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Sad to see him go and very classy of him to address the media and the fans afterwards. Class act. Hopefully he rejoins the organization in some fashion soon.

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I don't know why I waited until 2011 to purchase a Chris Cooley #47 Redskins jersey. I should have bought his jersey much sooner than that. Cooley was an exceptional talent. In 2004, Joe Gibbs was considering drafting Kellen Winslow II in the 1st round but choose Sean Taylor instead and drafted Cooley in the 3rd. Bill Parcells said Cooley was too small to play TE but Cooley proved a lot of GMs wrong with his strong play in the NFL and 2 pro bowl appearances. What a true Redskin. He's going to be miss. I wish him the absolute best if he ends up with any other team except Dallas.

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[quote=artmonkforhallofamein07;934954]Sad to see him go and very classy of him to address the media and the fans afterwards. Class act. Hopefully he rejoins the organization in some fashion soon.[/quote]

Its tough to cut a fan favorite, there was never going to be a good time to cut Cooley. Period. Most people cant see that because they are a fan, but this is a business and Cooley was never going to be a part of this rebuilding process. When RG3 is ready in a couple of years to take this team to the next level, Cooley was not part of the plan. The same could be said for Santana Moss....if we could find a younger slot guy??? Who knows???

He is a class act, and one of my favorites, but its time to move forward.

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[quote=Monkeydad;934764]All I hope for is that Dallas doesn't pick him up. Witten has a major spleen issue and might miss time, or hurt it again. They let their backup go to the Giants.[/quote]
Shhhhhhhhhh! Jones might have some of his trolls pick up on this and give him a good idea for a change. Damn that would truly suck to see Chris a Cowboy!

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[quote=SmootSmack;934803][url=http://blog.redskins.com/2012/08/28/video-chris-cooley-says-goodbye/]The Redskins Blog | Video: Chris Cooley Says Goodbye[/url][/quote]

Wow...that was really hard to watch...how can you not love this guy...he is a true redskin, all the way...not many players are one team players in their minds.
I sure hope they bring him back somehow

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Sad day!! They should have cut Hall instead.

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[quote=CapitalDefense;934960]Its tough to cut a fan favorite, there was never going to be a good time to cut Cooley. Period. Most people cant see that because they are a fan, but this is a business and Cooley was never going to be a part of this rebuilding process. When RG3 is ready in a couple of years to take this team to the next level, Cooley was not part of the plan. The same could be said for Santana Moss....if we could find a younger slot guy??? Who knows???

He is a class act, and one of my favorites, but its time to move forward.[/quote]

The guy produced and that is the bottome line. RG III looks like the real deal, but isn't as stellar as the hype machine tried to make him out to be. It will be real interesting to see how both him and Luck do when the games are real and not just talent evaluations. I think they will be fine. I just hope Robert can find the long ball more oft than not.

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The long ball will come as they develop better timing.

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[quote=CapitalDefense;934960]Its tough to cut a fan favorite, there was never going to be a good time to cut Cooley. Period. Most people cant see that because they are a fan, but this is a business and Cooley was never going to be a part of this rebuilding process. When RG3 is ready in a couple of years to take this team to the next level, Cooley was not part of the plan. The same could be said for Santana Moss....if we could find a younger slot guy??? Who knows???

He is a class act, and one of my favorites, but its time to move forward.[/quote]

Don't get my disappointment in seeing him go mixed with my understanding of the busines side of football and where this team is going. It is fully understandable as to why they cut him loose. I said as much a couple of days ago when you look at our cap penalty and how much we are paying TEs.

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[quote=SFREDSKIN;934971]Sad day!! They should have cut Hall instead.[/quote]

This.

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[quote=mbedner3420;934983]This.[/quote]

But not that.

and

These too.

Forget those.

There...

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[quote=SmootSmack;934904]Things are never as they seem[/quote]

Hahaha. Ever the tease.

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'What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right."- Howard Cossell

Cooley is a great Redskin and a wonderful human being...
Cutting him hurts, but all emotions aside, it was the right football (FO) move.
Now if we could just magically extricate ourselves from Jamal Browns contract we will finally be clear of the FO mess that was our past 10 years.

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[quote=Defensewins;934995]'What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right."- Howard Cossell

Cooley is a great Redskin and a wonderful human being...
Cutting him hurts, but all emotions aside, it was the right football (FO) move.
Now if we could just magically extricate ourselves from Jamal Browns contract we will finally be clear of the FO mess that was our past 10 years.[/quote]

JB is on Shanny's tab.

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I watched the vid.....Wow.
Character doesn't matter....right?

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Well now the 2 redskins i have grown to love are gone. CP and now Cooley. It is a very hard pill to swallow. I dont even want to buy a jersey for the fear that they will be released or traded the next week. Guess this is the way the new NFL is going. I am sure he could have contributed in some form or fashion and would have helped all these young TEs learn the position. I understand Shanny wants to take this team in a different direction but it is still disapointing as a diehard Redskin fan. I hope that Shanny does get this team to the promise land but i still question some of his moves. Now i just have Moss to root for as he is still one of my favorites but how long before he is cut? I guess its time to get some new favorites but i just love the old reliable ones. Anyways im done with my rant and HTTR and may we have great success in the future with or without my favorite players

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It is as if we have lost a member of our family. We will miss Chris Cooley.

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[quote=wordsmithgk;935002]It is as if we have lost a member of our family. We will miss Chris Cooley.[/quote]


i second that

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It's all for the best. I wonder if the Redskins just decided to release Cooley or trade him first. The Redskins releasing Cooley is like the Cowboys releasing Jason Witten or the Jets releasing Santanio Holmes. Cooley in a trade, would have been worth at least a 5th round draft choice as compensation.

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[quote=FRPLG;934994]Hahaha. Ever the tease.[/quote]

Who, me?

[QUOTE=rstone1979;935001]Well now the 2 redskins i have grown to love are gone. CP and now Cooley. It is a very hard pill to swallow. I dont even want to buy a jersey for the fear that they will be released or traded the next week. Guess this is the way the new NFL is going. I am sure he could have contributed in some form or fashion and would have helped all these young TEs learn the position. I understand Shanny wants to take this team in a different direction but it is still disapointing as a diehard Redskin fan. I hope that Shanny does get this team to the promise land but i still question some of his moves. Now i just have Moss to root for as he is still one of my favorites but how long before he is cut? I guess its time to get some new favorites but i just love the old reliable ones. Anyways im done with my rant and HTTR and may we have great success in the future with or without my favorite players[/QUOTE]

I loved Billy Kilmer. He was my first football hero gritty, hard drinking and a guy who was all Redskin. I hated it when he was done.

I loved John Riggins. He was tough, gritty and a character like no other a d a guy who was all Redskin. I hated it when he was done


Ditto Cooley.

Soon, new players will arise who will win our affections. Cooley's left, sad though it may be, new favorites will arise.

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Cooley was loved by many

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Ahh so sad to hear Chris Cooley has been released. I'd lying if I said that this was a complete shock. Ever since right after Cooleys last pro bowl ('10 ?) He's gone down hill and let injuries catch up to him. He also looked less motivated when he was playing and slower. Fan favorites tenures need to end sometime, it was one hell of a ride Cooley, now good luck and go to a team that isn't in the NFC East and isn't the Steelers or Patriots.


This was always one of my favorite Cooley videos, showed great team bonding outside of football.
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=[/url][YT]vTFp9uUI368[/YT]

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Cooley lasted a bit longer (couple weeks) than I thought he would

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[quote=SmootSmack;935012]Cooley was loved by many[/quote]

I hated Cooley. Oh I love the fans. Oh being a Redskin is great. Oh here let me open my home to you guys and give you guys unique insight into the game. What a jerk. He deserves to be resigned so we can just cut him again shortly thereafter.

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Well, I know this isn't a popular opinion around here, but I don't mind seeing him go. I was never a fan of the blog and of all the non-football attention he managed to grab. It was always funny when he'd show up to practice in those silly shorts, but it always seemed to me to suggest he wasn't taking practice as seriously as he should have been. And reading about his drunken escapades on his blog sent a strange message to me about his priorities. Of course, to average football fans, the Cooley persona went over great, because it made him relatable, by I don't want my players to be relatable. I've been told on this site before to lighten up about criticizing Cooley, and I understand why I would have been told that. Nevertheless, I personally feel that for the past decade, the players in Washington have not been as committed to winning as the players on the more successful teams, that the collective approach and attitude from the locker room was far too laid back and not serious enough (Club Med?). For me, Cooley's off-field persona kind of personified that, even if he did always say the right things. I'll give the man credit, from his post-game interviews to his hysterical blog posts, he always knew what to say to make Redskin fans love him.

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[quote=JoeRedskin;935008]I loved Billy Kilmer. He was my first football hero gritty, hard drinking and a guy who was all Redskin. I hated it when he was done.

I loved John Riggins. He was tough, gritty and a character like no other a d a guy who was all Redskin. I hated it when he was done


Ditto Cooley.

Soon, new players will arise who will win our affections. Cooley's left, sad though it may be, new favorites will arise.[/quote]

Great post. As a kid I grew up in the eighties and nintetie. Lots of players to love and they have all gone. This is the way of the sport we love so much.

Rak and Kerrigan are a couple of new guys to love, and we may have a great qb when it's all said and done.

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[quote=Coff;935018]Well, I know this isn't a popular opinion around here, but I don't mind seeing him go. I was never a fan of the blog and of all the non-football attention he managed to grab. It was always funny when he'd show up to practice in those silly shorts, but it always seemed to me to suggest he wasn't taking practice as seriously as he should have been. And reading about his drunken escapades on his blog sent a strange message to me about his priorities. Of course, to average football fans, the Cooley persona went over great, because it made him relatable, by I don't want my players to be relatable. I've been told on this site before to lighten up about criticizing Cooley, and I understand why I would have been told that. Nevertheless, I personally feel that for the past decade, the players in Washington have not been as committed to winning as the players on the more successful teams, that the collective approach and attitude from the locker room was far too laid back and not serious enough (Club Med?). For me, Cooley's off-field persona kind of personified that, even if he did always say the right things. I'll give the man credit, from his post-game interviews to his hysterical blog posts, he always knew what to say to make Redskin fans love him.[/quote]

...things aren't always as they seem

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[quote=rstone1979;935001]Well now the 2 redskins i have grown to love are gone. CP and now Cooley. It is a very hard pill to swallow. I dont even want to buy a jersey for the fear that they will be released or traded the next week. Guess this is the way the new NFL is going. I am sure he could have contributed in some form or fashion and would have helped all these young TEs learn the position. I understand Shanny wants to take this team in a different direction but it is still disapointing as a diehard Redskin fan. I hope that Shanny does get this team to the promise land but i still question some of his moves. Now i just have Moss to root for as he is still one of my favorites but how long before he is cut? I guess its time to get some new favorites but i just love the old reliable ones. Anyways im done with my rant and HTTR and may we have great success in the future with or without my favorite players[/quote]

Imagine how much worse you would feel if we actually won something with CP and Cooley, as we did with Art Monk and Darrell Green. Monk and Green were also great Redskins and good good people like Cooley. Add winning multiple Championships and the loss of them hurts even more.

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For all the obvious reasons, this is one of the tougher releases to stomach of any Washington Redskins player since I've been following the team. It was the right move though.

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I just don't get it though. Fred Davis is one strike away from a year long suspension and Nile Paul has a pretty bad case of the drops. Ironically enough I prefer Logan Paulsen at this point to Niles Paul. Hopefully I'm wrong because Paul has tons of upside at TE but right now it's nothing more then potential and empty Shanon Sharpe comparisons.

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[quote=Dirtbag59;935027]I just don't get it though. Fred Davis is one strike away from a year long suspension and Nile Paul has a pretty bad case of the drops. Ironically enough I prefer Logan Paulsen at this point to Niles Paul. Hopefully I'm wrong because Paul has tons of upside at TE but right now it's nothing more then potential and empty Shanon Sharpe comparisons.[/quote]

I'm not worried about Fred Davis and Trent Williams getting suspended for the year. I think they learned their lesson. Especially when Freds in a contract year, he knows that he messes up and he's going nowhere to get a good contract. '

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[quote=CultBrennan59;935030]I'm not worried about Fred Davis and Trent Williams getting suspended for the year. I think they learned their lesson. Especially when Freds in a contract year, he knows that he messes up and he's going nowhere to get a good contract. '[/quote]

True enough. And it's also nice that releasing Cooley gives him complete freedom to choose where he wants to go, assuming he still wants to play.

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I am thinking he will end up a Giant.

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[quote=T.O.Killa;935033]I am thinking he will end up a Giant.[/quote]

Please no. That would be awful.

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[quote=Dirtbag59;935037]Please no. That would be awful.[/quote]

No shit. Nothing would be worse that Captain Chaos himself wrecking our trash secondary twice a year while the fans blame BA and co for it happening.

IMO, he'll end up in either Arizona or with the Jets, both of which are fine by me.

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[quote=JGisLordOfTheRings;935039]No shit. Nothing would be worse that Captain Chaos himself wrecking our trash secondary twice a year while the fans blame BA and co for it happening.

IMO, he'll end up in either Arizona or with the Jets, both of which are fine by me.[/quote]

Jets, Ravens, Dolphins, Panthers are my guesses

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he grew up a broncos fan... they do have manning.

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[quote=CultBrennan59;935041]Jets, Ravens, Dolphins, Panthers are my guesses[/quote]

My list exactly.

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[quote=That Guy;935048]he grew up a broncos fan... they do have manning.[/quote]

Seems like the Broncos just drafted two TEs...