Emanuel Cook Cut?

by bobdolethesnapplelady on Nov 28, 2011 3:32 PM EST

ORCHARD PARK, NY - NOVEMBER 6: Ruvell Martin #82 of the Buffalo Bills exchanges blows during NFL game action with Emanuel Cook #27 of the New York Jets at Ralph Wilson Stadium on November 6, 2011 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by Tom Szczerbowski/Getty Images)

I have some very strange news to report. Jenny Vrentas is reporting, via Twitter, that S Emanuel Cook's locker has been cleared out, and that he may have been cut. She's also reporting that OLB Ricky Sapp is back in the locker room. This is some weird and disconcerting news. As far as I had known, Cook was fairly entrenched as a key special teams player. He had the huge recovery yesterday of the botched squib kick that John wrote about. As such, this is very unexpected. Once more information, and a confirmation, is posted, I'll have more to report, but for now this is what I've heard. Tell us what you think about this potential development below.

Edit: Let me clarify. This is not official. Typically when this sort of thing happens, all of the beat writers report it and we quickly get a confirmation from the team. In this case, Vrentas is reporting it, and Cimini retweeted her statement. Mehta has not commented on this at all, and neither has the team. That's why I have the question mark in the title; there has not been any sort of official confirmation yet.

Update: It is now official. Emanuel Cook has been released, and S Tracy Wilson has been elevated from the practice squad to replace Cook. Wilson is a rookie out of Northern Illinois. He is 6'2" and 203 pounds. He's also a free safety. See my earlier report on Wilson here.

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The guy makes a heads up play and he gets cut? I know he is just a special teamer but they cut him for Ricky Sapp? Rex must be desperate for a pass rush.

by chrebetsthebet on Nov 28, 2011 3:35 PM EST reply actions

If true, it makes zero sense. There’s gotta be something happening behind the scenes that we don’t know about.

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by bobdolethesnapplelady on Nov 28, 2011 3:41 PM EST up reply actions

The bottom of the roster and practice squad have been downright screwy this year

I just don’t get it at all.

by CervezaVerde on Nov 28, 2011 3:36 PM EST reply actions

Dumb and insulting move.

The guy is a proved good Special Teamer and made arguably one of our plays of the year yesterday. To cut him for a failure on another team that hasn’t shown anything for us? Stupid move, I don’t understand what has been going on with the Jets front office at times this season.

by JetKing55 on Nov 28, 2011 3:55 PM EST reply actions

Let's wait to pass judgement.

I highly doubt that Cook was cut. He is/was one of our best special teams players. Also, wasn’t Sapp just cut from the practice squad a few days ago? It just doesn’t make sense.

If its true, it would blow my mind. I see a lot of potential for the future in Sapp but Cook was already filing a (vital) role on this team. Why couldn’t they just send Josh Baker or Bilal Powell to the practice squad?

And who would be our backup SS? Eric Smith? What if both Pool and Leonhard go down? Ellis Lankster?

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by Jeff W. on Nov 28, 2011 4:22 PM EST reply actions

Yeah, I’m waiting on some official word from the Jets. Jenny reported this and then Cimini retweeted it. Manish hasn’t said anything on the topic, so something seems odd. But it just seems weird that Cook’s locker would be emptied, and that’s not the sort of thing that really needs official confirmation.

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by bobdolethesnapplelady on Nov 28, 2011 4:27 PM EST up reply actions

Cimini is reporting that the cut was based upon lazy practice but that doesn't sound right.

by CervezaVerde on Nov 28, 2011 7:07 PM EST up reply actions

Where did you see that?

All I’ve seen is that Rex won’t say.

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by bobdolethesnapplelady on Nov 28, 2011 7:17 PM EST up reply actions

3rd paragraph

http://espn.go.com/blog/new-york/jets/post/_/id/9201/curious-move-cook-is-cut

by CervezaVerde on Nov 28, 2011 7:23 PM EST up reply actions

Wow... Our FO has made some crazy moves this season and the Rex Ryan era.

I still miss kerry rhodes’ coverage skills,damien woody and shaun ellis.

by jets4life24 on Nov 28, 2011 4:34 PM EST reply actions

Well, I don’t know about Shaun ellis. I miss him for sentimental reasons, but can you honestly say you would rather be watching him than Wilkerson right now?

by SioneBAAOOOHA on Nov 28, 2011 6:06 PM EST up reply actions

True wilkerson is showing flashes of someone who will be a monster in a year or 2.

can’t wait until kenrick gets up to speed with things. Monsters in the middle for us in the near future.

by jets4life24 on Nov 28, 2011 7:20 PM EST up reply actions

Wow, really.

He made a great play, to help save our season.

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by PuffDaddy18 on Nov 28, 2011 5:05 PM EST reply actions

Amazing, especially considering John's post earlier:

In the aftermath of yesterday’s win, there was not much love for a guy who made a key play. That guy is a reserve safety, Emanuel Cook, without whom the Jets might not have won.

Talk about “not much love”. lol

by ________key on Nov 28, 2011 5:34 PM EST reply actions

If it means less playing time for Eric Smith

I’m for it.

by David G on Nov 28, 2011 6:26 PM EST reply actions

I'm thinking of reasons why this could happen,

but biggest thing I could think of, is they want Jets players to realize they can be be cut too, even after a big play ? So they want them to step it up.

Good motivational tool.

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by PuffDaddy18 on Nov 28, 2011 7:31 PM EST reply actions

Emauel Cook should not have let the ball hit him in the first place. He was lucky that it didn’t bounce back into Buffalo’s hands. It was very close. If he was really heads up, he would have gotten out of the way and let ball go by him and not let it bounce off him.

by Skimat on Nov 28, 2011 8:26 PM EST reply actions

Thats what I was thinking.

by CervezaVerde on Nov 28, 2011 8:38 PM EST up reply actions

Looks like the Jets are promoting safety Tracy Wilson from the PS,

From Yahoo via the AP.

by Timmaht on Nov 28, 2011 8:30 PM EST reply actions

I hope this means they aren't comfortable with our current safeties,

and not that Leonhard is banged up too.

by Timmaht on Nov 28, 2011 8:31 PM EST up reply actions

Hey guys here is the full story.

Eddie Jones on the active squad has been replaced by Rickie Sapp, Cook with Wilson.

And the home of the .... JETS!!!
Now lets get a G-D snack!!!
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by Noble_Lance on Nov 28, 2011 9:57 PM EST reply actions

Cook to the Patriots???

just in time we give the patriots their yearly gift. we cut woodhead the week when the pats had a couple of RB’s go down and they scooped him up. I bet cook will be picked up this week by the Pats who are thin at safety. I would have traded him to some team out of the division for a 14th round draft pick in the 2026 draft before releasing him to be picked up by the patriots

by Chrebetfan on Nov 28, 2011 11:19 PM EST reply actions

trade deadline is over...

And emanuel cook isnt going to be a beast. he made one play where the ball landed at his feet.

Was it a good play? sure. should he have gotten cut? I dont know, but i dont really like it.
That being said….
Is he gonna be the next Troy Polamalu?
No. So stop pretending that he will be.

by Manchize on Nov 29, 2011 1:47 AM EST up reply actions

It's obvious

Too Manny Cooks in the kitchen.

Duhdun-Ching

by Doug Jolly on Nov 29, 2011 6:29 AM EST via mobile reply actions

Wilson on merit,and questionable Safety play

Emmanual Cook the fourth Safety, was a hard hitting, hustling special teams player, but he rarely played on defense. Wilson a very young player that went undrafted in the Supplemental draft, has worked hard in a condensed training camp and 12 weeks of the regular season. IMO there is a possability that Tracy has demonstrated that he can play Safety in practice. Smiith and Leonhard seem to be " untouchable" because of a Rex bias, Poole seems to be the odd man out, but the Safety play from all three of these guys has been spotty. An opprotunity for Wilson to emerge.
Leonhard and Smith make good money and Poole is on a one year contract, despite Rex’s bias, any one of this trio could be an ex Jet next year with Tracy Wilson as there replacement

by JetOrange on Nov 29, 2011 8:39 AM EST reply actions