Keith Cooper Jr.

I thought Dante Trader played himself a pretty stable game.

Keith Cooper, consider this my quest to continue to get Keith Cooper more snaps, more opportunities.

He had, again, limited reps.

He had 15 snap opportunities in week one.

Now, path of least resistance, avoiding taking temptation and going underneath the blocks and working yourself out of position as compared to scraping up over the top.

That's the kind of things we'd like to see, right? But for 25 snaps, we're certainly at a point where I'm watching the rest of this interior defensive line rotation.

Until we get Kenneth Grant back, I'd have a hard time not thinking that Keith Cooper should get a little bit more run because you look at the guys that have not scored well through the first two weeks of the season, and that includes the game against the 49ers.

I'll start with guys that did not get any positive graded plays.

So now you're bringing in...

Who are the guys that they're bringing in? Malik Harrington, Keith Cooper, Robert Beal Jr.

And you've got Seeler in there trying to go, okay, well, I worked all training camp with Phillips, Biggers, Grant.

Now in two games, now I'm dealing with Harrington, a guy that just got here.

So now you're bringing in...

Who are the guys that they're bringing in? Malik Harrington, Keith Cooper, Robert Beal Jr.

And you got Seeler in there trying to go, okay, well, I worked all training camp with Phillips, Biggers, Grant.

Now in two games, now I'm dealing with Harrington, a guy that just got here.

There's Zeke Biggers, there's Zach Seeler.

There's Jordan Phillips, and then there's Keith Cooper Jr., who's in his first NFL season.

This might be a game where you have to elevate Mozzie Smith, the former Dallas Cowboys first rounder who is on the Miami Dolphins practice squad.

Maybe even Jordan Miller, if not one of those two.

Played relatively well, both their safeties.

Keith Cooper, their defensive tackle.

Zeke Biggers, he's probably one of their better players.

Defensive tackle.

They need a lot more of good Zach Seeler in this game.

And somebody else on this defensive line, needs to pop, whether it's a Zeke Biggers or maybe a Keith Cooper who made the roster a little bit surprisingly.

Is Jordan Phillips able to establish himself? Somebody on this defensive line needs to establish himself, and then you go, but behind them, the other thing I'm watching here, Jacob Rodriguez and Jordan Brooks, They were excellent in week one.

They have to be even more excellent in week two, right? And I know that's asking for a lot, but if this defensive line is already going to be down a player potentially in Chop Robinson, and they're going up against a very good 49ers offensive line and offense, then...

Did, did his grade explode off the screen at me when I stacked everybody up? No.

Keith Cooper was another player like that.

Keith Cooper got 15 opportunities in this game, and I thought Keith Cooper was somebody who didn't splash with the grade, but is somebody who held his own.

I thought he held at the point of attack relatively well.

He got more opportunities as the game went on, and he's another player that I'm excited to see.