and so it begins

[Breed]

So you and Breed are not aware that Cousins is 8th in the league in yards per attempt?

I'm also aware that the Skins only have 4 pass plays of 40+ yards this year, one of which was a behind the LOS pass that JC took to the house. It seemed relevant considering some of the things Burnsie said in his post. For the speed that the Skins have, and I forgot to mention Thompson in my last post. I don't find unreasonable to think they should or could have more 40+ yard pass plays.

 

[Sportster 72]

I'm also aware that the Skins only have 4 pass plays of 40+ yards this year, one of which was a behind the LOS pass that JC took to the house. It seemed relevant considering some of the things Burnsie said in his post. For the speed that the Skins have, and I forgot to mention Thompson in my last post. I don't find unreasonable to think they should or could have more 40+ yard pass plays.

I haven't read the stat when reading YPA that says PTO40YITA.

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

I think it's clear thst Kirk is OK on the deep ball but must improve. Think of how many missed TDs he has left on the field, especially early in the year.

 

[Breed]

I haven't read the stat when reading YPA that says PTO40YITA.

Neither have I. I have seen, quite a few times in fact, the stat that keeps track of how many 40+ yard passes every team has and the Redskins only have 4. For all speed the Skins have as well as potential mismatches with Reed, Davis, JC, and Thompson. I think its OK to ask why they don't have more plays of this nature.

Interesting poll 2016 NFL QB Tier Rankings even among those who should know best, There seems to be no cleqar cut consensus on KC.

 

[Krusheasy]

Galdi assesses where we are in the Cousins-Redskins contract situation. Given where we were entering the season, is a long-term deal this offseason more or less likely off the Skins' first eight games this season? (Date Added: 11/7/16)

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[Burnsie]

Here is a good article on why Cousins and Desean Jackson have not connected more often.

A closer look at why the Redskins haven’t been able to maximize DeSean Jackson

 

[Krusheasy]

KIRK COUSINS, REDSKINS
Calculated & Likely: 5 years, $110.6M ($22.1M AAV), $44M guaranteed at signing
The Redskins played it safe this season by slapping a $19.953M franchise tag on the 28 year old. His completion percent (70/67) and Rating (101/93) have dipped a bit, but he’s still on pace for 4,800 yards, 24 TD and 14 INT. Is it enough to secure a long-term deal in Washington? He’s trending in the right direction in the past few weeks. While his calculated market value lies just north of $22M, Washington would be on the hook for nearly $24M were they to slap another franchise tag on Cousins in 2017, making it likely that a more front-loaded deal is required to lock him in.

 

[Breed]

Here is a good article on why Cousins and Desean Jackson have not connected more often.

A closer look at why the Redskins haven’t been able to maximize DeSean Jackson

Excellent article that shows what I've been thinking and what you actually posted.

 

[Breed]

Shit, If that's the deal that's cool. Unfortunately, I can see KC and his agent thinking they can get more than that.

 

[Krusheasy]

Shit, If that's the deal that's cool. Unfortunately, I can see KC and his agent thinking they can get more than that.

their last offer was 16m & 24 guaranteed .... so they are worlds apart

but i agree with you and the article ... those number look reasonable.

 

[Breed]

their last offer was 16m & 24 guaranteed .... so they are worlds apart

but i agree with you and the article ... those number look reasonable.

16m with 24 guaranteed as in 16m in average/80 mill for 5 years with 24 mill guaranteed? If so, that must be where they were just starting from. KC and his agent would be silly to take that.

 

[Krusheasy]

16m with 24 guaranteed as in 16m in average/80 mill for 5 years with 24 mill guaranteed? If so, that must be where they were just starting from. KC and his agent would be silly to take that.

they probably could have gotten him to compromise at 20m per 50 million guaranteed

but because he is performing his salary is now being projected at 22m per ... & if they dont get something worked out in the upcoming off season that number is going to keep going up with the salary cap going up & the demand for quality QB never ending.

the sticking points seemed to be the guaranteed money ... they offered 24 & Cousins wanted 50.

cousins is performing, so he has leverage & can hold out for the franchise tag again if they refuse to pony up

two years franchised is 44m guaranteed.

so they might as well get the guaranteed money worked out ... because each year he continues to perform his yearly salary is going to go up.

 

[Sportster 72]

Here is a good article on why Cousins and Desean Jackson have not connected more often.

A closer look at why the Redskins haven’t been able to maximize DeSean Jackson

Cooley talked about this a couple of days ago and his opinion is a lot of this is on DJax. He feels he has been playing at the 5th best receiver on the team behind: JReed, Clam Crowder, VDavis and Pierre.

 

[gkekoa]

Are we sure the cap will continue to rise with the reduction in viewership and the unhappy sponsors?

 

[SoCalWizFan]

Are we sure the cap will continue to rise with the reduction in viewership and the unhappy sponsors?

First of all they have to see how the ratings pan out during the remainder of the season now that the election is over & the nt games should be more interesting (due to flexing if nothing else). Ignore tonight's game which should be a dud.

 

[Breed]

Cooley talked about this a couple of days ago and his opinion is a lot of this is on DJax. He feels he has been playing at the 5th best receiver on the team behind: JReed, Clam Crowder, VDavis and Pierre.

I'm not seeing the rationale behind that. Of the plays highlighted, only one w/o doubt is Jackson's fault. There's a lotta missed throws there and too little diversity far as routes run/play calling goes.

 

[j_y19]

Clearly the deep ball from KC is not his strength and that is where DJax shines. But for those of you complaining that they are not connecting enough (or attempting enough) on the deep passes, i suggest that its not necessarily a bad thing as long as our offense continues to put together long, clock eating drives. Think about it. with our defense, do we really want to have offensive drives that only last 3 minutes, giving the opposing offenses more touches of the ball? Of course the deep pass needs to be a threat and we do need to connect enough to keep the defenses honest, but it would seem to me the last thing we want to do is get into shoot outs with the likes of Detroit, Dallas, Green bay, etc.

The caveat to this is we have to do a better job of finishing these long drives by scoring in the red zone.

 

[Krusheasy]

 

[Sportster 72]

Interesting thoughts by Standig on that first article

 

[Breed]

Clearly the deep ball from KC is not his strength and that is where DJax shines. But for those of you complaining that they are not connecting enough (or attempting enough) on the deep passes, i suggest that its not necessarily a bad thing as long as our offense continues to put together long, clock eating drives. Think about it. with our defense, do we really want to have offensive drives that only last 3 minutes, giving the opposing offenses more touches of the ball? Of course the deep pass needs to be a threat and we do need to connect enough to keep the defenses honest, but it would seem to me the last thing we want to do is get into shoot outs with the likes of Detroit, Dallas, Green bay, etc.

The caveat to this is we have to do a better job of finishing these long drives by scoring in the red zone.

Regardless if it's a shoot-out or a low scoring affair. All, but two games (Pitt and Cle) win, loss, or tie, have been decided by 7 points or less and have basically come down to the last possession of the game. And the Cle game was trending that way till a 4th quarter Norman pick.

The Skins have been better than decent at putting together long, clock eating drives. Currently they rank 12th in TOP averaging 30 minutes 59 seconds a game. Dallas is tops in the NFL at 33 minutes 09 seconds or 2 min 10 sec more than the Skins. NFL Football Stats - NFL Team Average Time of Possession (Excluding OT) on TeamRankings.com

The Skins are even better at getting into the opposition red zone as evidenced by being the 7th ranked team in this particular category. NFL Football Stats - NFL Team Red Zone Scoring Attempts per Game on TeamRankings.com.

The Skins are also very good at converting 3rd downs into 1st downs as evidenced by being the 6th ranked team doing so. NFL Football Stats - NFL Team Third Down Conversion Percentage on TeamRankings.com

All 3 of the above stats indicate the Skins don't have a problem putting together long, clock eating drives. The problems show up after the Skins get into the red zone. Due to the Skins falling to the 30th ranked team when it comes to scoring red zone TDs NFL Football Stats - NFL Team Red Zone Scoring Percentage (TD only) on TeamRankings.com Which in turn render the strong rankings in the stats above somewhat moot. This w/o question is a bad thing.

I submit that while it would be lovely if every Skins TD drive was of the long clock eating variety. Things aren't and really don't work out that way. Just as we want the Skins offense to be a balanced team far as pass/run ratio. I'd also like the Skins offense to be effective scoring TDs in multiple ways, To be both an offense that can maintain and sustain long drives ending in TDs. As well as possessing the capability to be quick strike from distance. Sadly at this point in the season we aren't really either and given the closeness of the games we've played and likely will continue to play this season. The offense needs to take their TDs however they can get em. Not concerning themselves with giving too many possessions to the opposition. At least not till situations warrant said concerns like at the end of the half or end of the game.