Griffin Out For Undetermined Time, It's Cousins Time

[Evilgrin]

Both sides have to play well... Cousins sucked the secondary sucks.

Time to see what Colt can do.

[WillH]

I do think the O-line has played a huge role in both RG3's and Cousins' failures. Even if you aren't really getting pressure on one play or another, once you've been hit so many times you're going to start feeling uncomfortable in the pocket. In RG3's case, he would roll out of the pocket too soon, and in Cousins' case he tries to force a throw, or throw it before the play has developed.

The first sack and fumble, arguably, setup the whole rest of the game. Now, Cousins probably should've stepped up to avoid the sack, but Polombus might as well have been a turnstile. Once the Giants got the early lead, the Redskins were forced to try to keep up. They abandoned the run game early, which made it easy for the pass rushers and the guys in coverage to focus on one job. This led to more pressure on Cousins, leading to more and more turnovers out of desperation. The turnovers of course made an already weak, banged up, and tired Defense try to stop the Gmen on a short field, with no rest, and so you have the lopsided victory.

Certainly Cousins has to take the lion's share of the blame for the poor, wretched, awful decision making, but he would have had a much easier time if 1. We weren't behind and could run the ball to take some pressure off of him 2. He weren't liable to be hit every snap if he didn't get the ball out immediately.

Smoot, do you not think the O-line has contributed to our QBs struggling?

[SmootSmack]

I think it's rare that every INT is 100% on the QB. But it's been the case with Cousins

[WillH]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I think it's rare that every INT is 100% on the QB. But it's been the case with Cousins

Interesting, and what about the fumbles?

[Fiversons]

Originally Posted by WillH

Interesting, and what about the fumbles?

I don't pretend to be an expert, but having Polumbus as your RT doesn't exactly help with QB protection... We have too many holes and not enough depth, same story, different year...

[WillH]

Originally Posted by Fiversons

I don't pretend to be an expert, but having Polumbus as your RT doesn't exactly help with QB protection... We have too many holes and not enough depth, same story, different year...

He looks like a fool out there. He doesn't even have close to the build of an NFL lineman. Maybe an old school tight end. I guess our young guys must have no ability to not have seen the field at this point. We should have built a line before selling the farm for a franchise QB. You'd think Danny would remember Patrick Ramsey.

[Fiversons]

Originally Posted by WillH

He looks like a fool out there. He doesn't even have close to the build of an NFL lineman. Maybe an old school tight end. I guess our young guys must have no ability to not have seen the field at this point. We should have built a line before selling the farm for a franchise QB. You'd think Danny would remember Patrick Ramsey.

Remember when Ramsey was getting crushed in Spurrier's ole fun n gun system? Anyways, when Madden was still calling games, and Spurrier would have an empty backfield with 4 and 5 WR sets, Ramsey would just get completely obliterated by the defense... Madden use to always say, Ramsey, it's like he is a tackling dummy for the defense... I wonder if Coach Spurrier is even going to protect him...

Hey, on the brightside, at least we aren't' as bad as the Spurrier or Zorn days...

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by SmootSmack

I think it's rare that every INT is 100% on the QB. But it's been the case with Cousins

Yup. Just plain errant throws.

[Schneed10]

Here's how we know RG3 is our best QB for the future. We have never seen him have a clunker like the one Cousins just had. Never. Griffin has played in games where the line sucked but he never made that many mistakes. Kirk has what, 7 starts under his belt, and he's had several clunkers.

He's young still, but aren't I kind of describing the Rex Grossman career?

RG3 has less-than-great games but he's fairly consistent even when off. Never as bad as Cousins was.

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by Schneed10

Here's how we know RG3 is our best QB for the future. We have never seen him have a clunker like the one Cousins just had. Never. Griffin has played in games where the line sucked but he never made that many mistakes. Kirk has what, 7 starts under his belt, and he's had several clunkers.

He's young still, but aren't I kind of describing the Rex Grossman career?

RG3 has less-than-great games but he's fairly consistent even when off. Never as bad as Cousins was.

Please stop comparing Kirk Cousins to Rex Grossman. It makes me feel bad.

[Bigreds77]

Originally Posted by Lotus

Yup. Just plain errant throws.

Maybe he was sending a message that he wants out of Washington? The guy had two great games and was still bashed by the fans.

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by Bigreds77

Maybe he was sending a message that he wants out of Washington? The guy had two great games and was still bashed by the fans.

That was more a message he wanted out of the NFL. Hopefully we see a better product next week.

[Lotus]

Originally Posted by Bigreds77

Maybe he was sending a message that he wants out of Washington? The guy had two great games and was still bashed by the fans.

Welcome to the world of Kirk Cousins going all the way back to Mich St. Multiple TD's with a "wow" factor one week, multiple interceptions with an "ugh" factor the next week. It's always been how he rolls.

Before I hurt the feelings of KI Skins Fan, I'll stop there.

[MTK]

Kirk is who we thought he was. Great one week, bad the next. I agree the comparison to Rex is an accurate one.

[Bucket]

Originally Posted by Mattyk

Kirk is who we thought he was. Great one week, bad the next. I agree the comparison to Rex is an accurate one.

Still think the sample size is to small to be labeling someone. That's like saying RG3 is injury prone and can never stay healthy, or he's not capable of being a pocket QB.