I'd put Cooper ahead of Bell at WR.
Speaking of Cooper...I wonder if being on the baseball team is bringing him down a little bit. Every practice can make a difference. Spring football is a chance to improve and he's missing it to play baseball. He's a great athlete, but I'm just wondering if it's stunting him at all. It would also be interesting to hear how the coaches feel about it. While they're evaluating players in the spring, he's not there because he's playing baseball.
it sure as heck is bringing him down a bit. i wish he wouldn't play baseball, but i mean it's his best sport for now so we cante expect him to quit. i think Bell makes great strides this spring. he has all the play making potential, he just needs to get blocking down. maybe Gilmore will soon realize that CFBs and the NFLs best WRs usually aren't great blockers, and thats not why they're in. is it better if he can block? of course. but he's in there to catch passes which is going to be darn good at. i think Bell is 2nd string behind Kinnie for sure
I was thinking the same thing all year last year. Bell seems to have all the tools to be a great receiving threat. Gilmore has been quoted as saying that Bell didn't play because he didn't have the blocking down. We can question it all we want, but that is what our offense requires.
With our offense, the QB gets to the line, reads the D, and then calls the play. With that being said, Bell would become a liability as soon as Lee switches to the check down play (a running play).
IF we had some major threats at the skill positions then this wouldn't be as much of an issue.