@gftchris said:

Hardee Har Har, but No cookie for you.

@texasag1969 said:

With the Browns there's a lot of Fs, leading quite quickly to a lot of Ls.

@tour2ma said:

F, G, H, I, J, K.................................L. Just a few letters away from 100%.

@tour2ma said:

Meatloaf.

Next time don't hesitate...

@tour2ma said:

You may have posted that Tour, but that dos not mean that space limited hard drive here can still bring it up.

@texasag1969 said:

Did we hire the fired TAMU OL coach?

As I am sure I posted before... In his LSU tape he was a hot mess at LT, but in limited tape at Center he looked better... when he had no one over him.

@gftchris said:

And Erving. But I remember Cooper was lauded as the best prospect in that draft, just hurt by the fact he played guard, and was still drafted 7th overall. He got injured in AZ, then dumped to NE for nothing, where he didn't have time to impress before final cuts and was waived.

Now, he's supposedly healthy and I would be interested to see more of him - I'm surprised (and worried) that we haven't, since Bitonio's been injured, as it's been mostly Bailey/Drango at LG. If he can come close to his pre-draft billing, that'd be swell.

@gftchris said:

In keeping with the 'mind blown' theme, the current tackle leader in the NFL right now is...Christian Kirksey. OK, so he's played one more game than the other top guys, but scaled back to 9 games, he has 85 tackles, good for 7th in the league. He's on pace for 150 tackles and 2.5 sacks.

OK, it's something good. To play devil's advocate...are his numbers up because the rest of the D misses so many?

@gftchris said:

For sure, I'm just messing around. But wargorowaorowoaowawaw is right, there's a cap of about 8 linemen on most teams, so 'never have enough good ones' does have its limits, and I think Cooper got caught up in the numbers game in NE, and because he arrived so late, he didn't have enough time to impress.

I get it about roster numbers. It's just tough when you can remember that we used to have two damned good starting lines in the backups. In the 80s, next man up was just as good as the guy that he is replacing....the good ole days

@flyingfooldoug said:

For sure, I'm just messing around. But wargorowaorowoaowawaw is right, there's a cap of about 8 linemen on most teams, so 'never have enough good ones' does have its limits, and I think Cooper got caught up in the numbers game in NE, and because he arrived so late, he didn't have enough time to impress.

One thing is for sure, we have to figure out how to score more points and take some aggressive shots during the next game. I could tell against the Ravens that we TRIED to take some shots, but Cody never had time. There was one play where Cody was flushed from the pocket (shocking) and ran to his left I think...and he just threw it out of bounds. The replay confirmed we had 2 deep routes. I've seen us TRY, but we aren't able to block well enough or pick up the blitz. That, and there were a few times where Cody left the pocket prematurely. Again, can't really blame the kid. Hue Jackson is going to HAVE to figure out how to mitigate the rush and buy some more time. Either through shifting the pocket, rolling out the QB, or even something crazy like a flea flicker. Hue has to do SOMETHING so we can get Corey or Pryor down the field.

@gftchris said:

Bullshit. My team would have about 18 linemen, one of whom could play TE and catch a pass occasionally, and then like four backs, each of whom is over 250lbs, and one of whom could throw a pass. This forward pass shit is just smoke and mirrors. Get back to real football.

I've always heard it said that football is won and lost on the line of scrimmage. And it is obviously true if you follow the game at all. Good line = good team.

@wargograw said:

Bullshit. My team would have about 18 linemen, one of whom could play TE and catch a pass occasionally, and then like four backs, each of whom is over 250lbs, and one of whom could throw a pass. This forward pass shit is just smoke and mirrors. Get back to real football.

All that cynical crap aside, maybe we found a gem? Perhaps Cooper was a roster casualty, and the other teams just couldn't make enough room for a backup Guard? If that's the case, we could have someone that can contribute with a top notch pedigree. Drafted 7th overall? Lauded as the best OL prospect in the draft? Damn right. Let's get lucky.

Now, he's supposedly healthy and I would be interested to see more of him - I'm surprised (and worried) that we haven't, since Bitonio's been injured, as it's been mostly Bailey/Drango at LG. If he can come close to his pre-draft billing, that'd be swell.

@gftchris said:

Sorry,How about a Johnathan Cooper. he's behind Greco at RG from Zona a former 1st Rd. pick at some point. but so was Gilbert..

@gumby73 said:

Johnson?