Who is Kirk Cousins?

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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

Kirk Cousins was 24 on opening day of his first NFL pro season. Same with Young. Young started 19 games in his first two NFL seasons. After that, in his third year he had 10 TD and 0 INT's in his first year in SF. In his fourth year (when he was 27), Young started 3 games and threw 3 TD/3 INT's and after that his TD/INT ratio never worse than 2/1 and generally much better. Young was never, ever, ever, deemed anything other than as the presumed heir apparent to Montana after his acquisition.



As for the bolded part, it just shows to me how you will ignore facts to make it fit your theory. Young started. He had 19 games of starting experience in TBay after which Walsh saw something that made him want to trade a 2nd and 4th for the guy. But somehow, b/c they weren't "quality starts," we're going to alter reality so that it fits into the "KC just got a late start" narrative.



Last year, KC was given a fair shake. Christ, Gruden was begging for him to stake a claim and end the RGIII drama. And, I'm sorry, it HAS been four years and not just eight weeks - that just plain seeing what you want to see and ignoring facts. HE IS A 27 YEAR OLD, FOURTH YEAR PLAYER. You cannot alter the time/space continuum and to wipe out what has gone before. You cannot ignore what he has been these past three. Tough road or not, he has been consistently inconsistent.



Right now, KC is not a journeyman QB. I expect that, eventually, he will be much like Grossman, Foles, Bradford, Campbell, etc. He's got the talent to bang around the league for a while whether here or someplace else. I just don't expect him to be anything other than who he has shown himself to be these last four years.

My only "theory" is that Cousins is getting a late start due to circumstance.
You keep referencing his four years. 2012 - if you remember he had two very good games against the Browns and Ravens when he came in late and won the game for us. 2013 and 2014 He was part of a damn circus with changing regimes and RG-3 was still very much the focal point. Unlike Montana who was in the late stages of his career. We certainly were not grooming both our young qb's and they were very much aware of that. There was a ton of pressure on KC. That brings us to this year. Im seeing strides. Do I see another Steve Young in terms of talent? Certainly not. Do I see someone who can actually be a good qb - better than Grossman, Foles, Bradford, or Campbell? I think I do. We both want him to be way closer to Young than Grossman when it is all said and done so lets just use our super human Redskin fan powers to make it happen. Like the Wondertwins - "Form of a maturing superstar who is not hall of fame material but good enough to win games and has a mean icy disposition to lead two minute drills!"
"Form of a better team around him built by SM including a number one wr, rungame, oline, and D!"