Packers Sign Jared Cook

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The Packers reached a deal with the former Rams tight end Thursday. Cook flew into Green Bay on Sunday and was set to take a physical Monday.

Packers coach Mike McCarthy met with Cook when he visited Green Bay earlier this month and gave a glowing report of the 6-foot-5 tight end at the NFL owners meetings last week.

"I spent a lot of time with Jared Cook and he’s a fine, fine young man," McCarthy said. "I was impressed with him."

 

http://www.packersnews.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/insidersblog/2016/03/28/packers-agree-deal-jared-cook/82335282/

 

Dude has been pretty lazy most of his career it seems like, never fully realizing his potential. Hope he can turn it around, but not expecting it.

Edited March 28, 2016 by Favre4Ever

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This not an issue for Minnesota, as Barr and Kendricks are great against TEs, but the rest of the division? I dunno.

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how is this guy still in the league?

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another lazy fatass to go with the squad lulz

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Jermichael Finley 2.0 Incoming

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Last good QB Cook had was...?

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Last good QB Cook had was...?

 

Aaron Rodgers.

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https://twitter.com/packers/status/714562974401241088

 

 

He is the reason for excitement this offseason, a potential savior for what had been the Packers most neglected position. He is not the league’s two-time MVP.

Those three letters inspire a certain appreciation from Cook, who has spent his first seven NFL seasons playing with quarterbacks named Rusty Smith, Kellen Clemens, Austin Davis — a list as long as it is depressing.

Rodgers will be the 12th quarterback to throw Cook a pass in the NFL. Before him, the best probably was Matt Hasselbeck.

 

http://www.packersnews.com/story/sports/nfl/packers/2016/03/29/aaron-rodgers-drew-jared-cook-packers/82378938/

Edited March 31, 2016 by Favre4Ever

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http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000664981/article/can-jared-cook-make-packers-offense-any-better?campaign=fb-nf-sf26960972-sf26960972

 

Can Jared Cook make Packers' offense any better?

 

Might Packers tight end Jared Cook be one of the most overlooked free agent signings of the year?

 

The 29-year-old former third-round pick has been a more-than-serviceable pass-catching tight end over the past five seasons despite a rotating cast of misery behind center in both St. Louis and Nashville. Green Bay picked him up for cents on the dollar and, so far, he is earning rave reviews.

 

"Jared looks good," Packers coach Mike McCarthy said this week, via the team's official site. "He's a big target, very athletic. He's been an excellent addition. He's been everything we thought he would be. He looks to get more comfortable each time we line up."

 

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been spectacular in almost all of his eight NFL seasons as a starter, but two of his best, 2011 and 2012, seemed to coincide with the prime years of the last dependable tight end the Packers had -- Jermichael Finley. Finley, who was in his age 24 and 25 seasons, caught 116 passes for 1,434 yards and 10 touchdowns between 2011 and 2012. Richard Rodgers was respectable in 2015 with eight touchdown catches, but did not pose the same type of matchup threat.

 

Watching Rodgers last year, we saw a quarterback desperate for receiving talent slightly above replacement level. Against the Redskins in the playoffs, it was clear how dependent he was on aging veterans like James Jones. It appeared that only a few routes and concepts were working.

 

Cook might not blast open Green Bay's playbook, but his arrival comes hand in hand with the return of Jordy Nelson and the expected resetting of Green Bay's offense. Now, everyone slides back into their natural place in Rodgers' progressions and there is a dynamic tight end adding some mismatch potential off the line.

 

Rodgers, who threw 31 touchdowns to just eight picks a year ago, is ready for that first number to go up by 10 or so again. Cook is a step in the right direction toward making it happen.

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Cook always gets rave reviews in camp, until I see it in season I'm not buying it

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Cook always gets rave reviews in camp, until I see it in season I'm not buying it

Well now he has arguably the best QB in the game today throwing to him, so he doesn't have any more excuses if he does his typical disappearing act when the lights come on.

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Well now he has arguably the best QB in the game today throwing to him, so he doesn't have any more excuses if he does his typical disappearing act when the lights come on.

the QB certainly impacts the performance of the pass catchers, but that doesn't excuse seven years of not playing up to potential

Edited May 26, 2016 by oochymp

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He has said multiple times that he has more motivation than ever because of playing with Aaron.

 

http://www.packers.com/media-center/videos/Cook-feels-huge-motivation-playing-with-Rodgers/02a1a02e-37c4-41ee-8ff9-cb6683a0a702

 

I don't think he is going to blow the doors open or anything. He won't be prime Antonio Gates or Jason Witten or Tony Gonzalez, but he will do enough. As long as Aaron trusts him enough to throw him the ball.

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you might be right, and I kinda hope you are because I'd hate to see him continue to waste his talent (well, I guess it's not entirely fair to call a seven year NFL career "wasting talent" but you know what I mean) but I've seen the Jared Cook off-season hype train for seven years so I'm not ready to buy in yet