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Old 08-16-2015, 12:36 PM   #96
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Re: Plusses and Minuses vs. Browns

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Originally Posted by KI Skins Fan View Post
...Does anyone here agree with the author? I'm not smart enough to figure out why Kirk throws bad interceptions but I can clearly see that he knows the offense very well.

The author also mentioned that he thinks Kirk doesn't have a strong arm. Personally, I don't think I've seen him make a throw where I thought "Oh, not enough arm on that one". I feel like Kirk's arm is plenty strong enough.
I think Kirk's arm is plenty strong enough to make all the throws. He doesn't have 'plus' arm talent like Griffin but he's got more then Colt to be sure.

I agree with the author somewhat. I think he goes too far into the mind reading speculation of Kirk's decisions.

For me Kirk's issues boil down to this: decision making. I think the author rationalizes and speculates reasons for why you think Cousins makes decision X. Fact is unless you ask Kirk you can't know the 'why'. What you can see is that, when pressured and when the design of the play doesn't result in the primary receiver being open Kirk tends to force the ball. Or in other words Kirk has a hard time 'turning down' or 'moving on' post snap from what the play dictated pre-snap.

I would also add that Kirk, needs to improve on 3rd downs and in second halves.
But the 3rd down struggles weren't unique to him the passing game as unit struggled there, with McCoy actually performing the best.
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