Answering everyone’s Cousins questions

[CharVike]

Another interesting stat I saw was Cousins was pressured only 12% of the time vs Denver. That equates to 5 drop backs, which is also the number of sacks the Broncos had for the game.

Is 12% a low number?

[Pondering Her Percy]

Nobody is saying we can’t be critical of Kirk but what are you going to be critical about right now? The fact he’s gone 5-1 the last 6 weeks? The fact he’s played like an all pro throughout that span? When Kirk plays bad, we all talk about it. But how often is it JUST Kirk that’s a problem? Hardly ever. You say cousins needs everything to be perfect to succeed. Was everything perfect vs Dallas? Was everything perfect vs Detroit? Or philly? Last time I checked our “great defense” gave up roughly 25 points a game during that time. Saying Kirk needs everything perfect to succeed is laughable given how he’s been playing. And this teams been far from perfect....

You might find this interesting, PHP.

Not that I'm a huge fan of Pro Football Focus (I'm not), but they recently released their top quarterbacks at each of 35 different categories they rate. Stuff like who's the highest rated at post routes, out routes, hitch routes, rollouts, tight-window throws, etc.

Kirk Cousins leads in 5 categories -- crossing routes, next-read throws (throws when the first read is covered), throwing to receivers out wide, play-action, and designed rollouts. That's one QB leading the league in 15% of the categories rated. Only Russell Wilson leads in more categories. I also know that he ranked 5th in first-read throws, and that his efficiency on next-read throws is EXACTLY THE SAME as his efficiency on first-read throws. Thought I'd throw that in there for all the people who think Cousins can't complete passes if his first read is covered.

Our QB is ballin'.

Oh, also forgot. Cousins ranks fifth overall, behind Wilson, Jackson, Brees and Rodgers.

I'm glad you found this Kapp. Maybe it will start to open the eyes of the haters some. Really like the "next-read throw" statistic because I remember a specific someone on here saying "Kirk panics when his first read is covered". Clearly that's false. I remember Cousins actually saying that the deep TD to Diggs vs. Denver, was his 4th read on that play. And I tried to say, "you dont know the play or who is what read so to say he panics in those situations is all based on assumption" but they didnt want to listen of course. Maybe they will now lol.

But in regards to the other stats, I actually heard this on LockedOn Vikings Podcast this morning. That is pretty legit. Guys can argue all they want but they dont have a leg to stand on. The guy is playing lights out. Love it.

[S197]

Another interesting stat I saw was Cousins was pressured only 12% of the time vs Denver. That equates to 5 drop backs, which is also the number of sacks the Broncos had for the game.

Is 12% a low number?

It's very low.