In the First Round, Saints Pick Wide Reciever Brandin Cooks

ProMallNinja · 05-09-2014, 12:32 AM

Originally Posted by Jack Vegas

The thing that just kind of blows my mind is that we got Stills in the 5th round last year, but we had to trade up this year to get Cooks in the 1st round of a draft that was supposedly stacked with receivers. And they are very similar players. Is Cooks really THAT much better than Stills? And with Brees' accuracy issues last year especially on the deep ball, will we be able to take advantage of all this speed?

Like the player from what I've read, but I just can't stop thinking that we could've had Verrett, which would've really shored up our corner position, then still been able to snag a WR like Landry or Jordan Matthews in the 2nd.

Stills was "good" in college. Cooks was an absolute stud.

Stills' last year at OK: 82 receptions, 959 yards, 11.7 ypc, 11 TDs.

Cooks last season: 128 receptions (pac 10 record), 1730 yards (most in football last season), 13.5 ypc, 16 TDs, and more 20+ yard plays than any skill player in college football last season.

His only knock is height. Like someone else said, had he been a few inches taller, we wouldn't be having this conversation, because he would've been long gone in the top 10.

Bruce Ellington is probably a little closer to a Stills counterpart in this draft.... Cooks is a notch or two above.

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05-09-2014, 12:32 AM	#11
ProMallNinja Site Donor 2014 Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: MS Gulf Coast Posts: 242	Re: In the First Round, Saints Pick Wide Reciever Brandin Cooks Originally Posted by Jack Vegas The thing that just kind of blows my mind is that we got Stills in the 5th round last year, but we had to trade up this year to get Cooks in the 1st round of a draft that was supposedly stacked with receivers. And they are very similar players. Is Cooks really THAT much better than Stills? And with Brees' accuracy issues last year especially on the deep ball, will we be able to take advantage of all this speed? Like the player from what I've read, but I just can't stop thinking that we could've had Verrett, which would've really shored up our corner position, then still been able to snag a WR like Landry or Jordan Matthews in the 2nd. Stills was "good" in college. Cooks was an absolute stud. Stills' last year at OK: 82 receptions, 959 yards, 11.7 ypc, 11 TDs. Cooks last season: 128 receptions (pac 10 record), 1730 yards (most in football last season), 13.5 ypc, 16 TDs, and more 20+ yard plays than any skill player in college football last season. His only knock is height. Like someone else said, had he been a few inches taller, we wouldn't be having this conversation, because he would've been long gone in the top 10. Bruce Ellington is probably a little closer to a Stills counterpart in this draft.... Cooks is a notch or two above. Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk mleg1972 and frydaddy like this.

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