Sun Jan 08, 2023 6:51 pm
Cousins is playing great. The most telltale stat is his interceptions going way up. He's playing looser, not overthinking things, and not being too careful anymore....while also not being reckless.....he still is about as safe as it gets and his "bad picks" are from receivers not completing their routes correctly. His other picks are the good kind.....he throws it up and gives his receivers a chance to make a play....sometimes the guy also good enough to make millions of dollars also is capable of making a play. It never seems to happen where it really hurts us....usually it's a deep ball where they get it at the 20-40yd line....ends up being a risk that when lost comes out about the same as a third and out and punting, which most likely would've happened if Cousins played like his old self and never gave his guys a chance to go up and make a play. I'll never be upset as a fan when a QB gives his receivers a chance at a jump ball during the time of game and place on the field it doesn't burn you.
He's getting hit a lot, hurried a lot, but the stat i think is the most important is his increase in throwing picks. Not worrying about his receivers not getting it every time and playing looser opens up the rest of his game.....he goes through his reads smoother, he hesitates to run less when it's there. He doesn't have eyes in the back of his head and a Teflon jersey he can Duke and duck oncoming blitzers and pass rushers, but he ain't bad. I kind of like that he's limited in that regard and a true old school pocket passer. Too many Kyler Murray's, Russ Wilson, black running QB's. Slow immobile white guys made the position and the league great. It's nice to see a few still around and competing well. Fukc all this slash shit dual passing running threat bullshit....better have a good backup because all those fukcers are like Dak in being out six to eight games a season. If nothing else, Cousins is durable and will be ready as best as he possibly can come game day. The only start he's ever missed was some gay bullshit over covid, because the dude had the stones and the conviction to listen to common sense and not pump a bunch of immune system genetically mutating crap serum that never worked and was a total joke into his body just because Goodell and the rest of the phags in NYC tried to strong arm him.
He should wear that being his only missed start as a Viking as a badge of honor.
I used to fukcing hate Cousins but he's won me over this year. The old Kirk who played tight and needed six uninterrupted seconds of clean pocket time to make his reads would have this team at about five wins. Huge improvement from Cousins this year IMO.
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