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It's also his job to know what the rest of the needs of this team are, and to plan accordingly. If he sees that the defense completely sucks this season (high probability), then he knows that he has to spend a higher percentage of the available cap room to fix that problem. Doing so would mean that there is less available to sign someone who, by all appearances, is an average NFL QB.
Sure, Cousins played well last year. But, there's also 3 years of previous tape on him saying he's just a nice backup in the NFL that could start in a pinch. Do you ignore those other 3 years because of a good 2nd half of the season or do you franchise the guy and say, we want you here, but want to make sure you're the real deal?
Then he probably accepts something close to the 16-18 million they were offering this year.
Your line of thinking would have locked the Redskins into a long-term deal with RG3 after one very good season. How would that have turned out? Luckily, McLovin is a little smarter than the average message board poster
Gruden informed the media after the game how bad Cousins was..not often you see a HC rip the starter.
I remember another recent quarterback who, when his performance was criticized, talked in terms of "we" instead of "I" and got killed for it in the press.
Yup, pretty standard stuff from Gruden. He has no problem ripping players in the media.
Actually I think it's the third time if we are keeping score. Grudens first year he trashed Griffin and Cousins and praised McCoy. So this is Kirk's second time.
I traded for Big Ben because I had enough of him but I think I will hold him as my backup.
I analyzed his schedule and he has a lot of tasty matchups, I'm gonna hold and hope he gets it straightened out, and his D is bad and his weapons are good, hoping for the best! I will bench this week vs NYG tho, there D is solid.
Dropping him to grab Pitta or McKinnon. Staring Marriota. Cousins is equivalent to most on the ww so would rather get some additional upside elsewhere than him. Who knows may grab him again on the ww but not worth the roster spot at this point.
He leads the league in completions and attempts and is third in yards. He just needs to add some TDs.
Run game was fine until abandoned on Sunday. He needs to quit short hopping his throws like he's a third baseman on a bang-bang play at first.
I haven't heard yet which players are complaining. I'm guessing that world-class D-bag DeSean Jackson is one of them. He's unquestionably one of the top three dumbest players in the NFL.
They pass the ball 78% of the time. The only other teams over 70% are Jacksonville and New Orleans.
His efficiency numbers are good too, other than the TDs. 65.2% completion and 7.8ypa, both right on the edge of the top 10.
But if you actually watch him you see that he's missing a lot of really easy throws--and I don't mean that as a dumb fan I see a guy he's already passed in the progression running free and screaming how open he is--I mean the actual receiver he chooses, he's throwing some bad balls and costing himself easy TD's, easy big plays. He's playing nervous out there, needs to settle down.
If the teams's putting everything on your shoulders you're not doing well unless you're getting the TD's. The team's not there to compile good stats.
