NOW it's time to start Cousins

[oj Profile]

Well, if you like what you've got then keep doing what you've been doing.

In my profession i have to fix things, when things are wrong you have to make a big change before you can finetune. Shannahan is trying to finetune when he needs to make a big change.

[Irn-Bru Profile Website]

Threadkiller: RGIII has been improving (with ups and downs), and last night he played a very good game. Handing him the reps for the rest of the year, barring injury, is the right thing to do to maximize our chances of success for 2014. Let's give the man a full offseason without rehabilitation, some improvement to our depleted roster, and let him finally take off the knee brace. Then see what he does.

[Kilmer72 Profile]

Threadkiller: RGIII has been improving (with ups and downs), and last night he played a very good game. Handing him the reps for the rest of the year, barring injury, is the right thing to do to maximize our chances of success for 2014. Let's give the man a full offseason without rehabilitation, some improvement to our depleted roster, and let him finally take off the knee brace. Then see what he does.

But this makes too much sense. It isn't as interesting as (What If Scenarios).

[riggofan Profile]

Threadkiller: RGIII has been improving (with ups and downs), and last night he played a very good game. Handing him the reps for the rest of the year, barring injury, is the right thing to do to maximize our chances of success for 2014. Let's give the man a full offseason without rehabilitation, some improvement to our depleted roster, and let him finally take off the knee brace. Then see what he does.

But this makes too much sense. It isn't as interesting as (What If Scenarios).

Yes this doesn't excite me as much as firing everybody and hiring the reanimated zombie body of Vince Lombardi.

[riggofan Profile]

Well, if you like what you've got then keep doing what you've been doing.

In my profession i have to fix things, when things are wrong you have to make a big change before you can finetune. Shannahan is trying to finetune when he needs to make a big change.

I don't know what you fix exactly, but you're trying to tell us that every time something breaks that you have to fix, you completely start from scratch? You cannot possibly fix things without making big changes first? Ever? I call you because I have a leaky toilet, and you will come to my house and completely replace the toilet before you will attempt to fix the leak by less drastic means???

I know this was meant to be profound, but its mostly just hilarious in its generality. I'm pretty sure a lot of people have to "fix things" in some manner or another in their jobs. I build websites. When something breaks, I usually try to figure out what piece specifically is broken and fix that. People rarely want to wait two years for me to completely rebuild their website. How's that for profound?

[DarthMonk Profile]

I thought we should have waited at least until the bye to start Griff but that's another thread. I'm not sure what we should do now but I think he will start the rest of the year provided he does not get hurt.

For what it's worth, pocket passers get sacked less. The guys consistently in the top 10 for fewest sacks per attempt over the pass decade are Brady, Brees, Manning, Rivers, Stafford, Ryan, and Warner. They all make quick decisions and rarely try to extend plays with their legs. The two guys who occasionally sneak into this top 10 who do often try to extend plays with their legs are Rodgers and Romo. These two guys are not used as runners and they have a lot of experience.

We are in a bad place with Griff needing experience, Griff not being 100% (my opinion), Griff trying to extend plays, leaky oline, defenses head-hunting, refs permitting ragdoll treatment, etc. My guess is, if Cousins were to step in, he'd take fewer hits overall and almost definitely fewer big hits - for many reasons - one of which would be different play calling.

[Irn-Bru Profile Website]

Yes this doesn't excite me as much as firing everybody and hiring the reanimated zombie body of Vince Lombardi.

[Irn-Bru Profile Website]

I thought we should have waited at least until the bye to start Griff but that's another thread. I'm not sure what we should do now but I think he will start the rest of the year provided he does not get hurt.

For what it's worth, pocket passers get sacked less. The guys consistently in the top 10 for fewest sacks per attempt over the pass decade are Brady, Brees, Manning, Rivers, Stafford, Ryan, and Warner. They all make quick decisions and rarely try to extend plays with their legs. The two guys who occasionally sneak into this top 10 who do often try to extend plays with their legs are Rodgers and Romo. These two guys are not used as runners and they have a lot of experience.

We are in a bad place with Griff needing experience, Griff not being 100% (my opinion), Griff trying to extend plays, leaky oline, defenses head-hunting, refs permitting ragdoll treatment, etc. My guess is, if Cousins were to step in, he'd take fewer hits overall and almost definitely fewer big hits - for many reasons - one of which would be different play calling.

This is all true. I think we are taking a risk with RGIII. However, I am optimistic because I think we've seen more than a 100% improvement in his decision-making when running with the ball. He is still rather awkward sometimes but he is learning to do the safe thing.

[Kilmer72 Profile]

I thought we should have waited at least until the bye to start Griff but that's another thread. I'm not sure what we should do now but I think he will start the rest of the year provided he does not get hurt.

For what it's worth, pocket passers get sacked less. The guys consistently in the top 10 for fewest sacks per attempt over the pass decade are Brady, Brees, Manning, Rivers, Stafford, Ryan, and Warner. They all make quick decisions and rarely try to extend plays with their legs. The two guys who occasionally sneak into this top 10 who do often try to extend plays with their legs are Rodgers and Romo. These two guys are not used as runners and they have a lot of experience.

We are in a bad place with Griff needing experience, Griff not being 100% (my opinion), Griff trying to extend plays, leaky oline, defenses head-hunting, refs permitting ragdoll treatment, etc. My guess is, if Cousins were to step in, he'd take fewer hits overall and almost definitely fewer big hits - for many reasons - one of which would be different play calling.

I'll admit traditionally pocket passers get sacked less. In his case though he gets most of his in the pocket.

Leaky Oline... This is where it all starts.

[StorminMormon86 Profile]

My God I hope that Griffin doesn't get hurt for the rest of this year. EVERYONE will suddenly have hindsight 20/20 analysis into why Shanny should have benched him when the season was over with.

[Kilmer72 Profile]

My God I hope that Griffin doesn't get hurt for the rest of this year. EVERYONE will suddenly have hindsight 20/20 analysis into why Shanny should have benched him when the season was over with.

I hear you. He was looking pretty good last game, much like he used to. That is the reason why he should play the last 4 games.