Kirk Cousins Expected To Start Sunday

[SBXVII]

Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

Wow. Just wow.

Either these two are pathological or just incredible schemers.

Mike: Okay, I am going to hide your dislike of RGIII by taking all the heat. I'll let it leak out that I ... not you ... wanted to leave after last year, that I wanted to sit RGIII in Seattle but didn't, and I'll take the heat by benching him and making it look like it's all my decision.

Kyle: Sounds good Dad ... but how about this too - when you bench Robert, tell them you cleared it w/ Dan.

Mike: Oh ... that's good. Gonna throw Bruce in to, just to make it look like a "team" decision. Hee hee!

Kyle: Nice one.

Mike: Finally, just b/c I love you boy, I want you to toss me under the bus by saying you wanted Bobby to keep playing.

Kyle: Ahhhh, gee Dad, that's really cool of you! Don't you think that's going too far though? No one who knows anything will buy that!

Mike: LOLOLOL ... trust me. The sheeple will eat it up. I may come back and find a way to blame Dan for our "rift" but not quite sure how that would work ...

Kyle: I'll get to work on that Dad.

Mike: That's my boy!!

Now this is funny!!! LOL.

Personally I think MS brought his son on board, obviously, to help out his career. I think everyone is making the mistake that MS's scheme and KS's scheme are exactly the same. and the one they implemented for RG3's first year I think again was different ( I like to call RG3's scheme).

I think KS was given the opportunity to show off his scheme the first year and we started not so good under Sexy Rexy. I think halfway through the year or after atleast a few games MS decided to implement some of his running scheme into KS's scheme. Somewhere in there they tried to get Beck who has more mobility to make it work.

Year two MS implemented more of his scheme and brought McNabb into the fold who should have had more mobility and been able to make the system work. Failure.

Year three RG3 gets drafted and with limited time to work with him MS and KS realize they have too much work to do to get RG3 ready in time for the start of the season. Holy cow, no fan would want to hear that nor want to see the "Franchise" QB sitting on the bench because he's not ready. Snyder would throw a fit as well. So the next best thing is use a scheme RG3 knows and can run well.... in drops the Baylor scheme (spread/read option). Yeah some of KS's and MS's scheme was sprinkled but it was mostly the RG3 scheme. Built just for him to succeed. <Exactly what coaches should be doing. Success! Play off run. Injury.

Year four RG3 rehabbed all off season and again never got time to work on all his fundamentals. RG3 is hampered by the injury and brace. Clearly he will not out run the faster DE's but he might be mobile enough to still run the RG3 scheme. First two games proved he was not going to be able to. So KS and MS decide to go back to more of the traditional MS scheme and let the OL block for him creating a pocket. Except between the OL sucking and RG3 not staying in the pocket and stepping up in to it, it failed because RG3 would bail and run sometimes right into the path of the rushers.

What I think is going to happen for the last 3 games is we will see more of a traditional MS scheme and if it shines MS will have the evidence to throw back in DS's face and a reason for keeping him for one more year. If Cousins fails and it just looks as bad as it did with RG3 then no harm no foul MS was out the door anyway.

So what to do with RG3 if Cousins plays better? I'd keep RG3 and use the whole off season to have him study film and work on fundamentals so that come training camp hopefully he can take his place back as starter but if he still has trouble then MS can still use Cousins and keep developing RG3.

No the team does not have a first round pick, but I dont' think they are as concerned as much as the fans are about trading Cousins to get a pick. The team has $36 mill to go out and get vet who is considered a #1 and that would replace the lost pick this year. I'm sure with the bad season this team will have high draft picks in all 7 rounds so they will have the opportunity to pick up someone decent in the 2nd round.