The Ten Most Important Tennessee Titans in 2011: #6 Jared Cook

by Aditya T (smashville) on Jul 23, 2011 7:00 AM CDT in Tennessee Titans Commentary

Bo Scaife isn't going to be back, and despite your opinion of him, he was our best receiving tight end for a number of years. Jared Cook has supposed to have been the next great thing since his rookie year, but he hasn't really gotten many opportunities due to Jeff Fisher's loyalty to Scaife. Opposing defenses need to see Cook as a threat and take men out of the box to cover him and give Chris Johnson some more space.

We saw how much trouble the Titans defense had with opposing tight ends. If Jared Cook plays as well as we think he can, he can become the third big playmaker that this team needs, along with CJ and Britt. Along with a decent quarterback, that Titans offense can be exciting.

Cook seems excited and has the right attitude. "This is a big year for me. I have to get better. It is a year for me to take advantage of what is in front of me. (New coordinator Chris Palmer) is excited about me, and I am excited about me as well. I can be a big playmaker for him."

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I root for Cook alot.

Not just because it would make our offense awesome, but because he hasn’t been upset and angry about being benched in favor of Bo Scaife. I would be angry being benched of Scaife.

Ain't no time for hesitatin'
All you got to do is groove

Music City Miracles Hall Of Fame, Class of 2010

by BonzosMontreaux on Jul 23, 2011 7:07 AM CDT reply actions

like a lot of NFL players picked in late rounds

he’s just happy to make the squad, if he stays on long enough he can eventually start and now he gets his chance to shine

Collins gave us the best chance to win ma ballz

by Grimerz757 on Jul 23, 2011 9:04 AM CDT up reply actions

He was a 3rd round pick, not exactly a nobody.

Ain't no time for hesitatin'
All you got to do is groove

Music City Miracles Hall Of Fame, Class of 2010

by BonzosMontreaux on Jul 23, 2011 9:19 AM CDT up reply actions

yeah... but

being picked even THAT late can humble you, I think we’re one of those teams who have alot of our best players picked in later rounds in football… but he might have been that humble from the start, we’re gonna have probably a monsta offense once we get settled

Collins gave us the best chance to win ma ballz

by Grimerz757 on Jul 23, 2011 9:45 AM CDT up reply actions