The Facts:
Cobb may be a rising star, a future All-Pro. But one problem from 2012 has spilled into the first week of training camp -- the occasional bout of butterfingers. Through camp, the 5-10, 192-pounder already has dropped at least four in competitive drills. On Wednesday and Thursday, he muffed the first pass thrown to him in the receiver-friendly one-on-one drills against cornerbacks. And after Thursday's drop, in the next period, a wide-open Cobb couldn't handle a catchable ball from Rodgers on a seam route, prompting one nearby fan to shout, "Alligator arms!"
Reported by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Fantasy Football Diehards Line:
Cobb? Drops? HC Mike McCarthy dismissed the issue. "Randall Cobb catches the football very well," McCarthy said. "He might drop a ball. I don't know if there's a concern. But it's something we spend a lot of time on. We need to catch the football better. ... I've never been part of a perimeter group that accepts anything less than being 100 percent, and that's what we're striving for. As far as Randall Cobb's evaluation of catching the football, he has very good hands." As Journal-Sentinel staffer Tyler Dunne reminded readers, good enough hands to warrant continuous praise from Aaron Rodgers. The QB believes Cobb can be "a 100-catch guy." But for that to happen -- year in, year out -- Cobb will need to cut down his drops. Last season, according to statistics kept by the Journal Sentinel, Cobb had a team-high 10 dropped passes. We'll go ahead and stress that fantasy owners shouldn't sweat this one. Cobb still looks like a high-end PPR prospect if for no other reason than Rodgers thinks he'll be that.
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