[Hail to the Redskins]

Interesting QB Stats:

McCoy - 96.4 Rating - 91-of-128 (71.1%), 1,057yds, 4 TD, 3 INT, 17 Sacks
Griffin - 86.9 Rating - 147-of-214 (68.7%), 1,694yds, 4 TD, 6 INT, 33 Sacks
Cousins - 86.4 Rating - 126-of-204 (61.8%), 1,710yds, 10 TD, 9 INT, 8 Sacks

Sack Rates:
McCoy: 1 per 7.5 attempts (That's 67 over a full 500-attempt season)
Griffin: 1 per 6.5 attempts (77 - full season)
Cousins: 1 per 25.5 attempts (20 - full season)

TD Rates:
McCoy: 1 per 32 attempts (16 in a full season)
Griffin: 1 per 53.5 attempts (9... yes 9... in a full season)
Cousins: 1 per 20.4 attempts (25 in a full season)

Yards-per-Completion:
McCoy: 11.6yds/comp
Griffin: 11.5yds/comp
Cousins: 13.6yds/comp

INT Rates:
McCoy: 1 per 42.7 attempts (12 in full season)
Griffin: 1 per 35.7 attempts (14 in full season)
Cousins: 1 per 22.7 attempts (22 in full season)

These are crazy numbers.

Look at the sack-per-attempt numbers... They are insanely different amongst the group. What does that tell you about the QBs and their knowledge of the offense & getting the ball out?

I will say this over and over and over again... Cousins is our least stinkiest option of the 3 moving forward. Our LEAST mobile QB gets sacked at a decisively lower rate? I mean, by a WIDE margin.

Not only does he know the offense well enough to get the ball out quickly (to the WRs & TEs - Hell, he made N. Paul look All-Pro), but look at the TD numbers as well. Again, a HUGE difference in the three. To me, it was painfully clear that the Red Zone magnifies RGIII deficiencies, where there are smaller windows and decisions must be made quicker.

When you look at the chances of sack vs TD amongst the three you see that:
* McCoy was 4.3 times more likely to be sacked than throw a TD
* Griffin was 8.2 times more likely to be sacked than throw a TD
* Cousins was 1.25 times more likely to THROW A TD than be sacked!

Now look at the Yards-per-Completion ratio... Again, one of our QBs tried to consistently push the ball down field. Its WHY HE HAD THE HIGH INT Ratio! He was the only one of three given the ENTIRE playbook and route trees to throw at... meaning there were many "tougher" throws to complete for him and less "safe" bubble-screens, dump-offs, roll-outs with one to two options...

Yeah, yeah... the INTs... I do realize turnovers are huge. But, to me, moving the offense can't be handcuffed by constant "safe" throws (i.e. what our offense became to pacify Griffin's & McCoy's abilities)... Also... just a couple of years ago, for example, a QB by the name of Matthew Stafford went 2-8 as starter and finished the year, in his firs10 starts, with 10 TDs and 20 INTs (2 per game). Eli throws 15-20 per season STILL (5 in one game this year).... Peyton AVERAGED 20 INTs/season in his first 5 YEARS. I could go on and on... Remember, Cousins has least experience of all three. What sucks about this season is not only are we not sure what we have in Griffin, but we still don't know, for sure, if Cousins can mature and cut down on the picks. He proved better than the other 2 in every other way...

Anyway... It will interesting to see how the off-season goes and who will be starting at QB next year... looks like it's right back to RGIII and Cousins at backup... but when really looking at the numbers... between the three lemons we have, I know which can at least be sour AND sweet.