07-30-2015, 03:07 PM
(07-30-2015, 02:57 PM)RoyleRedlegs Wrote: That didn't happen as much as it was said to have. That was mostly message board hype. When Cook lost a battle it looked bad, but he lost far fewer than Bodine did.
Sure but he was never as bad as some say.
It's just PFF but if he was as bad as some say he wouldn't have a career +8.5 rating...if he was getting ragdolled everywhere it would be a negative.
Bodine currently sits at -15.6
Yes it was his rookie year. But all that shows is he probably shouldn't have been starting as a rookie..
People hated Cook long before the injury. People needed a scapegoat. He was an easy target, former UDFA, no real hype around him....
I think the two parts I bolded go hand in hand. He was an easy target because it often looked BRUTAL when he got beat. It really made it look a lot worse than he was, and I believe he did have a pretty rough season which turned on the message board hate patrol.
I don't think Maualuga is a great LB, but he had that one terrible season and now there is a portion of the fanbase that will say "Maualuga sucks" no matter what he does. I believe the same happened with Cook. After the first season where he looked mediocre it became the narrative that he's really bad.
