Kyle Cook is back

[bfine32]

Originally Posted by Luvnit2

We paid a bandade 2.5 million for 2012 and it is all guaranteed I believe. So, that is why I think they will look elsewhere for cuts when Cook is back. Also, Robinson is a backup guard as well.

Either way dude is not gonna play. I don't think we'll short ourselves in another position just to keep a 3rd string OC on the roster.

[Dricis]

I look for cook to start mainly for one reason, strength. He can handle the bigger NT's better currently than robinson, and we'll need that down the stretch. Now next year, after Robinson has had all of this season and the offseason to bulk up and add some muscle...and then I think he'll do just fine against them. Losing that chemistry is going to ****, I guess it may depend on on how well cook does in practice with the rest of the line. I know I've seen centers go down before and the next guy up has no problem and nothing is really lost. It's when you start shuffling multiple guys on the o-line that it's normally a problem. And cook is a very experienced center, so I don't think it will be problem.

[eliminate08]

Originally Posted by Dricis

I look for cook to start mainly for one reason, strength. He can handle the bigger NT's better currently than robinson, and we'll need that down the stretch. Now next year, after Robinson has had all of this season and the offseason to bulk up and add some muscle...and then I think he'll do just fine against them. Losing that chemistry is going to ****, I guess it may depend on on how well cook does in practice with the rest of the line. I know I've seen centers go down before and the next guy up has no problem and nothing is really lost. It's when you start shuffling multiple guys on the o-line that it's normally a problem. And cook is a very experienced center, so I don't think it will be problem.

Cook wasn't handling the NT's or even DT's well in the Preseason.

I have seen nothing from Robinson that tells me he can't handle the big guys either.

[fullonbehavior]

When Cook is healthy he will (and should) be the starter. During this win streak we haven't played teams with complicated blitz packages. Cooks experience and smarts will be invaluable when we get to Pitt and Balt.