If Kubiak thinks that Abbate is as good as Cook, or that with some more coaching up and weight work he will be as good as Cook, then I think we can wave goodbye to Cook.
One of the nice things about not going out and spending money on top-tier free agents is that it allows a team the luxury of cutting someone who will cost dead money. The team eats the dead money in order to get younger, lower priced players who hopefully will get better. I think this is the way Kubiak and Smith think, and I like it. They look at the long term rather than the short term.
On the other hand, Abbate in Kubiak's mind may not have the makings of an NFL fullback. In that case, we'll keep on overpaying Cook until either his contract runs out or we find a replacement. The one thing that is for sure is that he is being overpaid.
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05-30-2008, 08:31 PM
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