Of course. everyone's an all pro if no one contests it and it's only pass interference f it's called.
Sorry what?
The pass interference was relatively weak (although still a penalty; just not a likely call in the Super Bowl). If Cooks managed to catch it (and I'm not at all surprised he didn't), he was about to take another hit and the chances of Cooks holding onto the ball for a completed pass were slim - mostly because he's Cooks.
As far as the pass at the back of the endzone goes, Deus is right that it was a weak, late throw. But Chris Carter says it best when he says, "I would have made the catch".
That's the point. There are a number of players I would have trusted to make that catch exactly the way it played out up to the ball getting to the receiver. Cooks is a receiver I can count on to NOT make the catch. And he didn't. This is exactly (one of the reasons) why the Patriots traded him - he's not tough enough to make the big play under pressure, even moderate pressure. He is who he is.
It's probably the single biggest difference between Cooks and a guy like Edelman. Cooks is a specialist, he does what he does and does it well, but there's a lot of situations where his skillset isn't useful. He's a guy who runs down the hash marks, gets behind the safety and scores. That's who he is. And that, ultimately, is all he is.
Edelman on the other hand is probably the most complete athlete I've ever seen, when you combine physical and mental attributes. There's a reason this guy's first calling card for the Patriots was as a special teams maestro, a position he still fills very well. Edelman is just about the ultimate generalist, which makes him useful in almost any formation you can think of. And that's why Brandin Cooks didn't last here and Edelman will probably retire a Pat. We need good versatile guys who it isn't obvious from the first moment they line up what they're out there to do.
Take that into this conversation: People want "a deep guy for Brady." Well first of all Brady isn't a deep ball thrower, he only really had a handful of years where he was feeding a deep threat and that deep threat was Randy Moss, who was a lot more than just a chalk line burner. Brady isn't a guy who just heaves the ball into traffic, he throws lasers and needs guys who run smart tight routes that open small windows that he can zip the ball into before the defense can respond. That means he NEEDS guys who fight in traffic for the ball, like Gronk, like Edelman, like White.
If that guy can also get open deep from time to time, that just adds to his versatility, but Brady lives on the corner of Quick Read Lane and Tight Spiral Avenue, and any receiver for Tom had better be able to match that gameplay. If that guy can also stretch the field on top of that, so much the better, but that's what you look for after you get the guys who make you the bread-and-butter yards, like Edelman and Amendola.