Class of 2023 WR Johntay Cook (TX) TRANSFERRING TO SYRACUSE (5/1/25)

[DomeHolmes]

Yeah but can he not get jammed at the line of scrimmage? Thats the big question.

Very rarely do slot receivers get jammed. Most dbs play off the receiver with inside shade to take away the slant. It’s hard to jam a quick receiver on a slant route.

 

[sufan59]

Very rarely do slot receivers get jammed. Most dbs play off the receiver with inside shade to take away the slant. It’s hard to jam a quick receiver on a slant route.

And that is why if Johntay Cook is out there playing it’s more then just yardage, it changes what you can and can’t do in the offense. The added challenge for defenses. If you play Cook soft in the middle of the field, he may just need to break one tackle to take it the distance. But if you play Cook tight. It opens the receivers on the outside which may easily create space with the attention to the middle of the field. QB hopefully reads the coverage on Cook well.

 

[wfschrec]

Very rarely do slot receivers get jammed. Most dbs play off the receiver with inside shade to take away the slant. It’s hard to jam a quick receiver on a slant route.

I used the sarcasm font here … read back in this thread as I made this same point. I feel like I’m taking crazy pills.

 

[DomeHolmes]

And that is why if Johntay Cook is out there playing it’s more then just yardage, it changes what you can and can’t do in the offense. The added challenge for defenses. If you play Cook soft in the middle of the field, he may just need to break one tackle to take it the distance. But if you play Cook tight. It opens the receivers on the outside which may easily create space with the attention to the middle of the field. QB hopefully reads the coverage on Cook well.

I would also like to see more jet sweeps like we used with Pena on the play to win the Miami game. Nixon does a great job, but I feel like that was under utilized last year and Cook could be a weapon there.

 

[Capt. Tuttle]

I would also like to see more jet sweeps like we used with Pena on the play to win the Miami game. Nixon does a great job, but I feel like that was under utilized last year and Cook could be a weapon there.

Over use vs element of surprise. The OC dilemma.

 

[walsh2012]

I would also like to see more jet sweeps like we used with Pena on the play to win the Miami game. Nixon does a great job, but I feel like that was under utilized last year and Cook could be a weapon there.

i love jet sweeps because they're basically just a running play

 

[OttoinGrotto]

You obviously never saw Scott Schwedes if you think Cook is thick in the middle. (That guy had insane Jets for a guy who had the OG “dad bod” for a receiver).

Isn't Scott Schwedes like 90 years old?

 

[baggerbob]

i love jet sweeps because they're basically just a running play

Cook on one side and James on the other, have both come back and QB gets to decide where to pitch reading the defense.
Would really mess up the defensive guys. Probably a penalty 2 guys in motion, so wouldn't work.

 

[PAcuse]

Isn't Scott Schwedes like 90 years old?

60

 

[SUFaninNJ]

Isn't Scott Schwedes like 90 years old?

 

[EnviroSciGuy]

Isn't Scott Schwedes like 90 years old?

You're in for it now.

 

[normaliswear]

If Cook is back in 26... the talent we can put out at wr is... terrifying, for opposing teams.

 

[CA Monk]

Isn't Scott Schwedes like 90 years old?

Maybe thinking of his 87-year old dad Gerhard, captain of the '59 team.

Gerhard Schwedes - Wikipedia

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But knowing you OinG, you was just funnin' us.

 

[sufan59]

If Cook is back in 26... the talent we can put out at wr is... terrifying, for opposing teams.

 

[SUFaninNJ]

Maybe thinking of his 87-year old dad Gerhard, captain of the '59 team.

Gerhard Schwedes - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

But knowing you OinG, you was just funnin' us.

Since I went to high school with Scott, and he married a classmate of mine, it hit a little close to home.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

Maybe thinking of his 87-year old dad Gerhard, captain of the '59 team.

Gerhard Schwedes - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

But knowing you OinG, you was just funnin' us.

No, I wish I could take credit for funnin' y'all but it was Gerhard Schwedes I was thinking of.

 

[Orangefizz]

Since I went to high school with Scott, and he married a classmate of mine, it hit a little close to home.

Also went to high school with Scott. What a great athlete he was

 

[SUFaninNJ]

Also went to high school with Scott. What a great athlete he was

We had a few during that time period; Schwedes, Drummond, Lux, Palumb, Lacombe, Kousmanidis among others.

 

[SUFaninNJ]

No, I wish I could take credit for funnin' y'all but it was Gerhard Schwedes I was thinking of.

I did not, in fact, go to school with his dad. I think I’m going to lay down for awhile.

 

[OttoinGrotto]

I did not, in fact, go to school with his dad. I think I’m going to lay down for awhile.

I just woke up from a nap.

 

[SUFaninNJ]

I just woke up from a nap.

Me too. Not sure why I fought them as a kid. They’re life changing.

 

[Franz69]

Since I went to high school with Scott, and he married a classmate of mine, it hit a little close to home.

Holy cow, you're 90?!

 

[texascpa]

Me too. Not sure why I fought them as a kid. They’re life changing.

I had a 2-hour one early today. Absolutely hate them, wasting what few hours I have left on this planet.

 

[SUFaninNJ]

Holy cow, you're 90?!

And I don’t look a day over 80!

 

[JuiceMeUp]

Not sure if this has been posted already but here’s a podcast with Johntay from right after he committed to us. Doesn’t go into great depth but gives you a better idea of what happened the past couple years from his perspective. Seems like a good kid who got things thrown at him that he wasn’t ready to handle mentally and lost himself as a result. Credits Fran for why he choose Cuse and his belief in him as not just a player but a person (fast forward to 27 minute mark for Syracuse discussion).