What's gonna happen at WR?

[Rayman70]

Have you seen him play? He is not a sit in the pocket and throw darts QB by any stretch of the imagination.

his rookie year he was. He IS capable, but doesn't need to be that pocket guy. He can be both...a pocket guy and a on the move QB and still have great success.

 

[CATCH17]

You don't think Cobb is capable of replacing Beasley? Of course, I know he has had some injury issues in recent years, but that is really my only concern.

The Brown at TE idea has been floating around this board a couple of years, and I understand the thinking to a point. But I don't recall ever hearing anything like that from the Cowboys themselves, and I really think Blake Jarwin could handle that role anyway. I personally think Gathers is on his way out regardless. Witten, Jarwin and Schultz will stick, and I doubt they will want to keep a 4th TE. Of course, I suppose Brown could be the emergency TE in a pinch if there were injuries.

Brown will never be a line up and put his hand in the dirt TE.

He'll be used as a guy that can block out in space but we'll never see him with a DE to block. Even in an emergency situation.

 

[OmerV]

Brown will never be a line up and put his hand in the dirt TE.

He'll be used as a guy that can block out in space but we'll never see him with a DE to block. Even in an emergency situation.

I tend to agree, which to me means he is a long shot to ever be kept as a TE. The Cowboys may use a TE split out at times, but I don't think they will keep someone specifically for that purpose. In short, I believe if Brown can't make the team as a WR, he likely won't make it at all.

 

[Cowpolk]

They will catch some passes drop some passes and score some TD's

 

[buybuydandavis]

Cobb's issue was 2018 when he played through an injury and missed 7 games.

Taking out 2018 for Cobb makes an easy comparison with Beasley
because it's then the same number of years.

Below is a comparison of Cobb and Beasley for the first 7 years of their careers.

Cobb is better in all of the categories/years below except Yards per Game in 2016.

Note: 2011/12 is 2011 for Cobb and 2012 for Beasley.

Rec per Game
Year …...... Cobb .. Beasley ... Diff
2011/12 ….. 1.67 ….. 1.50 ….. 0.17
2012/13 ….. 5.33 ….. 2.79 ….. 2.55
2013/14 ….. 5.17 ….. 2.31 ….. 2.85
2014/15 ….. 5.69 ….. 3.25 ….. 2.44
2015/16 ….. 4.94 ….. 4.69 ….. 0.25
2016/17 ….. 4.62 ….. 2.40 ….. 2.22
2017/18 ….. 4.40 ….. 4.06 ….. 0.34

Yards per Game
Year …....... Cobb ….. Beasley .... Diff
2011/12 ….. 25.00 ….. 12.80 ….. 12.20
2012/13 ….. 63.60 ….. 26.29 ….. 37.31
2013/14 ….. 72.17 ….. 26.25 ….. 45.92
2014/15 ….. 80.44 ….. 33.50 ….. 46.94
2015/16 ….. 51.81 ….. 52.06 ….. -0.25
2016/17 ….. 46.92 ….. 20.93 ….. 25.99
2017/18 ….. 43.53 ….. 42.00 ….. 1.53

TDs per Game
Year …...... Cobb .. Beasley ... Diff
2011/12 ….. 0.07 ….. 0.00 ….. 0.07
2012/13 ….. 0.53 ….. 0.14 ….. 0.39
2013/14 ….. 0.67 ….. 0.25 ….. 0.42
2014/15 ….. 0.75 ….. 0.31 ….. 0.44
2015/16 ….. 0.38 ….. 0.31 ….. 0.07
2016/17 ….. 0.31 ….. 0.27 ….. 0.04
2017/18 ….. 0.27 ….. 0.19 ….. 0.08

All aggregate numbers, not *per target* numbers, which I consider the more relevant stat, and was what I brought up.