2005 YAC leaders

[chipper803]

So many fans could tell you that Santana Moss was second in the NFL last season in YAC (both total & avg, to Steve Smith). But did you know that Chris Cooley was 6th? Led all tight ends, and was just behind Tiki Barber. That's effin' impressive.

[Sowers]

Never saw this guy get tackled by a single man in space on the first try, was always a second or third tackler needed to help bring him down, damn good player.

[Laxpunk2006]

That is outstanding for a guy his size. Usually fans would expect the small speedy guys to be the ones picking up all the YAC. Now thinking back on it Cooley did break a lot of tackles and was extremely effective at following blocks downfield.

[Santana_Fan]

Chris Cooley is a monster, he showed most of his breaking tackle abilities in the 2nd game against Dallas, on his 3rd TD reception.

[MakaveliRIP]

chris cooley
06-07 season probowler

[Bhutanibeast]

It really is surprising to think that a TE could be that high. Imagine if he ran a 4.4?!?!?haha

[jrockster21]

Chris Cooley is a monster, he showed most of his breaking tackle abilities in the 2nd game against Dallas, on his 3rd TD reception.


That was piss-poor tackling on the part of Newman, more than Cooley breaking the tackle. There are way better examples than that play!!

This is an amazing stat...I had no idea he was that high. The most amazing thing is that almost 63% of his total receiving yards were YACs -- by comparison, Moss is just under 42%. That is crazy...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/football/nfl/stats/2005/receiving/0_byRECPT_YAC.html

Thank god we "reached" in the 3rd round to draft him!! :laugh:



chris cooley
06-07 season probowl

Yeah...it really was a travesty that he wasn't selected this year. Especially after seeing that stat!!! :laugh:

[CPstretch]

cooley has been hard to tackle since he joined the skins. this year they loved throwing him that screen pass and letting him run over people. he had that one catch vs the 49ers that had to have been 40 yards YAC

[macnoke03]

very cool and interesting stat. i love watching Cooley play

[CPstretch]

im hoping our offense is so ridiculous this year that we have a lot of pro bowl selections, including cooooooooooooley

[the burgundy and gold]

the big boy can rumble

[Loxley]

Wow. An impressive stat, and soon hes gonna have an "impressive" haircut to match. :)

[Califan007]

That was piss-poor tackling on the part of Newman, more than Cooley breaking the tackle.
It can only be piss-poor tackling if the player actually attempts TO tackle...lol...Newman more or less tossed his shoulder somewhere at Cooley's waist and then just rolled over onto his back. Hell, even Parcells could barely stand to look at him on the sidelines after that feeble attempt at "tackling".

You're right, there are tons of examples of Cooley being manhandled by two or three tacklers and STILL getting extra yards... :cheers:

[XSean21TaylorX]

just work on holding the ball and blocking and he will be even better.

[Cheers, Beers and Mountaineers]

Chris Cooley = John Riggins playing H-Back

[CapitalDefense]

Actually I would expect the bigger guys to have a good YAC average. TE's are the ones breaking tackles, not to many WR's break tackles. WR's either catch and run or catch and get tackled immediately.

[MakaveliRIP]

Actually I would expect the bigger guys to have a good YAC average. TE's are the ones breaking tackles, not to many WR's break tackles. WR's either catch and run or catch and get tackled immediately.

wrs can juke you out with their madd awesome speed

[Matt [Redskins Fan]]

Thanks for bringing up this stat. I had no idea he was even close to the top in YAC.

As far as CapitalDefense's statement about TE's breaking tackles, this stat isn't about tackles broken, it's about YAC. Think about some differences between your typical WR and TE when they catch the ball:

WRs usually have beaten a man when they get the ball. That is to say, they have ideally gotten to a position where no defender can interfere with the catch. TEs usually get inside their man and use their body as a shield. Therefore, WRs are less likely (keep in mind, I'm not talking about specific examples here, this is probability) to even have to break a tackle. TEs are more likely to go down immediately after a catch, simply due to not getting into open space like a speedy WR can.

The fact that we didn't have a valid #2 flanker makes Cooley's numbers look even better. Way to go on the fact-finding.

[SKiNz Jus 2 sick]

Never saw this guy get tackled by a single man in space on the first try, was always a second or third tackler needed to help bring him down, damn good player.really i dont think ive seen cooley get tackled in the open field ethier by one person
it always seemed by atleast two people or by someone pushing him out of bounds

[skinfan2k]

i think he has been the best investment JOE GIbbs and company has done in the draft in 2 yrs.

[UltimateSkins]

Cooley will run you over if your not ready!

[HoyaSkins28]

Chris Cooley is the best 3rd round pick up in history

[Extreme]

So many fans could tell you that Santana Moss was second in the NFL last season in YAC (both total & avg, to Steve Smith). But did you know that Chris Cooley was 6th? Led all tight ends, and was just behind Tiki Barber. That's effin' impressive.

i thought cooley was the most impressive ive seen in a while at his position, and was definitely screwed outta the pro bowl

[AllAboutSkins08]

cooley is such a good player and that stat helps to prove it. defenses know him as a threat. and now since we have even more threats (randel el and lloyd) defenses are gonna have a hard time stopping us.

[TheSchwartz]

Not to get on Brunell, but that means at least 36% of his yards were the result of Moss and Cooley making plays. Haha...

[Enter Apotheosis]

Chris Cooley is the best 3rd round pick up in history

I definitely wouldn't say that... yet... but he is definitely one of the top recent 3rd round steals.

[jrockster21]

Yea, great YAC guy. But . . . he did have a tendancy to fumble. Needs to work on that, but you know that Gibbs will get it done :D


How does this rumor continue to propagate?? What, did you watch the game at New York and the Sunday Night game against Philly, and that's IT? He fumbled 3 times, and lost one. Tendency to fumble??? :rolleyes:


Cooley is a monster...you don't get voted hardest hitter on your team as a TE if you aren't a pure beast.

[CPstretch]

people thought we were going to take winslow with the first pick that year...WRONG. we took sean and had chris cooley waiting at round 3. it was beautiful!

[Enter Apotheosis]

That's a pretty smart draft, if you ask me.