to the Cowboys in Dallas. They came back and had a shot to win the ball game. In the last minute, Foles hit Cook btw the numbers on a slant in the end zone. Cook dropped the ball and blew the chance for the win. When Cook went to the sideline, a young back-up QB ran up to him to give him some kind of rah-rah encouragement. Cook shoved him hard, almost knocked him on his ass, ya know, "get away from me rookie". All that week, it was a big flap in the St Looey papers about what a jag off Jared Cook is, big money, dropping passes, bad teammate, blah blah. So that's why Cook wasn't going to go up to Foles, he didn't want anymore static.
Now we got this big horse of a TE on a 1 year deal with something to prove. He can drop balls, miss blocks, but screw it, I'll take him.
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