Who is Kirk Cousins?

[Chico23231]

Why is our coaching staff reluctant to have Cousins throw the ball down the field:

Its either

A) They don't trust him

or

B) He cant

Which one folks?

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Why is our coaching staff reluctant to have Cousins throw the ball down the field:

Its either

A) They don't trust him

or

B) He cant

Which one folks?

I think it's ridiculous to say he CAN'T throw the ball downfield. We've already seen him do it multiple times since he's been a Redskin. The last two weeks he's put a couple of deep balls right on the money to Jackson.

I don't think it's a trust issue anymore, although I think it WAS one earlier in the season. Particularly against Miami and Atlanta.

You have to remember that we didn't have Jackson most of the season. Still, no excuse not to try and take some deep shots. It's a good question and one that needs to be addressed.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I think it's ridiculous to say he CAN'T throw the ball downfield. We've already seen him do it multiple times since he's been a Redskin. The last two weeks he's put a couple of deep balls right on the money to Jackson.

I don't think it's a trust issue anymore, although I think it WAS one earlier in the season. Particularly against Miami and Atlanta.

You have to remember that we didn't have Jackson most of the season. Still, no excuse not to try and take some deep shots. It's a good question and one that needs to be addressed.

most of the routes are short...Im not really talking deep ball, which we he doesn't throw much at all either.

Im talking the mid routes...balls throw over 10 yards to 20 yards, 25 yards. The o coaching staff doesn't have him throwing these pivotal routes. Why is that? the pass protection is better, so there is more time.

Cousins seems limited

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

most of the routes are short...Im not really talking deep ball, which we he doesn't throw much at all either.

Im talking the mid routes...balls throw over 10 yards to 20 yards, 25 yards. The o coaching staff doesn't have him throwing these pivotal routes. Why is that? the pass protection is better, so there is more time.

Cousins seems limited

He can make those throws as he had an in breaking route to Garcon right after the pick. He had two nice short post TD passes last week that were into tight windows that went for TD's. What are you looking at??

He's a system QB that needs a clean pocket to be an effective QB. He obviously does not have the talent level of a Cam Newton.

[over the mountain]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Why is our coaching staff reluctant to have Cousins throw the ball down the field:

Its either

A) They don't trust him

or

B) He cant

Which one folks?

Neither one but you already knew that.

in 2014, w 204 drop backs, Kirk had 27 passes go for more then 20 yards, 8 passes over 40. He can certainly deliver the long ball.

this year, w 363 drop backs, he has 26 and 4 respectively.

for whatever reason, when desean went out play 3 of week 1, we just didnt have a replacement. Desean is just now getting back to full speed and hopefully shots down field will open things up.

lack of down field passing and inability to run the ball = very limited, predictable offense.

Kirk Cousins: Career Stats at NFL.com

[30gut]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

...for whatever reason, when desean went out play 3 of week 1, we just didn't have a replacement. Desean is just now getting back to full speed and hopefully shots down field will open things up.

lack of down field passing and inability to run the ball = very limited, predictable offense.

All of the above are coaching problems in my eyes.

The list of teams (practically everyone btw) is filled with teams that have limited receiving corps like ours. Heck many of them have worse receiving corps even without DeSean.

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Why is our coaching staff reluctant to have Cousins throw the ball down the field:

Its either

A) They don't trust him

or

B) He cant

Which one folks?

I think the WRS aren't getting open enough to go deep downfield. Plus we throw a ton of short passes to help spell the bad run game. Idk what happened to this run game btw

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Why is our coaching staff reluctant to have Cousins throw the ball down the field:



Its either



A) They don't trust him



or



B) He cant



Which one folks?

What makes you think we have wr's running open downfield? Djax has hardly played. Don't remember him missing open guys so much as seeing our wr corp getting blanked downfield week in n week out. He could just chuck it up for grabs....