Joyner: Cooley underrated

[12thMan]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I am not on any crack. You guys act like if Cooley left our offense would totally fall apart. I love the guy and def DO NOT want him to leave and we should pay him accordingly. But there are by my count about 10-13 guys in the NFL that have his skill set. It's not like we could never find a guy to do what he does. My point is he should be paid like some of the top guys, but it's not like he isn't replaceable. That's all I'm saying becasue I think he is replaceable. Put it this way. If it came down to us getting a pass rusher, or keeping Cooley I would take the pass rusher becasue they are harder to find.

Here are TE's in the NFL that can do what Cooley does, or do it better than him.

Witten
Heap
Crumpler
Gates
Watson
Gonzalez
V. Davis
Shockey
LJ Smith
Dallas Clark
The TE drafted by Chicago forgot his name.
D. Graham
Winslow

He's replaceable. What does that mean exactly? You can line another body in that position and the Redskins will be just as fine? If that's the case, couldn't that same be said of, well, all the positions across the board?

If you believe there are curently 13 TE better than Chris Cooley, then there's no trying to reason this point.