Griffin Out For Undetermined Time, It's Cousins Time

[SmootSmack]

As long as Cousins plays well enough to win/keep us competitive I don't see RG3 taking the field for us again this season

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

As long as Cousins plays well enough to win/keep us competitive I don't see RG3 taking the field for us again this season

If Cousins plays well/keeps us competitive this season, do you think the Skins trade Cousins in the off season or have a competition for a starting position next season?

[SmootSmack]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

If Cousins plays well/keeps us competitive this season, do you think the Skins trade Cousins in the off season or have a competition for a starting position next season?

I don't know. Maybe the latter

[Giantone]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

If Cousins plays well/keeps us competitive this season, do you think the Skins trade Cousins in the off season

If he does that , then why trade him ,trade the other one .

[DynamiteRave]

Originally Posted by Giantone

If he does that , then why trade him ,trade the other one .

To let RG3 play out his contract and draft a QB? I dunno. I obviously know nothing about trade and draft dynamics but neither have the Skins in the past. Lol

[Dirtbag59]

Originally Posted by DynamiteRave

To let RG3 play out his contract and draft a QB? I dunno. I obviously know nothing about trade and draft dynamics but neither have the Skins in the past. Lol

*Crawls up in ball*
This r not Gus v Heath
This r not Gus v Heath
This r not Gus v Heath
This r not Gus v Heath
This r not Gus v Heath
This r not Gus v Heath
This r not Gus v Heath
This r not Gus v Heath

[CRedskinsRule]

I really wanted to make RG3 For Me and KC Leads DC bumper stickers and really profit off the media drivel!

[ethat001]

It's way too early to tell if Cousins is the answer. But on paper -- our team is actually pretty good, and we can theoretically have a chance at playoffs and beyond. We have a top 5 running back / running game, two probowl WRs (and decent WR depth), a top-tier TE, and currently our defense looks legit against inferior talent.

We were just lacking good QB play -- to get the ball into our playmakers' hands. IF we have that, I see no reason for us to contend, and THIS year. We're not the Seahawks/Denver/Patriots, but we can certainly go far in our division.. All depends on Cousins, but if he plays just average, it shouldn't be hard to do okay this year.

Not even mentioning our improved return game, our Oline backups who could challenge starters (Moses/S.Long), Merriweather's return, Cofield coming back, ?P.Thomas, etc.


Also got to hand it to Gruden so far. Early to tell, but early take on his decisions to date have been pretty good. (1) Keep Cousins & also McCoy, (2) NOT drafting MLB but relying on K.Robinson instead, (3) Keeping Haslett (so far so good), (4) FA: Hatcher/Djax/A.Roberts - all good so far with reasonable cap hits, (5) FA - avoiding big splashes & getting depth like A.Davis / etc on special teams & R.Clark as a leader so far, (6) Tress Way, (7) Drafting R.Grant (and Murphy, Breeland & Moses may prove to be good pickups)... It just seems like with our injuries, our depth is good enough to keep us in contention, and prior years we sucked if one or two people went out.

[calia]

Originally Posted by ethat001

It's way too early to tell if Cousins is the answer. But on paper -- our team is actually pretty good, and we can theoretically have a chance at playoffs and beyond. We have a top 5 running back / running game, two probowl WRs (and decent WR depth), a top-tier TE, and currently our defense looks legit against inferior talent.



We were just lacking good QB play -- to get the ball into our playmakers' hands. IF we have that, I see no reason for us to contend, and THIS year. We're not the Seahawks/Denver/Patriots, but we can certainly go far in our division.. All depends on Cousins, but if he plays just average, it shouldn't be hard to do okay this year.



Not even mentioning our improved return game, our Oline backups who could challenge starters (Moses/S.Long), Merriweather's return, Cofield coming back, ?P.Thomas, etc.





Also got to hand it to Gruden so far. Early to tell, but early take on his decisions to date have been pretty good. (1) Keep Cousins & also McCoy, (2) NOT drafting MLB but relying on K.Robinson instead, (3) Keeping Haslett (so far so good), (4) FA: Hatcher/Djax/A.Roberts - all good so far with reasonable cap hits, (5) FA - avoiding big splashes & getting depth like A.Davis / etc on special teams & R.Clark as a leader so far, (6) Tress Way, (7) Drafting R.Grant (and Murphy, Breeland & Moses may prove to be good pickups)... It just seems like with our injuries, our depth is good enough to keep us in contention, and prior years we sucked if one or two people went out.

Got to agree with the last paragraph. Obviously, it is still early, but early indications are good for all of these decisions.

[Evilgrin]

This team isn't that great on paper.... quite a few teams with better rosters.

[Chico23231]

its a new year, new coaching staff and the "what have you done lately" is more important. I think the team confidence is high coming off the win and I think the offense believes in Cousins and RG3. We are lucky to have 2 young QB who are solid. I think if you ask the Philly coaches who are game planning, they can see alot of guys on the skins offense who can hurt you. Cousins, Grant, and Niles Paul all are depths guys who put a lot of good things on film last week. I think the Eagles are going to have their hands full.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

its a new year, new coaching staff and the "what have you done lately" is more important. I think the team confidence is high coming off the win and I think the offense believes in Cousins and RG3. We are lucky to have 2 young QB who are solid. I think if you ask the Philly coaches who are game planning, they can see alot of guys on the skins offense who can hurt you. Cousins, Grant, and Niles Paul all are depths guys who put a lot of good things on film last week. I think the Eagles are going to have their hands full.

This.

[over the mountain]

Griffin mostly did a good job anticipating where pressure was coming from, coaches say, and making adjustments. It’s an area Cousins is still adapting to as one sack revealed Sunday when the Jaguars sent an overload to the Redskins’ right. Cousins didn’t see it, was sacked and the Redskins were taken out of field-goal range. Coaches say Cousins must improve here, but for the most part they feel that even if this is the case he usually knows where to go and what to do. It'll be a key against Philadelphia on Sunday.


How Kirk Cousins differs from RG III - Washington Redskins Blog - ESPN

a good write up by Keim of what cousins and rg3 do well and differently. nothing unknown to anyone here but i did quote the top paragraph bc this is the 2nd time i have heard RG3 does well with pre-snap reads and cousins needs to improve. when i see cousins, i see him calling out the mike and being a lot more vocal at the line pre-snap vs RG3 who seems to never shift protection and seems oblivious (sometimes) to clear blitzes.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by over the mountain

Griffin mostly did a good job anticipating where pressure was coming from, coaches say, and making adjustments. It’s an area Cousins is still adapting to as one sack revealed Sunday when the Jaguars sent an overload to the Redskins’ right. Cousins didn’t see it, was sacked and the Redskins were taken out of field-goal range. Coaches say Cousins must improve here, but for the most part they feel that even if this is the case he usually knows where to go and what to do. It'll be a key against Philadelphia on Sunday.


How Kirk Cousins differs from RG III - Washington Redskins Blog - ESPN

a good write up by Keim of what cousins and rg3 do well and differently. nothing unknown to anyone here but i did quote the top paragraph bc this is the 2nd time i have heard RG3 does well with pre-snap reads and cousins needs to improve. when i see cousins, i see him calling out the mike and being a lot more vocal at the line pre-snap vs RG3 who seems to never shift protection and seems oblivious (sometimes) to clear blitzes.

I was hoping for the coaches to help KC out there and just run Helu up the middle and take the 3 points to end the half. There really wasn't enough time there for a TD and I think Gruden got greedy there. But you're right, KC needed to know the situation and not taken a sack and just thrown it away. In a tighter game that could've come back to haunt them.

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

I was hoping for the coaches to help KC out there and just run Helu up the middle and take the 3 points to end the half. There really wasn't enough time there for a TD and I think Gruden got greedy there. But you're right, KC needed to know the situation and not taken a sack and just thrown it away. In a tighter game that could've come back to haunt them.

Good point. I was expecting the run to position the FG attempt. I was thinking that Jay Gruden would consider Cousins' lack of experience in those situations and not put him in a position to make a mistake.

Somehow, I have a gut feeling that Jay isn't going to back off one bit even though he has a young QB running the show. But what do I know?