Jared Cook was generally viewed as a vital missing link that would finally give the Packers’ offense the type of downfield threat they’ve been missing since Jermichael Finley’s career-ending spinal-cord injury in 2013.
But despite some early positive showings during the preseason, GM Ted Thompson may be starting to regret his decision to make a rare free-agent investment in the career underachiever.
As a 6-foot-5, 246-pound prospect with 4.39 speed and a 39.5-inch vertical, Cook was compared to Calvin Johnson by his former college coach Steve Spurrier prior to the 2009 NFL Draft that saw the physical specimen get drafted by the Tennessee Titans with the 89th pick of the third round.