Randall Cobb is no longer a member of the Green Bay Packers. It feels weird to write that on a blog post, but it’s true. Cobb is now a member of the Dallas Cowboys. He signed a one-year deal with the Cowboys worth five million dollars. Packers will look for a replacement at slot receiver. During the final game of the season when Aaron Rodgers and Cobb shared an emotional embrace, it was apparent that these players recognized this could have been their last game together. Cobb made so many memories with the Packers through his eight years. We’ll always have those but it was time to move on.

Green Bay has enough receivers available to them, and if the rumors are true about a tight cap, they need to spend their money elsewhere. Equaniamous St. Brown could be a worth slot receiver candidate. Davante Adams will roam around the slot and the outside. J’Mon Moore didn’t get much run last season, but who knows, he might get another shot. The problem with Green Bay’s glut of receivers is they’re all physical outside receivers like Martez Valdes-Scantling, Adams, Jake Kumerow and Allen Lazard. Green Bay could use a slot receiver, but it probably makes more sense to grab one in the draft.

It makes me feel weird to criticize a player like Cobb considering all of the things he did for the team, but he wasn’t a good player last year. The diminishing returns were starting to develop last week. Look at what Cobb did at the slot position compared to the top 50 slot receivers.

Of 44 players to receive at least 50 targets out of the slot last season, Randall Cobb ranked:

Rec: t-40th (32)
Air Yards: 44th (87)
On-Target Catch%: 28th (84.2)
Drop%: 41st (10.5)
Yards per Target: 43rd (5.83)
1st Down rate: 44th (43.8)

via @SportsInfo_SIS

— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) March 19, 2019

We can talk about the hamstring issues, but Cobb started to run into injury issues to the point where you could consider him injury-prone. He has not played full season since 2015. Yes, that was four years ago. Last year, he only played nine games. Cowboys fans and analysts are thinking they’re getting a bargain because he was hurt yet this is a constant, not a once in awhile thing.

Thanks for all the memories, Randy.

Charlie.