Kirk Cousins Expected To Start Sunday

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

Need to Know: Shanahan says Redskins’ offense did not change for Cousins | Rich Tandler's Real Redskins

Just some notes about Shanny's presser yesterday, in case it wasn't talked about.

LOL. That is such a fun play on words.

I think we can all agree that the offense we saw last year which took the team to the playoffs was not the exact same offense we saw two years prior.

and.... I'm telling you this years offense is not the same as last years offense. From what I'm seeing. Yes some of last years plays are involved, but it does not look exactly the same. I see less read option plays.

Which has led me to believe that while RG3 was mobile his first year the coaching staff used what RG3 knew... the Baylor offense. Now that RG3 is hurt and his speed has dropped due to the injury they have used less read options this year and have tried to keep RG3 in the pocket more.

So yea, the offense didn't change... this year between the two QB's, but it did change between the two years. I think DS has a lot of decisions to make, does he want the Redskins to run the Spread/Read Option or get away from it. Why is this important? cause RG3 is obviously better in the Spread/Read Option because of speed, but Cousins has better pocket presence and plays better in the traditional WC offense.

Can RG3 develop into a pocket passer and be good in a traditional NFL offense? sure, maybe. I say maybe cause look what happened to J.Campbell. We drafted him in the 1st round also, he was supposed to be our "Franchise" QB, he didn't have the mechanics down, and his pocket presence was bad. To be honest that sounds just like RG3 except we gave up a ton of picks for RG3.