VeroViper Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 With Cooley & Davis you would think we'd have a lethal TE tandem. But we haven't had a lot of production there the last couple of weeks. What's the problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McD5 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Play calling and QB. In that order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koolblue13 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Cooley having to play FB didn't help his stats any, but the man did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus T Firefly Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I'm not saying it's the whole problem or anything, but it sure has looked to me like they are trying to force feed Cooley at Davis' expense the last 2 games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Backpack3r Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Yeah we need Darrel Young to get healthy after this bye so we can get Cooley back at TE. Grossman sucks though lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conn Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Davis is getting a perfectly adequate number of targets, even though I think he should be used much more. Its just that those targets aren't always....well, on target. I think we should be happy that right now, Davis is playing the majority of the offensive snaps. That can only be good. The proper QBing will come later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bibby Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I'm not saying it's the whole problem or anything, but it sure has looked to me like they are trying to force feed Cooley at Davis' expense the last 2 games. Cooley had 4 catches against Dallas; Davis had 1. Davis had 4 catches today; Cooley had 1. It's been even the past two games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iXiBrianiXi Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 I think Davis has finally started drawing the attention and is thus disappearing because of it. On top of that, **** play calling the last 2 weeks imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldskool Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 With Cooley & Davis you would think we'd have a lethal TE tandem. But we haven't had a lot of production there the last couple of weeks. What's the problem? Due to the injury to Young, Cooley has been pressed into service as the starting FB. Davis has been used quite a bit the last 2 games as a 6th OL, helping out with the running game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enter Apotheosis Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 QB is the biggest problem by far. Beyond that, I'd say that Cooley is still not quite himself and Davis needs to learn to play more like a TE when he goes out on a route, making better use of his frame to shield the ball from defenders and make catches in traffic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the burgundy and gold Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Only 6 targets today for Fred Davis is disappointing. Cooley just doesn't look like the same player he once was (maybe because he's playing FB...), hope to see much more production as the season goes on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus T Firefly Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Cooley had 4 catches against Dallas; Davis had 1.Davis had 4 catches today; Cooley had 1. It's been even the past two games. Plus a couple of carries for Cooley. Given the big plays Davis was producing, reducing his targets to "split" them with Cooley would represent a a serious game-planning mistake, imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bedlamVR Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 You cannot keep just throwing at Davis and hoping for the best . Davis was targeted 6 times last night, catching 4 of them but getting most of those receptions in the 4th . Cooley was targted 2 times last night - Yeah really looks like they are forcing the ball to Cooley to ruin Fred Davis ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rpredskins Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 Mike Shanahan said it best last week "that's football." Nobody produces every single week (except Calvin Johnson apparently). If it goes 1-2 or more games where Davis doesn't do anything then its time to ask questions but my guess is this is just how the game plan worked out and/or the defense prioritized covering him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rufus T Firefly Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 You cannot keep just throwing at Davis and hoping for the best . Davis was targeted 6 times last night, catching 4 of them but getting most of those receptions in the 4th . Cooley was targted 2 times last night - Yeah really looks like they are forcing the ball to Cooley to ruin Fred Davis ... It was more so in the Dallas game, but also Davis seems to be staying in to block more, while there are plays that it looks like Cooley os the target, but he's covered, so it ends up going elsewhere. But whatever. It was an opinion based on what I saw, so go ahead and get snippy about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportjunkie07 Posted October 3, 2011 Share Posted October 3, 2011 im not worried about it. we have two of the better TEs in the league and a decent backup in paulsen. the lack of targets to them are most likely placalling and offensive scheming (not to mention cooley at FB and still recovering imo).. the talent has gone nowhere. dont be suprise if this trend continues. as soon as the opponents start to focus on other areas of our offense, shanny jr will call plays to the TEs and theyll have a big game. considering we didnt target the TE's much the last two games, i would think that they will be heavily utilized versus the eagles.. and they should, because that linebacking corps is suspect. huge mismatch in our favor there, and i betcha shanny jr. is already cooking something up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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