Post by JABF on Sept 25, 2017 8:52:15 GMT -6
Says he learned from it made him a better man afterwards.
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"At least Cooper has someone he can commiserate with in the locker room. Linebacker Danny Trevathan was in his second season in Denver in 2013 when he intercepted Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco at the Baltimore 30-yard line and had nothing but clear sailing ahead of him. Trevathan raced for the end zone but dropped the ball at the 1-yard line before he crossed the line. The ball rolled into the end zone and because no one recovered the fumble, the Ravens were awarded the ball on their own 20-yard line as a touchback. Fortunately, Denver led 42-17 at the time so the gaffe had no bearing on the outcome.
“Dropped the ball before I got to the end zone,” Trevathan said. “I was like ‘Ahhhhh!!!’ I learned from that. Never again. But it made me better, man.
“I talked to Coop. I let him know, ‘I’ve been there, bro.’ Hang in there and it’ll make you better. He had the right attitude about it immediately.”
That attitude?
“I couldn’t dwell on that play,” Cooper said. “You move forward. As a corner, you have that next-play mentality. After that occurred in the first half, I let it go and just tried to make a play.”"
"At least Cooper has someone he can commiserate with in the locker room. Linebacker Danny Trevathan was in his second season in Denver in 2013 when he intercepted Ravens quarterback Joe Flacco at the Baltimore 30-yard line and had nothing but clear sailing ahead of him. Trevathan raced for the end zone but dropped the ball at the 1-yard line before he crossed the line. The ball rolled into the end zone and because no one recovered the fumble, the Ravens were awarded the ball on their own 20-yard line as a touchback. Fortunately, Denver led 42-17 at the time so the gaffe had no bearing on the outcome.
“Dropped the ball before I got to the end zone,” Trevathan said. “I was like ‘Ahhhhh!!!’ I learned from that. Never again. But it made me better, man.
“I talked to Coop. I let him know, ‘I’ve been there, bro.’ Hang in there and it’ll make you better. He had the right attitude about it immediately.”
That attitude?
“I couldn’t dwell on that play,” Cooper said. “You move forward. As a corner, you have that next-play mentality. After that occurred in the first half, I let it go and just tried to make a play.”"
"Marcus Cooper woke up Monday morning as one of the luckiest fellows in the Chicago area. Had the Bears lost that game in overtime, his name would be a punchline over office coffee by now. That was showboating gone bad and at least in these parts, it’s a play that will forever be attached to his name. One of the major talking points for general manager Ryan Pace and coach John Fox over the course of the last eight-plus months has centered around what they believe is a much improved culture at Halas Hall. There’s no place in that culture for such high-level nonsense, not from any player, especially not from one signed to a modest pay day in free agency ($16 million over three years with $8 million guaranteed). Cooper stopped running to the end zone for what would have been an easy touchdown after a blocked field goal and was caught and stripped from behind at the 1-yard line by hustling Steelers tight end Vance McDonald. Sorry, but that one play impugns Cooper’s football character. Resumes for front office folks, coaches and players include wins and losses and such a boneheaded play easily could have led to a loss for the Bears. It’s a hustle play – or in this instance a non-hustle play – and even in victory no one will soon forget. How can they when Leon Lett’s name has become a verb for similar buffoonery on a grander stage in Super Bowl XXVII?
“That was just a mistake on my part. I didn’t think anybody was that close to me. I slowed down, and the guy made a great play,” Cooper said. “I thought I was in. But, you know, obviously I wasn’t. Like I said, the guy came and made play.”
To Cooper’s credit, I thought he played pretty well on defense and he had a really nice breakup of a Ben Roethlisberger pass for Martavis Bryant at the goalline on a third-and-2 play from the 13-yard line in the fourth quarter. Effort, however, is never optional and Cooper failed to check that box."
“That was just a mistake on my part. I didn’t think anybody was that close to me. I slowed down, and the guy made a great play,” Cooper said. “I thought I was in. But, you know, obviously I wasn’t. Like I said, the guy came and made play.”
To Cooper’s credit, I thought he played pretty well on defense and he had a really nice breakup of a Ben Roethlisberger pass for Martavis Bryant at the goalline on a third-and-2 play from the 13-yard line in the fourth quarter. Effort, however, is never optional and Cooper failed to check that box."
) it's not all good because that's close enough. It's not and that's where I'm coming from. So just because we won does not get Cooper off the hook for his carelessness and stupidity. If he can't recognize the goal line from the 5 yard line by now maybe he should seek a new career. 
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