joeoconnor Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 I'm one of those who really wants to see Cooley be our starting TE next season, his blocking should be now a lot more solid after the spell at FB, and he has already shown himself to be a weapon in the passing game, particularly in our goal-line offense late in the season, which had been a major weakness for us throughout most of the season. So if i get my wish and this happens, we would then be needing a FB. Nothing spectacular, just a fine blocker in the mould of the Bills' Shelton. So after taking a look at the FA market in FB's, Patrick Pass, who played solid football all the way through last season, is one who definitely jumps out of the pile. It would be sweet to land another Patriot as well! The only other realistic starter out there is Jim Finn, who showed himself as a good lead blocker with our division rival Giants last season. So what do you guys think? We could look at taking one in the 3rd or 4th round of the draft as well i suppose, but i'd like experience in this position personally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Cooley is basically the FB in our system, except he motions around from a bunch of positions. That is why we call him the H (hybrid) back. In the FB is slowly dying off as a position. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeoconnor Posted March 5, 2005 Author Share Posted March 5, 2005 Ya i know that,but call me old school,i like having a solid lead blocker in there,a true FB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosperity Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Didn't know there were Redskins fans in Ireland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeoconnor Posted March 5, 2005 Author Share Posted March 5, 2005 Well now ya do,huh?! Unfortunately the only other NFL Football fan around here is a Giants one... Now THAT'S what you call unfortunate! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba9497 Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Gibs doesn't use a FB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDane Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Standard Gibbs offense doesn't use a true fullback, which is what Pass is. He would play the role of blocking h-back with occasional receptions, a la Mike Sellers. Patrick Pass is a decent runner and a good blocker, but does not excel at pass catching. Although he is a good special teams guy. However, I don't think we need him, so I will ... pass. Pun intended. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtyler42 Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Cooley is fine in the Hback role...I think we will resign Mike Sellers he is the traditional lead blocking FB, and was in our goaline situations last yr... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfitzo53 Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Originally posted by joeoconnor Ya i know that,but call me old school,i like having a solid lead blocker in there,a true FB. Thing is, Gibbs has to pick up the positions he likes to use. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mad Mike Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Originally posted by joeoconnor Well now ya do,huh?! Unfortunately the only other NFL Football fan around here is a Giants one... Now THAT'S what you call unfortunate! Yup. He's a Skins fan. :laugh: Welcome aboard! Now the bad news. Gibbs doesn't use a "true FB" that's just the way it is. He uses an H (hybred) back who shifts from FB, to TE, or even out to WR. But no worries. Cooley is only going to get better as both a blocker and a receiver. The only thing you won't see him do is run as "true FBs do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeoconnor Posted March 5, 2005 Author Share Posted March 5, 2005 I am kinda ashamed that i've just had my first ever philosophy clash with the legendary Joe Gibbs! TE, then, i take it we want Royal to be replaced? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheDane Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Royal showed promise towards the end of last season. If anything, we keep Royal but sign another TE whose strength is blocking. We certainly need another TE with Royal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeoconnor Posted March 5, 2005 Author Share Posted March 5, 2005 Sure, bring in a pure blocking TE, that should keep my old-school instincts happy as i adjust to this new-fangled 'hybrid back' thingy! LOL And ya i agree,keep Royal,kid can catch. He's just not a sure-fire starter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. S Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 thing is, with Cooley as the H-back, and another receiving type TE (Royal's bound to breakout now), we could have an awesome corps there. I always change Cooley into a TE on madden, but to think we could have both Cooley and another guy out there is even better. Split that with 2 more receivers and Portis, thats a good combo of speed and strength coming out. If anything, I think Rock should bulk up again and be our 'official' FB, and dont take Sellars again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyansRangers Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Patrick Pass resigned with the dolphins anway.. but sellers is a boy that just loves to hit he is a great fb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogeyMan Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Well now ya do,huh?! Unfortunately the only other NFL Football fan around here is a Giants one... Now THAT'S what you call unfortunate! Unfortunate would be having the only other NFL fan being an Eagles or a Raiders fan. A Cowboys fan would be disastrous :puke: On the bright side - you would always be the most intelligent and classy NFL fan in Ireland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeoconnor Posted March 5, 2005 Author Share Posted March 5, 2005 Like what you're sayin' Mr.8,an exciting line-up in terms of weapons for Pat certainly,i'm not a Rock fan though... Pass re-signed with the Dolphins???Sorry but WHAT?Last i checked the Dolphins weren't the SuperBowl champions...! Yes Sellers is definitely a good one as someone to come in whenever we do need a true FB.Tough kid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedDawg36 Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Originally posted by joeoconnor Sure, bring in a pure blocking TE, that should keep my old-school instincts happy as i adjust to this new-fangled 'hybrid back' thingy! LOL And ya i agree,keep Royal,kid can catch. He's just not a sure-fire starter. LOL, the irony of a 16-year old calling a grown man "kid". :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeoconnor Posted March 5, 2005 Author Share Posted March 5, 2005 I can see what you're sayin', Giants, out of all our divisional rivals, i hate least, 99.99% hatred against 100 i reckon! Oh and...Intelligent,classy,yeah,sounds about right anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeoconnor Posted March 5, 2005 Author Share Posted March 5, 2005 And ya,i tend to go a bit OTT with my 'kid' and 'boy' comments about those close to double my age! Maturity beyond my years for sure,huh?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeoconnor Posted March 5, 2005 Author Share Posted March 5, 2005 But to be fair,i was talking in NFL terms! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wicked99 Posted March 5, 2005 Share Posted March 5, 2005 Originally posted by jtyler42 I think we will resign Mike Sellers he is the traditional lead blocking FB, and was in our goaline situations last yr... he could be part of the reason for the skins not being able to stuff the ball in when they were at the goal-line then. he also had some stupid penalties on special teams. to be fair though, he also had some very nice tackles in special teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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