hitmandm wrote:Mark- I am a Cousins realist. There is a huge debate among the fanbase even in the Media that take my position and detail quite clearly his limitations. Last year I said he was a choking QB who can't win the big game. I said he couldn't be a winner we can count on. This year that is exactly what I said he would be. And he had astronomical WR talent and a HOF potential TE. Last year we were 9-7 and we didn't beat a winning team. This year we were 8-7-1 and missed the playoffs squarely on Captain Pick. I was right and the people you need to emotionally support you even in the face of being wrong when you look at the numbers don't matter. Reality is reality and KC wilted in the big game, choked when it mattered most and threw a game ending pick just like I said he would years ago.
And you are a follower...I can always spot the followers. They are the ones who get suckered in by the Shannahan types.
You are not a Cousins realist. It doesn't matter how many times you say it, it won't make it even remotely true. I personally have never heard members of the media call Cousins a "loser" or "Captain Pick" or any of the other adjectives you use to describe him. You are a pro-RGIII fan who is bitter at Cousins' personal success at the QB position; someone who was able to produce at a position and on the team that RGIII couldn't. Almost everyone you hear talking about the Cousins contract situation agrees that Cousins had a successful season (at least in that he performed well enough will we HAVE to resign him to a deal of his liking; outside of another franchise play) --- the fact he finished the past two years in the top 5 in the NFL in QBR (the best metric for QB performance ever created) confirms this. You provide absolutely no support for your insanely inaccurate posts.....
Instead, your posts just come off as a bitter and angry RGIII fan that can't swallow the success another QB had at the position failed to produce in. Instead you just provide excuse after excuse --- many of which come across hypocritical (based on your Cousins put-downs) and others just plain unsupported.
Now, I agree that Cousins chocked against NYG. I believe that. I personally think that Cousins has a HUGE issue with "big game" situations. It is a REAL REAL REAL concern. That being said, he's the best QB we've had in a VERY long time. As of yesterday there were 5 teams interested in signing him to a
9 FIGURE deal. I am now hearing as of last night 1 more team has joined those ranks.... There is a reason for that. And these are NOT dumb or poorly run franchises in the mix.
As far as Shannahan, I was never a fan. I gave him a chance after 2012, but was
strongly against his initial signing (as I am of ANYTHING Danny boy does outside of hiring Scot) and gave most of the 2012 credit to RGIII and Kyle. You can go back and read my old posts. I admittedly was a HUGE Kyle supporter (again all in my past posts). I considered him at the time he was here and still do as one of the best 3 OCs in the NFL. IMHO, Kyle is a much better coach than his father ever was. Now, I do think that Mike Shanhan has been proven correct on RGIII as what he said at the time has been shown to be correct based on on-field play by RGIII. However, that doesn't mean I think he's a good coach or person; I think he's a crazy egomaniac and there's a reason he's not coaching in the NFL --- when it is pretty clear he wants back in to the NFL.
As far as the "follower" comment --- I stand corrected. I will say with full sincerity and humility that that statement was in fact your most inaccurate statement ever written within this forum..... It's hard not to appear bragadotious, but the simple fact is that couldn't be further from the truth. Without being too specific (as you could probably find me on linkedin or something otherwise --- which based on your posts is the LAST thing I'd need) I was the captain of three varsity sports in high school --- and on 2 of those teams I wasn't one of the top 3 or 4 players. I actually won the "leadership" award presented annually from one of those squads (name still on plaque within the school). I was president of my senior high school class. I was one of 4 captains of my college athletic team. I am currently the "South Region Practice Leader" of my professional specialty and on 2 other national leadership committees within my firm. I have been selected to go to a widely known, invitational national leadership conference each of the past 3 years. I will stop there, but could honestly go on with more examples --- but I think the point is made. In all my life, I can honestly say (and I actually really thought about this), I have never been called a "follower" once in my life. So IMHO, you can "spot" a "follower" almost as well as you can "spot" a franchise QB.....
RIP Sean Taylor. You will be missed.
that little RGIII rant u just gave was so delusional I'm not sure u see anything even remotely objectively....
