Who is Kirk Cousins?

[REDSKINS4ever]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

KC passed the eyeball test for me in 2012.

Yes....he did hit Garcon in the end zone and then ran it in on the two point conversion against the Ravens to tie the game before OT....a game in which the Redskins won....and he played a spectacular game against Cleveland the following week.....I definitely remember that

[rocnrik]

If Cousins starts throwing 3 -4 interceptions on a regular basis i will agree he won't be the answer BUT I'm not freaking out if he has a couple in a game that he is trying to make something happen..heck i would rather him throw a interception 25 yds down the field than get hit and fumble the ball behind the line ..Brett Favre had a lot of interceptions. but he also could hit the big play so all was forgiven. Funny thing if we don't get down by say 2 td's Cousins should not be put in position to try and win the game on his arm..Its a dang team game and that is why its so hard to figure out who KC is..the MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION IS …WHO ARE THE REDSKINS??

[Bucket]

Originally Posted by rocnrik

If Cousins goes back to those 3 -4 interception games on a regular basis i will agree he won't be the answer BUT I'm not freaking out if he has a couple in a game that he is trying to make something happen..heck i would rather him throw a interception 25 yds down the field than get hit and fumble the ball behind the line ..Brett Favre had a lot of interceptions. but he also could hit the big play so all was forgiven. Funny thing if we don't get down by say 2 td's Cousins should not be put in position to try and win the game on his arm..Its a dang team game and that is why its so hard to figure out who KC is..the MOST IMPORTANT QUESTION IS …WHO ARE THE REDSKINS??

How many time do you think Kirk Cousins has had a 3-4 INT game?

I swear.. It's like fans don't even watch games.

[rocnrik]

I edited that..you are correct ..i did not come out like i meant it to. sorry bout that! i will be at game tomorrow
..GO SKINS!!!

[skinsfaninok]

If the skins keep him longterm which it appears they will, it'd be nice to get him another deep threat next yr along with djax. Open it up as much as they can

[MTK]

Originally Posted by skinsfaninok

If the skins keep him longterm which it appears they will, it'd be nice to get him another deep threat next yr along with djax. Open it up as much as they can

I'm guessing we'll move on from DJ.

[skinsfaninok]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

I'm guessing we'll move on from DJ.

I hope not, it's hard to replace that speed

[NoCalHail]

This is the first 'Skins game in many years that I didn't watch the 2nd half. My local fox affiliate switch to Miami/Dallas about 3 minutes into the 2nd half and because my internet happened to be down I had no way to dial up a stream on the computer. I have no idea how Cousins looked in the 2nd half, but judging by the final score, nothing much at all positive happened on offense the rest of the way out.

[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