100% agree. You are a fan that truly looks into why things arent going our way like I do. I have said that coaching was arguably the biggest change and the main thing that caused our offense to dip. Losing Sporano in a tragedy and losing Shurmur to NY was 50x more damaging than anything else on this team that happened.mansquatch wrote: ↑Fri Mar 22, 2019 9:15 am
VikingLord, I think you missed the main thrust of my post which was that the COACHING also changed, and in the case of OL, the change occured in about the most traumatic way possible. IMO, this was the main variable that ultimately lead to the decrease in offensive efficacy. Your post commits the very error that caused me to make this thread. The players do not exist in a vacuum. The coaches scheme and use them and that contributes to their performance. If you do not believe me then ask Jared Goff if he'd prefer that Jeff Fisher was still his HC. (Just as one example...)
So to that end I would say this: In hiring Kubiak they are addressing the OL issues. They are just not doing it with players.
Also 100% agree. I've said that in a few posts recently that if you're throwing Keenum 45 times a game, it would be a freaking disaster. Cousins is such a better pure QB than Keenum is. It's not even close IMO. The difference is the 2017 offense relied on balance in both the passing game and running game. Also, the OL was much better. In 2018, this offense relied on Kirk Cousins to win them games week in and week out. That's not who Kirk is. He's a damn good QB but he isnt that type of QB. He needs balance no different than what Keenum had. And he never got that. It's like Flip was screaming, "KIRK SAVE US". I say it all the time but nobody can sit there and tell me we CANT run the ball with Cook and Murray. They are too good to not be able to run the ball. Sure, our OL will suck at times but it was completely bailed on by Flip. We can be 7th in the NFL in rushing in 2017 with Murray and McKinnon but 30th in the NFL in rushing with Cook and Murray. That makes zero sense. Remmers and Compton were not THAT much worse run blocking than Berger and Easton. They were worse, but not 7th down to 30th worse. Flip was an absolute train wreck and tried to turn Kirk Cousins into something he was not. I'd love to see Cousins in a balanced offense. That has a good rushing attack and good passing game with even average blocking. There was always something drastically missing on Cousins's teams since becoming a full time starter. In 2015 he had zero run game and the 28th ranked defense, in 2016 he had a below average run game and the 28th ranked defense, in 2017 he had a terrible running game and terrible OL and then in 2018, we're thinking he's going into a gold mine, and he has zero run game and a terrible OL. It was his responsibility to do everything for that offense. Just like it was for 3 years in Washington. I truly believe Kubiak and Stefanski balance this offense out and improve this OL more than people think. I think this will be a good year for our offense.Also there have been some disagreements on Keenum vs. Cousins and my view that Cousins was a clear upgrade. To be blunt: I stand by my conclusion. Cousins is a superior passer to Keenum. If Keenum was so great, then how come Denver jettisoned him this year after only one season? He couldn't give them competitive QB play despite having a very strong running game behind Lindsey. Cousins gave us 4000 passing yards despite an OC that for the most part couldn't figure out how to incorporate a rushing attack. I humbly sumbit that if you put Keenum in that scenario you'd end up with a 20+ INT season. (People seem to conveinently forget the 2-5 passes a game Keenum would put up in 2017 where you'd be like WTF WAS THAT!?!?!? In 2018 he regressed to his mean) However, back to my main point: Why are we in the situation of an over loaded passing game in the first place? Answer: Because the OC called those plays. Quite visibly against his HC's wishes I might add.
[quoteI challenge the detractors in here. Rather than just hammer on your pet peeve of Cousins or the OL, why not challenge my idea? Why wasn't the offensive coaching a major factor? Why didn't losing Tony Sprano just before Trianing Camp contribute to the OL being dysfunctional? Why didn't JDF's game planning and play calling put the offense in a bad place?
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Oh trust me, you wont get much challenging there. Been there done that and in turn I guess I just "make up excuses for Cousins" when in the end there are no excuses, it's simply reality. Not just looking at a record or a stat line for a game and say he sucks. You and I look at the big picture and look at the team as a whole, including Kirk.