Cooper got open on one by a sick double move that left affletes tripping over themselves. I always believed that Cooper had the potential to be a top 5 receiver. Its too early to say that but he is on the right track. He was raw coming out with his route running because the route tree at UF is simple, they run stuff like speed outs that don't emphasize sharp cutting, but it hasn't been a problem for him. It was alwasy frustrating seeing him waste away as a 4th wideout, but it probably helped him work on being more complete as a receiver, he isn't just a one trick pony, he had plenty of work running short routes out of the slot.
Jordy was a little raw coming out as well in terms of route running. I hope the new qb can step it up, he doesn't need much to get to 1k in the last 6 games but he was on pace for a monster season
They can[t stand it because we have 2 guys that are 6'3 around 215 pounds that are number 1 wideouts, it busts the whole stereotype of smaller quicker slot receivers (which we should still have a ton more of in the league instead of guys like Dexter McCluster and Davone Bess).
Decker also defies this but overshadowed by DT. Kris Durham has the potential to be top 10 but hasn't gotten there yet. Partially because Calvin Johnson gets a ton of targets a game. Brian Hartline needs to step his game up if he wants to be on the same level, but still a good receiver.
They can write off one guy like Nelson as being just a freak of nature, one of a kind but when it starts to become more it gets hard.
Now if only Austin Collie hadn't been forced into the slot and suffered a bunch of concussions, Matt Jones allowed to continue to develop and get a qb that can actually throw deep (he was more one dimensional but could have been Randy Moss like) if Drew Bennet wasn't screwed over, and thats just the guys that got a shot. Theres Jeff Samardzija who chose baseball, the list would never end of guys who got screwed which probably influenced his descision. I am pretty sure they were hoping Cooper would choose baseball, they kept mentioning it, "oh hes ranked this low because hes probably going to play baseball", like how does that affect his ranking as a football prospect?
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come on Jeff, come back, youre only 28, which is probably when your racial apprenticeship would have ended