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this is a discussion within the Saints Community Forum; Saints Coach Sean Payton told Sirius XM Radio Tuesday that he “absolutely” expects wide receiver Brandin Cooks to be back with the team in 2017. “If you really want to cut down to the chase, he’s a magnificent kid,” Payton ...

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Old 02-21-2017, 09:26 PM   #1
 
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Payton addresses speculation, expects Cooks back with Saints

Saints Coach Sean Payton told Sirius XM Radio Tuesday that he “absolutely” expects wide receiver Brandin Cooks to be back with the team in 2017.

“If you really want to cut down to the chase, he’s a magnificent kid,” Payton said, per the New Orleans Times-Picayune. “[He’s] a worker. He’s not a kid anymore. He’s a tremendous player. He practices 100 miles per hour. You have to slow him down some. He’s got a great rapport with Drew [Brees].”

There had been some speculation that the Saints could look to move Cooks in order to help fix their leaky defense. That seems to have stemmed from comments Cooks made after he went without a touch in a blowout win late last season over the Rams.

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I really thought cooks was a different type of player but after that Rams game and his comments... I really don't care for him anymore.... he was more worried about his stats than a team win...
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I really thought cooks was a different type of player but after that Rams game and his comments... I really don't care for him anymore.... he was more worried about his stats than a team win...
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“It’s one of those things, as a competitor, I was frustrated. But at the same time, our offense was moving the ball and we won the game, so that was the bright side of it,” Cooks said, via ESPN.com. “I’m just thinking from a competition standpoint, I always want to help, I feel like, and I necessarily didn’t that game. I feel like from my mindset, when I touch the ball, things happen, and I just want to help my team in that way.”
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SP trading a player he target and packed picks to move up and get? that is not his MO.

His MO is thinking one chess piece alone will solve a problem. Drops the ball by not getting the other pieces to make it work.

SP plays a lot of checkers with personnel not chess
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Cooks put a bad taste in my mouth too, but when it comes down to it there is no reason to break up the best WR combo in the NFL at this point, even if it is to improve the defense.
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Or you can say he doesn't have to go anywhere for the D to improve.
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One game and a comment from Cooks.

Some blew this way out of proportion.
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Don't forget that they brought in Colston to talk to him and after that pep talk from the veteran in private, Cooks has been pretty close to "Quiet Storm 2.0" ever since.
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One game and a comment from Cooks.

Some blew this way out of proportion.
and what he said wasn't even that inflammatory
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