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Cockrell traded

Discussion in 'Steelers Talk' started by strummerfan, Sep 2, 2017.

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  1. RPO IZSB

    RPO IZSB Well-Known Member

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    The Steelers were able to upgrade a position, where a player who played well last year (factually indisputable) was no longer as good of a fit as they transitioned to more Man coverage. That same player (Cockrell), lacked the versatility to keep a roster spot (no slot/special teams). You can try to correlate the roster changes to validation of a poorly informed opinion from last year. You're still wrong.

    Sean Davis was awful last year, and has been the worst DB this preseason.
     
    RPO IZSB, Sep 2, 2017
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  2. SteelCity_NB

    SteelCity_NB Staff Member Mod Team

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    Davis has been bad but tough to say Golden wasn't worse.
     
    SteelCity_NB, Sep 2, 2017
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  3. RPO IZSB

    RPO IZSB Well-Known Member

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    That's fair.
     
    RPO IZSB, Sep 2, 2017
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  4. Steel_Elvis

    Steel_Elvis Staff Member Mod Team

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    Golden is horrid. Not NFL caliber. Davis at least offers potential.
     
    Steel_Elvis, Sep 2, 2017
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  5. SteelCity_NB

    SteelCity_NB Staff Member Mod Team

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    Oh for sure. Davis will get better.

    I never bought into why people thought he was so good last year. He looked like a rookie 2nd round pick.

    Hopefully he will get better but our safety situation is scary bad.
     
    SteelCity_NB, Sep 2, 2017
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  6. AskQuestionsLater

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    More like catastrophic if Sean, Mike or whoever our safety pick up is gets injured.



    No doubt about that. Be that as it may though, Sean Davis did look like a rookie but there were some bright spots last year for him. Not many, but they were noticable.
     
    AskQuestionsLater, Sep 2, 2017
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  7. Wardismvp

    Wardismvp Well-Known Member

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    Lets keep our fingers crossed.
     
    Wardismvp, Sep 3, 2017
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  8. steelersrule6

    steelersrule6 Well-Known Member

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    You're just butthurt because you were championing Cockrell, and the bottom line is he sucks. At least Davis has some upside, Cockrell can't play man so he was expendable we agree on that.
     
    steelersrule6, Sep 3, 2017
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  9. RPO IZSB

    RPO IZSB Well-Known Member

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    I'm not butthurt. I'm happy with the move. As soon as Haden was signed, my opinion was to cut/trade Cockrell. I'm pragmatic. I don't get into agenda bias... love/hate player nonsense.
     
    RPO IZSB, Sep 3, 2017
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  10. BigD43

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    What do you all think we'll end up in return for him? A 7th? Maybe a 6th?
     
    BigD43, Sep 3, 2017
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  11. Diamond

    Diamond Well-Known Member

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    He had only 9 starts with 70 tackles combined, with 5 pdefs 1 int which as a rookie learning the position at the NFL level wasn't that bad, I expect him to be a lot better this year but if he doesn't show improvement i'll help you bash him:cool:....
     
    Diamond, Sep 3, 2017
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  12. santeesteel

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    Just saw that we traded Cockrell to the Giants for a pick. Can't say that this breaks my heart!
     
    santeesteel, Sep 3, 2017
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  13. jeh1856

    jeh1856 Beer is good

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    jeh1856, Sep 3, 2017
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  14. blackandgoldpatrol

    blackandgoldpatrol Well-Known Member

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    I'm not surprised.... he's struggled all pre-season..
    I've been saying for the past 2 seasons that cockrell was strictly a zone defender... the switch to more man coverage made him a liability
     
    blackandgoldpatrol, Sep 6, 2017
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