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Will the real please stand up? Cousins -- the '
quarterback, franchise-tagged player, , coiner of "You
like that!" and a -- is something of an enigma.
Everything about his time in the , from his draft
selection to his career-season last year, is strange.
When the Redskins drafted him in 2012, the decision made
a complete lack of sense considering the team had just
traded up to snag with the No. 2 overall pick. Yet,
instead of building a team around Griffin, the front
office used a fourth-rounder on a developmental
quarterback. For three seasons and a summer, Cousins
served as Griffin's backup. That changed on the eve of
last season, when Jay Gruden decided Cousins was the
better fit to run his offense. Gruden's decision paid
off. Cousins went on to complete a league-leading (and
incredibly nice) 69.8 percent of his pa ses for 4,166
yards, 29 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions for a 101.6 pa
ser rating. He was one of two quarterbacks, with the
other being , to throw a touchdown in every game of the
season, according to STATS. And the Redskins made the
playoffs for the
Max
Jones Jersey first time since RG3's stellar rookie
year. So, after spending all those years of wishing and
hoping for RG3 to develop into the quarterback of his
rookie season, the Redskins' future franchise quarterback
was sitting there on the bench all along. Right? Not
according to general manager Scot McCloughan, who decided
to hit Cousins with the franchise tag instead of signing
him for the long term. In other words, McCloughan wanted
Cousins to prove that those impre sive numbers weren't an
aberration. He was correct in his decision, because even
Cousins' impre sive stat line was strange. Rather, he
managed to put up that stat line was strange. In the
first eight games of the season, Cousins sucked. In the
final half of the season, Cousins lit up the league. ,
Cousins had a 1.3 percent DVOA in Weeks 1-9. In Weeks 10-
15, Cousins' DVOA lagged behind only , , and Ru sell
Wilson. Traditional statistics also show a great
divide. Comp. % YPA &n bsp;TDs INTs & nbsp; Pa
ser Rating Games 1-8 66.9 ; 6.34 10 ; 9
82.9 Games 9-16 73.6 &nbs p; 9.41 19 &nbs p; 2
126.1 But Cousins' season can't be defined as
"learning the ropes in the first half" and "making the
leap in the second half." Time had nothing to do with
Cousins' second-half surge. It had everything to do with
the level of competition he faced. Cousin's final
stretch of the season looked like this: In three of his
final eight games during the regular season, Cousins
faced the nattinen-women-jersey">Julius Nattinen Women Jersey
worst defense in the league (and the last quarter-
century), the ; the second-worst, the ; and the third-
worst, the . He only faced two defenses that ranked in
the top 16 from Week 10 onwards (one if you discount the
playoffs). Two of his biggest games came against the and
, two defenses that ranked much worse in weighted DVOA
than they did in DVOA for the season. (Of note:
because it really does a great job of breaking down
Cousins' struggles.) The point being, Cousins tore
apart awful defenses (something we shouldn't fault him
for). And so, the key moving forward for Cousins, if he
hopes to secure a lucrative long-term contract, is
translating that succe s to the games in which he faces
tougher competition. He might get that Monday night.
Cousins and the Redskins open up the 2016 slate at 7:10
p.m. ET by hosting the , an AFC favorite to contend for
the . A year ago, the Steelers' defense ranked as the
11th-best boll-kids-jersey">Jared Boll Kids Jersey unit in
DVOA and 11th in points allowed. Those relatively high
rankings were surprising, given just how much has been
made about the leaky secondary, but under defensive
coordinator Keith Butler, the Steelers' defense underwent
a renovation. As our In 2014, the defense managed
just 33 sacks. Last season, they had 48. In terms of FO's
adjusted-sack-rate metric, that's an improvement from
21st to 7th. Unfortunately for the Steelers, they'll
be without second-year pa s-rushing linebacker , Whether
or not the Steelers can get to Cousins figures to be the
key of the game. If they can't, then , , and should
provide their quarterback with easy, open targets. But if
the Steelers can generate pre sure, their young secondary
should survive. Cousins struggled against pre sure
last season. Cousins completed just 53.9 percent of his
pa ses, to sed seven touchdowns and seven picks, and
accumulated a pa ser rating of 72.3 when under pre sure.
Compare those numbers to how Cousins fared when he was
well protected, again, according to Pro Football Focus: A
pa ser rating of 114.7, four interceptions, and a 76.8
completion percentage. It's worth noting, however, that
Cousins improved substantially in that area this
preseason. Cousins generated a 121.4 pa ser rating when
under dure s and a 136.0
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We'll find out Monday night if those improvements mean
something for the regular season. And if they translate
over, the Redskins should knock off the Steelers. It'll
also bode well for Cousins' future, financially speaking.
Here are four more stats to know for Monday night's
slate, which also includes the hosting the at 10:20 p.m.
ET.2. The Steelers' winning streak against the Redskins
If the Redskins do manage to knock off the Steelers,
they'll snap a five-game losing streak to the Steelers
that dates back to 1997. They've failed to muster more
than 13 points in all of those games. With that being
said, they haven't seen each other since 2012, when RG3
still quarterbacked the Redskins. They just don't play
that often. This is just the second time the Steelers
will visit FedEx Field for a regular season game. The
first one was.....a thing that happened. Dan Steinberg
(@dcsportsbog) Completely new rosters render the five-
game losing streak meaningle s.3. joins JaMarcus Ru sell
When the Rams head to San Francisco Santa Clara to take
on the 49ers in the late Monday night game, their future
of the franchise won't even be active. Jared Goff, the
quarterback the Rams traded up to draft this past spring,
both and this summer. Maybe it had to do with his pep
talks.I put this huddle pep talk right up there with
Montana's John Candy moment in the Super Bowl. Dan
Hanzus (@DanHanzus) Goff will become the first
quarterback taken with the first pick in the draft to not
start his first game since the left JaMarcus Ru sell on
the bench in 2007.4. is doing something good! Blaine
Gabbert is not a good NFL quarterback, but he is on a
good kind of streak. He's thrown a touchdown in 10
consecutive games, according to STATS. That's the third-
longest current streak, with Ru sell Wilson (17 games)
and Kirk Cousins (16 games) ahead of him. Of course,
Gabbert started only eight games for the 49ers last year,
so his streak actually dates back to 2013, when he was
still clinging to a job with the .
jersey">Ryan Kesler Jersey Gabbert did, at least,
beat out to win the 49ers' starting job this summer, so
he'll ge
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