Chris Cooley. Someone that Washington fans have grown to trust over the years considering the amount of arrivals and departures from the team. But in recent weeks, Chris Cooley has received a lot of negative feedback for his inability to perform in games, with only 7 receptions for less than 70 yards on the season thus far. Fans may not know but he reported to Coach Shanahan that Fred Davis should receive (no pun intended) most of the looks for Tight End. Since then, Davis has been leading the team in receiving yards through Week 4. But let's look at it from a different perspective.
Chris Cooley is now 29. It is common knowledge that, since arriving in D.C., Coach Shanahan is trying to get the team younger. In one year Shanahan reduced the average age of the Redskins from 27.8 (the "oldest" team in the NFL) to 27.08. The average NFL age is 27.2. From a numbers perspective it does not seem like much. Now that we know this, Chris Cooley is an extremely seasoned veteran. Fans must now accept that Cooley's prime is behind him and the Fred Davis at TE era has begun. It seems a sad revelation to think that the most reliable Redskin over the past few years may be in a steady decline, I am happy to know that he has the grace to hand the torch to Fred Davis.
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