Skins To Meet With Cooley Next Week

[SKINS#1]

If I was ey and they wanted me as the backup FB vs TE, I would tell the Redskins, No Thanks.

[The Hogster]

If I was ey and they wanted me as the backup FB vs TE, I would tell the Redskins, No Thanks.

Why? He's out of work now and nobody cares what your position title is. Just ask Brandon Banks.

He was drafted as an H - Back which is essentially a hybrid FB/TE. I doubt ey cares what his job title is.

[KazooSkinsFan]

If I was ey and they wanted me as the backup FB vs TE, I would tell the Redskins, No Thanks.

Why? He's out of work now and nobody cares what your position title is. Just ask Brandon Banks.

He was drafted as an H - Back which is essentially a hybrid FB/TE. I doubt ey cares what his job title is.

Or Niles, Alexander, Orakpo, Barnes or the other guys who played different positions the last few years. In ey's case, I thought I read he was already practicing some FB in the offseason anyway. But the idea that a guy would pass on being flexible to play in the NFL is always a ridiculous comment.

[skinsfan#33]

If I was ey and they wanted me as the backup FB vs TE, I would tell the Redskins, No Thanks.

Why? He's out of work now and nobody cares what your position title is. Just ask Brandon Banks.

He was drafted as an H - Back which is essentially a hybrid FB/TE. I doubt ey cares what his job title is.

Or Niles, Alexander, Orakpo, Barnes or the other guys who played different positions the last few years. In ey's case, I thought I read he was already practicing some FB in the offseason anyway. But the idea that a guy would pass on being flexible to play in the NFL is always a ridiculous comment.

But only did he practice at FB that is just about all he played during the preseason. He played some FB three past two years with the Skins.

[skinsfan#33]

A reporter asked Allen about the possibility of ey coming back. He said there is absolutely a chance, in fact they're meeting next week. It wasn't like the team came out with a press release.

Friday, on espn 980 B Mitch or Doc asked Shany if the team would be open to brining cooley back and MS said they were never closed to brining him back and he confirmed that they were planning on meeting with ey next week. Now MS didn't sound like the meeting was already scheduled, so may be Bruce was saying that the team planned to meet with Chris and just worded out stop it sounded like they already had the meet planned.

[Red_One43]

If I was ey and they wanted me as the backup FB vs TE, I would tell the Redskins, No Thanks.

Cooley being ey would most likely say yes

“I absolutely can be happy with any role on this team,” ey said. “The Washington Redskins have played a huge part in my life. I daily feel like I want to do anything I can do for this team. I owe this organization a lot. The only thing I want to do is win. I want to win on this team. That’s the only thing I haven’t been able to do.”

[cowboykillerzRGiii]

He'll go.down in redskins history as one of the few that bled burgundy and gold from draft day till death... Your ma boy Coooooooley!

[KazooSkinsFan]

He'll go.down in redskins history as one of the few that bled burgundy and gold from draft day till death... Your ma boy Coooooooley!

[Red_One43]

Apparently the door is still open for a possible return for Chris ey. Bruce Allen confirmed as much and says the team will meet with ey next week. Per CBA rule changes, if ey is on the roster prior to week 1, his full 2012 salary would be guaranteed. There is no such guarantee if he is signed next week.

I would welcome him back obviously, but would be interested in learning who would be cut if he's re-signed.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/football-insider/wp/2012/09/07/no-sign-yet-if-a-team-will-sign-chris-cooley/

The Washington Redskins have left open the possibility of re-signing veteran tight end Chris ey and plan to meet with him next week, General Manager Bruce Allen said Friday.
Allen made those comments during an appearance at the National Press Club.
“Yes, absolutely that door is still open,” Allen said, according to the team. “We have a meeting next week.”[

Cut Rex and re-sign ey. Rex will be a phone call away when Shanny feels the need to put him back on the roster.

I am going to say ey gets re-signed tomorrow and Rex is let go.

[Irn-Bru]

A Rex-for-Cooley move would make me happy. It's pretty clear at this point that RGIII has learned everything he needed to from Sexy Rexy.

[Redskin in Canada]

I am going to say ey gets re-signed tomorrow and Rex is let go.

Writing is on the wall.

Rex was not even suited up to play yesterday. Cousins is our backup.

I am also happy to see what ey can do with this team now.

[KazooSkinsFan]

A Rex-for-Cooley move would make me happy. It's pretty clear at this point that RGIII has learned everything he needed to from Sexy Rexy.

What do you mean? No lollypop passes, no holding the ball too long, no bone head decision making. RG3 hasn't started to learn from Grossman. And we need to bring back Campbell too so he can show Robby how to drill the ball into the feet of an open receiver and not read a defense until everyone's in the locker room after the game.

My favorite part of Griffin though was how he threw it to pretty much every eligible receiver on the field, that shows amazing vision. I also liked that he didn't take off until he'd exhausted every option. Not that it's not exciting watching someone play like Vick, but too many injuries.

[KazooSkinsFan]

A Rex-for-Cooley move would make me happy. It's pretty clear at this point that RGIII has learned everything he needed to from Sexy Rexy.

And Fred was one of the few Redskins who sucked yesterday.

Maybe we cut Grossman, maybe we already did. But I personally don't think we should cut him. Grossman may be a terrible starter, but he's a good backup. The key word in cutting Grossman isn't Griffin, it's Cousins. They'd have to have a lot of confidence in him to cut Grossman.

[Deadskins]

A Rex-for-Cooley move would make me happy. It's pretty clear at this point that RGIII has learned everything he needed to from Sexy Rexy.

And Fred was one of the few Redskins who sucked yesterday.

Maybe we cut Grossman, maybe we already did. But I personally don't think we should cut him. Grossman may be a terrible starter, but he's a good backup. The key word in cutting Grossman isn't Griffin, it's Cousins. They'd have to have a lot of confidence in him to cut Grossman.

Well, if Rexy didn't even suit up yesterday, I'd say they have that confidence. On Davis sucking, I wonder if that was because he wasn't open, or he just wasn't targeted by Kyle.

[KazooSkinsFan]

A Rex-for-Cooley move would make me happy. It's pretty clear at this point that RGIII has learned everything he needed to from Sexy Rexy.

And Fred was one of the few Redskins who sucked yesterday.

Maybe we cut Grossman, maybe we already did. But I personally don't think we should cut him. Grossman may be a terrible starter, but he's a good backup. The key word in cutting Grossman isn't Griffin, it's Cousins. They'd have to have a lot of confidence in him to cut Grossman.

Well, if Rexy didn't even suit up yesterday, I'd say they have that confidence. On Davis sucking, I wonder if that was because he wasn't open, or he just wasn't targeted by Kyle.

I know what you're saying, but there's a difference between letting Cousins come in to finish one game if Griffin goes down and turning to him for the rest of the season. Clearly that's the plan for Cousins the next few years, but this one's a stretch. The whole team played well, you really want to be an injury away from finishing the year with a fourth round quarterback and the waiver wire?

[Deadskins]

It's not like cutting Rexy loose would mean he wouldn't necessarily be available if something happened to RGIII. Do you really think there would be a big scramble to sign him if we let him go?

[KazooSkinsFan]

It's not like cutting Rexy loose would mean he wouldn't necessarily be available if something happened to RGIII. Do you really think there would be a big scramble to sign him if we let him go?

That Grossman "may" be available if we need him doesn't address my point

[cleg]

I don't know about cutting Rex. Can someone explain why the regular center cannot be the long snapper also? That would make sense - IR Sundburg and bring ey back. Where was Niles Paul yesterday?

[Deadskins]

you really want to be an injury away from finishing the year with a fourth round quarterback and the waiver wire?

It's not like cutting Rexy loose would mean he wouldn't necessarily be available if something happened to RGIII. Do you really think there would be a big scramble to sign him if we let him go?

That Grossman "may" be available if we need him doesn't address my point

Sure it does. If no one else signs Rex, we can resign him if we need his services.

[Deadskins]

I don't know about cutting Rex. Can someone explain why the regular center cannot be the long snapper also? That would make sense - IR Sundburg and bring ey back.

Sundburg is better at it than anyone else. You don't want to chance a bad snap on FGs and PATs (Turk ), and he played with the arm the entire second half yesterday. He probably plays with a cast next week.

[KazooSkinsFan]

you really want to be an injury away from finishing the year with a fourth round quarterback and the waiver wire?

It's not like cutting Rexy loose would mean he wouldn't necessarily be available if something happened to RGIII. Do you really think there would be a big scramble to sign him if we let him go?

That Grossman "may" be available if we need him doesn't address my point

Sure it does. If no one else signs Rex, we can resign him if we need his services.

I'm not saying it doesn't address "any" point, I'm saying it didn't address "my" point. Since you quoted me, I was looking for it to address my point.

I said it's too risky to rely on the waiver wire and a 4th round rookie for the season if Griffin goes down.

Responding that Grossman may be available doesn't address that. Furthermore, even if he is, he won't have practiced with us between now and then.

We should totally not cut our backup to keep a special teams player, QB is too important. I like Cousins, but if he's our starter backed up by a journeyman in week three, our season is toast.

[Deadskins]

Anyone know what day this meeting was supposed to take place?

[skinsfan#33]

Anyone know what day this meeting was supposed to take place?

Not happening now (if it ever was), I suspect it had something to do with NS breaking his arm and our Bernstein shreading his knee.

[Deadskins]

Why would injuries at those positions affect our meeting with ey? Do you have a link to something that says the meeting was called off?

[skinsfan#33]

Why would injuries at those positions affect our meeting with ey? Do you have a link to something that says the meeting was called off?

I think I heard it in Shanny's Monday presser, but I can't remember for sure. I know it was reported and it was something I heard on the radio, but i'm sorry that I can't rember the exact time.

As far as unrelated injuries impacting ey's meeting, that was just a guess on my part as to why the meeting was waived off. If they did impact it, my guess would be that they had "bigger fish to fry" pertaining to those injuries.