SI.com - Gibbs, 'Skins feeling more comfortable

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Monksdown, I respectfully and strongly disagree with your assessment of Cooley.

First, Cooley didn't even PLAY in 3 games last season (that won't happen in 2005).

Second, Gibbs has expressly stated that he didn't realize just how good Cooley was until mid-way through the season. Expect Cooley to get much more work in 2005.

Third, in the first half of the season, Cooley had 10 catches for 87 yards. In the latter half of the season Cooley had 27 catches for 227 yards and 4 TDs. If Cooley just plays at the level that he did in the latter half of the season for all of next year (which is highly likely given how piss poor our passing offense was last year), he projects to score 8 TDs on 54 catches for 454 yards - that's a damn good season. That sort of season would put him behind only the likes of Gates, Gonzalez, and Witten.