Rockport are my favorite shoes and I have worn them for years. I currently wear 4 pair of their shoes, including their Works safety shoe.
The ball of my foot is very wide and I have high arches. I have always found that the Rockport wide shoes fit me quite well. This pair of Rock Cove's seemed like they were made on a "D" last rather than a "EE"; though I could get my foot into them there was no way I could wear them. I double-checked and they were marked "W" but they really didn't feel it.
I had to return these and now I'm worried that Rockport may be changing either their lasts or their quality control.