Quote (jadeoshbogosh @ Nov 22 2017 01:50pm)
We don't have our #1 receiver right now, and Gronk hasn't been performing as well as usual. It puts a lot of weight on Cooks' shoulders, but he was brought in to be our #1, and an actual deep threat. He's done good, and he's made some game saving good catches, buy he's had some crucial drops, lazy route running, bad blocking etc.. during crucial times as well.
I agree with you Zig that he hasn't got as much attention as I'd like, but I'd rather Brady spread the ball around, vs him giving up ints by forcing the ball to Cooks.
Like I said, he's had some huge moments for us, but he's also cost us a 1st down a couple of different times at important moments, and those are the moments that I'm missing Edelman the most. I want Brady to feel like he can ALWAYS go to Cooks when he draws 1:1 coverage on 3rd down, and I don't feel like that trust is there yet, but it could be. It seems as though he's improving, and I'm excited for the prospect of us actually having a real deep threat for Brady's final years. You know me, I'm always pessimistic lol. He could be better :P
I guess I see it kind of like this... just having Gronk on the field makes the defense play differently. I totally agree with you, he hasn't been his usual self, but he still forces opposing Ds to play a certain way. (I actually kind of like this version of Gronk because I know he will last longer... ever time he gets tackled I cringe). Cooks is similar, just having him on the field forces the D to play a certain way, I love it!
With the way Brady has been playing, he isn't going to force ANYTHING haha! But I totally understand that, too.
I love your pessimism, its the BB way of life, everybody can do better. Although, I was listening to WEEI earlier and they were talking about how Belichick is always playing up the opposing teams, talking about the dolphins "great quarterback play" haha. They talked about how he constantly upsells the opponents to get his team to believe they can be beat on any given day. It was actually a good segment for once lately