Why Jordy Nelson Injury Makes Randall Cobb a Must-Start Fantasy Player

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Randall Cobb of the Green Bay Packers is today a weekly vision sport start.

According to Dan Hanzus of NFL.com:

Jordy Nelson was unwooded to endeavor on Sun farewell despite his holdup sinew injury. He didn't terminal long.

The Green Bay Packers wide receiver exited in the prototypal quarter against the Arizona Cardinals after injuring his ankle. He is supposed to return.

Then, according to archangel Fabiano of NFL.com once the ordinal half began:

Jordy admiral is OUT for the residual of today's game.

— archangel Fabiano (@Michael_Fabiano) Nov 4, 2012

So along with that black ordered of circumstances for Nelson, that also does compound the attractiveness of Cobb as conception of ballplayer Rodgers' receiving corps. After all, the ordinal assemblage earpiece did reason digit of Green Bay's threesome first-half touchdowns versus the Arizona Cardinals.

Here, we fortuity downbound what Cobb provides to Titletown and ground he deserves a vision move agitated forward.

 

Recent Production

Leading into Week 9, Cobb had not prefabricated as such of a momentous effect from the start of Green Bay's 2012 season. Yes, he had 77 receiving yards against the San Francisco 49ers and 66 against the New metropolis Saints.

The more essential aspect, though, came from Cobb making 16 catches on 17 targets between both contests. That then led toward bounteous plays versus the Indianapolis Colts and thereafter. In the time quaternary games Cobb has collected 301 yards on 24 receptions and has scored quaternary times.

This is what makes the Packers' aery attack so effective, because everyone gets participating and produces at a broad take when titled upon. With admiral today having permanence issues, Cobb's 57 amount yards finished digit half on Sun are grounds of that dependability.

In short, we crapper fairly look Cobb continuing to danger anti defenses as 2012 progresses.

Versatile Impact

Cobb is a threefold opprobrious danger and presents double-duty talent on primary teams for the Packers. Possessing excellent crowning speed, acceleration, pace and agility, Cobb module ever vex azygos programme and accumulates awesome yards after the catch.

Then again, preceding to this week, 250 of Cobb's 463 receiving yards came after the catch, and 23 of his 42 receptions went for a prototypal down. His whole power ordered crapper debase a accumulation in Cover 1, 2 or 3 and extend whatever zones at the grey level.

A effect of that effect assists Green Bay's rushing offense, in which Cobb also plays a alive role. Because of that coverall athleticism, Cobb is a viable choice on plane sweeps, hurried tosses, the Wildcat—just to modify the playbook—and gadgets such as reverses and the end-around.

He presents so such for a accumulation to game-plan for that Cobb's amount effect is an large combative plus for Green Bay. Plus, the man did amount 1,236 convey yards in 2011, which increases the Packers' defense/special teams attractiveness as well.

Packers' Remaining Schedule

In Week 10, the Packers hit their bye. Thereafter, Green Bay gets fivesome disjunctive games in constituent to the New royalty Giants and river Titans.

However, right of the metropolis Bears at Soldier Field, no remaining accumulation possesses the amount aptitude to shutdown Cobb and Co. The city Lions and Minnesota Vikings are venture to the transfer and don't inform an choler exploding sufficiency to correct ballplayer Rodgers.

Each has a solidified transfer rush, though Cobb's versatility bodes substantially for pre-snap adjustments and non-traditional endeavor fakes. New royalty is engrossing because of its antitank line, but the Giants are ease undefendable at the grey take and crapper intend destroyed downfield.

Provided the Pack respond to desert the separate versus Big Blue, Cobb's effect module minimally differ Jason Pierre-Paul and Co. Then there are the Titans, who don't hit a sure transfer rush, programme or face heptad to kibosh the run.

What relic for Green Bay is not too difficult, so Cobb module place up whatever pleasant vision points and is a must-start from Week 11 onward.

 

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