oldschool Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Chef, Dinger actually liked his 3rd WR to be a vertical threat. It's the whole reason he drafted Cook as he is more WR than TE. With Cook off the roster who is going stretch the Defense outside of Britt so that Stevens, Wright, and Walker can work underneath? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleNinja Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 I'd just like to say that the title of this thread makes me think of Oreos falling from the sky. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Chef, Dinger actually liked his 3rd WR to be a vertical threat. It's the whole reason he drafted Cook as he is more WR than TE. With Cook off the roster who is going stretch the Defense outside of Britt so that Stevens, Wright, and Walker can work underneath? True, but no matter want Cook nor anyone around here wanted to believe, Cook is not a WR. He didn't really fit Dinger's model in that sense, though I get the feeling he could have made better use of his talents than Palmer did. Our problem there is not so much that Cook is gone, but that after years of drafting WRs fairly high (2 1sts, 1 3rd, 1 4th on roster) and signing Washington to a healthy contract, our only legitimate deep threat is Britt. And he's, well.. Britt. You'd think somewhere along the way we'd find a non-crippled deep burner, but again, in Palmer's route-option O, I don't think that was made a priority. It's one reason that teams that keep changing schemes, coaches, being rudderless in general, suck. They can never get all the right parts assembled and lubed to work together in harmony at any given time. Decide what you going to do, and do it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
abenjami Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 I feel this thread should have been titled The Cookie Crumbles Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omar Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Everything I have read about Walker has said he has very good hands, last year he had some drops, but it was never an issue before last season. How many drops did he have? Have we looked at each one to determine if they were really on him? Strange that he went from sure handed for several seasons to having "bad" hands in one year. Cook had several drops last year too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nash Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 The rams have said he will be their slot wr, not te Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
apocalypse33 Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Everything I have read about Walker has said he has very good hands, last year he had some drops, but it was never an issue before last season. How many drops did he have? Have we looked at each one to determine if they were really on him? Strange that he went from sure handed for several seasons to having "bad" hands in one year. Cook had several drops last year too. everyone has drops....Cook had less drops in more targets. It's not even debatable who's the better pass catcher. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Omar Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 I personally think this is a huge upgrade...the team lost a TE would could not block and was a huge liability in the run game...to a multi dimensional TE would can block, and line up all over the field and create mismatches. We lost the down field threat that Cook had, and traded it for a more complete TE. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titansurf32 Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Good riddance to cook. Total fisher era type player who never lives up to potential and does just enough to keep u hoping and praying for 8+ years. I am buying in to what we are doing all around including this walker/cook " swap". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NashvilleNinja Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 The rams have said he will be their slot wr, not te lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschool Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 True, but no matter want Cook nor anyone around here wanted to believe, Cook is not a WR. He didn't really fit Dinger's model in that sense, though I get the feeling he could have made better use of his talents than Palmer did. Our problem there is not so much that Cook is gone, but that after years of drafting WRs fairly high (1 1sts, 1 3rd, 1 4th on roster) and signing Washington to a healthy contract, our only legitimate deep threat is Britt. And he's, well.. Britt. You'd think somewhere along the way we'd find a non-crippled deep burner, but again, in Palmer's route-option O, I don't think that was made a priority. It's one reason that teams that keep changing schemes, coaching, being rudderless in general, suck. They can never get all the right parts assembled and lubed to work together in harmony at any given time. Decide what you going to do, and do it. Sorry but you are wrong. Cook is exactly what Dinger wants out of the slot WR. He always favored guys with deep speed over the shifty agile players that are more common in the slot. Cook is in fact much more of a WR than a TE and has been since day one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLocker10 Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Walker's not a better receiver than Cook But he fits what they want to do better Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XAEA12 Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Everything I have read about Walker has said he has very good hands, last year he had some drops, but it was never an issue before last season. How many drops did he have? Have we looked at each one to determine if they were really on him? Strange that he went from sure handed for several seasons to having "bad" hands in one year. Cook had several drops last year too. I believe walker had 7 drops to cook's 4, but cook was targeted more often. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewsToTom Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Walker's 2010 and 2011 drop rates were worse than any Titans receiver's drop rate in 2012 (min. 10 targets). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLocker10 Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 People are in for a rude awakening with Walker if they think he's going to be a #1 TE and catch 50-60 balls I liked the signing and still do, but he is what he is to me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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