Two game analysis

[Sportster 72]

I made a very simple statement, completion percentage = accuracy. There is no arguing that rationally. I did not say it means you played well. I followed my completion percentage comment but Cousins has not played well. Mark Brunnell sent the NFL record for consecutive completed passes and I think that was on one drive. That is a joke. It illustrates both of our points.

 

[Sharkinva]

I made a very simple statement, completion percentage = accuracy. There is no arguing that rationally. I did not say it means you played well. I followed my completion percentage comment but Cousins has not played well. Mark Brunnell sent the NFL record for consecutive completed passes and I think that was on one drive. That is a joke. It illustrates both of our points.

Actually Brunell was for 22 in a Game.. as a Redskin. Of course right after he hit 22 straight completions Collingsworth opened his mouth and Jinxed it.

 

[Sportster 72]

Loved A-10s and also A-6s but they were probably close to done by then if not already done.

I have one question, if you could hit 342 out of 350 what was your TD percentage and yards per shot percentage? Okay, I just couldn't resist that one.

 

[Sharkinva]

Loved A-10s and also A-6s but they were probably close to done by then if not already done.

I have one question, if you could hit 342 out of 350 what was your TD percentage and yards per shot percentage? Okay, I just couldn't resist that one.

LOL... Sadly if I was accurate, the WR never caught another pass.

 

[Sharkinva]

And yea the a-6 was all but done by the time i got to the sand box. Might have seen two of them.

 

[Sportster 72]

Yep I understand. I went in at the end of Viet Nam so most of my time in was in peace time. Thankfully we never used the nukes but I am guessing some of those Tomahawks flew off DDG 51 class ships.

Like ehb said, I am old ... not 70 yet though. I did watch Jim Brown, Nitschke, Starr, Unitas, Jurgensen Namath etc. Snow on the roof ehb but still have fire in the furnace.

 

[Sportster 72]

I went in in 90, rules were different then. If you scored a consistent 342 out of 350 on the range with Iron sights in boot camp, you went to Quantico for 6 months and picked up a secondary MOS. Come 95, when things were really rolling, they started doing guys as Primary MOS of 8541 again. And as a Primary MOS of Comm, I got to call in fire from 14/15 Squadrons, A-10's and Arty batteries.

LOL... Sadly if I was accurate, the WR never caught another pass.

And yea the a-6 was all but done by the time i got to the sand box. Might have seen two of them.

You could shoot up and A-6 or A-10 and they could still make it home. Intruder squadron on the American had part of a canopy blow out at 30,000 and they made it back on board, little cold but safe and sound.

 

[Sharkinva]

Yep I understand. I went in at the end of Viet Nam so most of my time in was in peace time. Thankfully we never used the nukes but I am guessing some of those Tomahawks flew off DDG 51 class ships.

Like ehb said, I am old ... not 70 yet though. I did watch Jim Brown, Nitschke, Starr, Unitas, Jurgensen Namath etc. Snow on the roof ehb but still have fire in the furnace.

Got Married Jan 10, 91... GWB declared war Jan 15th 91, And I was headed to the border of Kuwait Jan 20th 91.


Yea that was interesting.

 

[Sportster 72]

Got Married Jan 10, 91... GWB declared war Jan 15th 91, And I was headed to the border of Kuwait Jan 20th 91.


Yea that was interesting.

What a honeymoon.

Thanks for your service.

 

[Sharkinva]

What a honeymoon.

Thanks for your service.

And thank you sir. I know it was mostly peace time. But any one willing to serve when things are good, was willing to hit it if shit got bad. Got to respect that.


And yes my wife was knocked up before I got on the boat. LOL

 

[Sportster 72]

Have to laugh about conversation we had shark about zone defenses. It makes me laugh because when I played we just had 4-3-4 zone or man or 5-2-4. No quarters zone with man under etc. The olden days.

 

[Sharkinva]

Have to laugh about conversation we had shark about zone defenses. It makes me laugh because when I played we just had 4-3-4 zone or man or 5-2-4. No quarters zone with man under etc. The olden days.

You got a few years on me. And I was a Safety, so I was rather committed to the hybrid zone, which I guess is the Tampa two now. LOL

 

[j_y19]

This is why I love this site. Only you guys can make me feel young again..........Thanks to both of you guys for your service! While we haven't formally met, I gotta feeling that Im glad you both (should throw dad in there also) are on my side!

 

[Sportster 72]

Damn j_y, did you just call us old in a nice way.

 

[j_y19]

Damn j_y, did you just call us old in a nice way.

I prefer to think of us as experienced....

 

[Caliskinsfan]

Chuck Sapienza...



Let me get this out of the way immediately. Kirk Cousins has played terribly. His decision-making, his confidence and most of all, his accuracy have been atrocious. Cousins is struggling and everyone knows it. Management, the locker room, media and fans have gone from “You Like That!” to “Why did you throw that?” Most of all, Cousins knows it himself. A player, who in the past has waded in a pool of self-doubt, is currently drowning.

While it would be easy to point the finger directly at No. 8 and you wouldn’t be wrong to do so, there is someone on the coaching staff that should be in the crosshairs of blame before the quarterback. No, I am not talking about defensive coordinator Joe Barry, but rather his offensive counterpart, Sean McVay.

McVay has treated the running game as if it has Zika. After two games, the Redskins offensive coordinator has called more passing plays then every team in football. The Redskins have thrown the ball 76% of the time (91 passes on 120 plays) and run the ball 24% of the time (29 of 120). Where is the balance? Cowboys coach Jason Garrett, who for years has been accused of ignoring the running game has called 31 more running plays than McVay, who makes Red Jesus look like former Rams head coach Ground Chuck (Knox).




Morning Manny: Josh Norman Is A Bright Spot


To put this in perspective, during the final six games of last season, when Cousins was playing at his highest level, McVay’s run/pass ratio was 48.7% run to 51.3% pass. It’s called balance and it worked. No balance means no play action. No play action means Cousins is throwing into seven and eight man coverage. That is a recipe for disaster.

One of the criticisms of Cousins, before late last season, was his propensity for throwing interceptions. After two games and three picks, it looks like the same ole Kirk. But when you take into account the number of passes he has thrown, his numbers aren’t as terrible as they appear. Cousins has thrown three picks in 89 official attempts for an interception percentage of 3.4%. While that number seems way below average, it better than Roethlisberger (4.1%), Winston (6.0%) and Osweiler (4.4%) this season and is on par with the career numbers of Eli Manning (3.2%) and John Elway (3.1%).

When Sean is putting together his weekly game plan, I am sure he sees all of the weapons in the passing game and gets more excited than a 15 year old boy seeing his first pair of breasts but part of being a coach or manager is doctoring up a plan to help a struggling player gain confidence. With McVay’s current level of doctoring, Cousins could sue him for malpractice. Sean McVay, after two weeks is the Conrad Murray of play callers. He needs to beat it with this lack of run calls because right now he is killing Kirk Cousins.

 

[Breed]

Good article, @Caliskinsfan

 

[j_y19]

This was a good analysis and I think does a better job explaining what some of us haven been trying to say. No one is making excuses for Kirk's mistakes, but the play calling has not helped KC either. I hope the staff is going back to last year's stretch run when he was hot and see what we were doing different from all aspects compared to our first 2 games this year. Its not coddling to try and put every player in the best position to be successful. I know one or two on here disagree with this. All they see is the weapons available to him, but dont look at the defense and how they are playing. He should be able to throw 20 yards down the field (or further)every time because he has such studs as receivers. Sounds great in theory. In practice it leads to forced throws and INTs because the defense is dropping 7 and 8, double teaming your 2 best, and playing a soft deep zone to take away any big plays. I've said this before, but this is an ideal situation to run the ball.

 

[Sportster 72]

Where is ole Chuck these days?

 

[Sportster 72]

Chuck Sapienza...



Let me get this out of the way immediately. Kirk Cousins has played terribly. His decision-making, his confidence and most of all, his accuracy have been atrocious. Cousins is struggling and everyone knows it. Management, the locker room, media and fans have gone from “You Like That!” to “Why did you throw that?” Most of all, Cousins knows it himself. A player, who in the past has waded in a pool of self-doubt, is currently drowning.

While it would be easy to point the finger directly at No. 8 and you wouldn’t be wrong to do so, there is someone on the coaching staff that should be in the crosshairs of blame before the quarterback. No, I am not talking about defensive coordinator Joe Barry, but rather his offensive counterpart, Sean McVay.

McVay has treated the running game as if it has Zika. After two games, the Redskins offensive coordinator has called more passing plays then every team in football. The Redskins have thrown the ball 76% of the time (91 passes on 120 plays) and run the ball 24% of the time (29 of 120). Where is the balance? Cowboys coach Jason Garrett, who for years has been accused of ignoring the running game has called 31 more running plays than McVay, who makes Red Jesus look like former Rams head coach Ground Chuck (Knox).




Morning Manny: Josh Norman Is A Bright Spot


To put this in perspective, during the final six games of last season, when Cousins was playing at his highest level, McVay’s run/pass ratio was 48.7% run to 51.3% pass. It’s called balance and it worked. No balance means no play action. No play action means Cousins is throwing into seven and eight man coverage. That is a recipe for disaster.

One of the criticisms of Cousins, before late last season, was his propensity for throwing interceptions. After two games and three picks, it looks like the same ole Kirk. But when you take into account the number of passes he has thrown, his numbers aren’t as terrible as they appear. Cousins has thrown three picks in 89 official attempts for an interception percentage of 3.4%. While that number seems way below average, it better than Roethlisberger (4.1%), Winston (6.0%) and Osweiler (4.4%) this season and is on par with the career numbers of Eli Manning (3.2%) and John Elway (3.1%).

When Sean is putting together his weekly game plan, I am sure he sees all of the weapons in the passing game and gets more excited than a 15 year old boy seeing his first pair of breasts but part of being a coach or manager is doctoring up a plan to help a struggling player gain confidence. With McVay’s current level of doctoring, Cousins could sue him for malpractice. Sean McVay, after two weeks is the Conrad Murray of play callers. He needs to beat it with this lack of run calls because right now he is killing Kirk Cousins.

Yes, one of the points I made when starting this thread. Going back to old days football you want to have the threat of the run so you can run play action passes and make the LBers believe they should honor the run instead of say "yeah right" while they drop into deep zones. Thank you Manny for agreeing.