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Originally Posted by Paintrain
My Cousins take: He is a classic Gruden QB. Technically sound but overwhelmingly mediocre. He will look great when things are perfect. When the play call matches the defense, when the primary read is open, when he gets great protection and most importantly, when he is playing with the lead. When any of those break down however, so does he...quickly.
Ask him to perform at a high level over a period of time and you will be disappointed. He is too careless with the ball, too pre-determined with where the ball will go and doesn't rally from adversity well.
If he starts all 16 games, he will probably put up good numbers on paper.. 3200 or so yards, 5 or 6 300 yard games, probably 18-24 TD with 14-18 INT.. The reality however will probably result in a 3-5 win season and fans hoping 'that he can put it all together with a full offseason of being the starter'.
Ultimately Cousins is fools gold.
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I think you have a reasonable assessment of Cousins but I do think if projects out this year with those numbers that we are at 5 or 6 wins for sure. At 6 wins, I'm optimistic, 7 wins or more this year and I'm excited about 2016..
Sunday is going be a good bellwether. The Dolphins have a better team this year but have some weaknesses. If we are competitive and are within 4 points, I think that gives us some positive momentum moving on into the season. I'm a Dolphins fan as well as a Skins fan, so honestly I'll be happy either way but the numbnuts on the Dolphins forums are calling for blowout wins. This team has question marks but I think we are poised to start turning this thing around this year.
I don't think Cousins is fools gold though. He has the tools to be competitive in the league and should be a starter in 2016 whether it's in Landover or elsewhere. As I've said before, interceptions aren't the primary metric that I will judge him by. If he throws 25-30 Ints this year but plays well otherwise, then I want him back as the starter in 2016.