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Originally Posted by KI Skins Fan
Let me address a couple of specific complaints from a couple of youse guys that I consider to be misguided:
1. We need to fix the "third quarter let-downs".
We played two good teams. Good teams are going to make a run at you at some point. Their coaches are going to throw the kitchen sink at you coming out of halftime. The key for the Redskins was to absorb their best shot and then regain control of the game. The Skins did exactly that and put away the Rams in the 4th quarter. That's how it's done.
2. Kirk Cousins is not going to be able to carry the team without a running game to help him.
No shit, Sherlock! Nobody is comparing Kirk Cousins to Tom Brady. The Redskins formula is to have a strong running game and a QB who can complement it with short to medium passes. Kirk is supposed to read the defense and make accurate throws to the correct receivers. If you would like to call Kirk a "game manager", go ahead. He isn't going to be an All-Pro but if he can be efficient we can win with him. Let's be happy to have Kirk the Truck Driver to keep this runaway truck of an offense on the road.
We won! Life is good. HTTR!
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A couple of counter points to your points.
1) Gruden tries to be cute with his play calling. I dont disagree when he tries to get outside with Morris or Jones once or twice against a defense built on speed. Show different things to make them think, but dont try to make it a regular part of the game plan. We score our first TD with power runs (2 power runs and one head scratcher of a call where we lost 2 yards). We come back the very next drive and he went through one of his "cute" moments. It was a bad drive.
The rams and dolphin games had some head scratchers for play calls. When he called a good game, we did what we did. When he had some of those head scratcher moments, our offense didnt look that good. The "regaining control of the game" coincided with him getting back to what we do best.
2) The fact that you start that answer with "No shit, Sherlock!" means you agree with the statement that you seem to be trying to argue against. Not really much is needed to say as a counter point since you apparently agree.
Saying that KC is not going to carry this team is neither a blasphemous statement nor is it an anti-KC statement, its simply the truth. He is the best guy we have to run Grudens system. And as you agree, that doesnt mean he is Tom Brady.