Do you think Davis would go back to his 2012 form in the current offense we have(not trying to find a justification for playing time, just wondering your opinion)? Did he look any better as camp got closer to ending as they dialed the offense back? How did Clemens look in a more spread offense this offseason? Do you think we woulda kept a more spread offense this year if Stacy had started the season and we had a real running game? One last question, Cook always seemed like he was beasting it up in trainging camp, yet we all know that wasn't the case as the year went on, what happened? Was it the system change? himself just not living up to the hype(my choice), etc?
Just curious about all this. I have always wanted to attend camp but never been able to, and these are the things i love hearing about.
I have no idea if he can or cant regain whatever it was he had in 2012. I pretty much didn't care for either of them throughout training camp. So, IMO, both Clemens and Davis left a lot to be desired. But I will at least say, IMO, they kept the right guy. Even if Bradford had never been injured, Clemens brought a veteran presence,, he had a total understanding of the offense, and whether people want to believe it or not, has been a good sounding board to Bradford.
I don't think Stacy being the RB would have made any difference in how they approached the scheme at the beginning of the year. And even if it had, he wasn't ready. He missed a lot of training camp, and just didn't look like the back he has developed into.
And yes, Cook looked like a beast throughout camp. I don't think it has as much to do with him not living up to the hype, but again, teams do their homework. After all the accolades coming out of the camp reports, and seeing the game he had in the opener against the Cardinals, he was a guy teams schemed to take away. If you take a closer look at the Arizona game, they played a "Man-2" scheme against us primarily They put Peterson on Givens, and Mathieu on Austin with safeties over the top, taking away the deep ball. That left Cook isolated on a LB most of the day.
Then, we get to ATL, and what do they do? They play primarily zone, neutralizing Cook's ability to take advantage of the mismatches. Has he been the productive player they hoped for? Obviously not. But again, after Bradford went down, and they changed their entire approach, he just hasn't been a big part of what they are trying to do.
