Quote:The reason they wanted Cobb was that they want a veteran presence in the WR group, which they said was a mistake not having one last year to help speed the maturation process with the youth.  "Race to maturity."

 

That, in addition to wanting a slot guy.  Couple those two needs and that's why we went after him.

 

I think there's more to that.  Cobb is only like 25 so it's not like bringing him in over Cecil Shorts would give you some better veteran presence in the WR group.

 

I think they want a slot guy and/or an impact receiver, and Cobb was the best of the bunch.  We had the money, so we gave it a shot.

 

We also have to remember that 3 of our receivers are entering their 2nd year - they combined have tons of more experience than they did this time last year.  In fact, many players on our offense are the same.  I didn't think going after Cobb had much to do with them wanting more experience at WR, it was just a good opportunity to get better at a very critical position.

 

Let's hope we actually DO improve the position, because I'm not sold on the Robinson/Lee/Hurns combination.

 

Drafting Cooper at 3 would be fine by me, I don't see him failing, barring injury.  He's kind of like Sammy Watkins last year in a way - has everything you want in a receiver and no red flags.

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