Joyner: Cooley underrated

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by Mattyk72

What I've shown is Gates has been a very productive TE in this league for several seasons, and Winslow has a long way to go before he is in the same class of Gates.

It's your personal opinon that Winslow is better, that's fine but I just thought maybe you had something more solid to back up your take with.

Well, then by the same standard, wouldn't Desmond Clark be better than Chris Cooley?

Yes, Gates has been very productive from several seasons, and good for him, but based on what the Chargers have tried to do on offense these last few years, I don't think Gates has been better than what we should have expected from the position and team. Winslow, I believe, has been better than what we expected from the position and team, albeit in very limited time.

Thats my case.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Well, then by the same standard, wouldn't Desmond Clark be better than Chris Cooley?

Not the same comparison at all.

Cooley at least has a few years under his belt where we can better judge him as a player and compare him to his peers. Winslow has just one complete season under his belt. Personally I'd like to see more of him before I put his name up there with the current top TEs.

Clark's numbers aren't that impressive anyway. In 8 seasons he has 218 catches, 2522 yards and 20 TDs.

In just 3 seasons Cooley has 165 catches, 1822 yards and 19 TDs.

Cooley >> Clark.