Why is the thought that Cousins could be better than RG version 42 so slanderous? In 1 single start, he threw for more yards than RG 42 has in all of the others. RG 42 has been just playing it safe all year
Look, yes, it does have something to do with race but race and history are on my side here.
If you are not a pocket passer, you will not be successful in the NFL. If you do not have a high IQ at the quarterback position, you will not be successful in the NFL.
Come on RG 42, was another couple inches on that Ngata hit from missing the rest of this year and likely most of next year never regaining "full strength" until 2014 season.
And since I know race will come up anyway, black quarterbacks generally have the shelf life of a running back and that is once they are 30, they are generally done. (Vince Young, Michael Vick)....I heard this same crap i hear now back in 2006 and 2007 about Vince Young from this forum, SBR, Doc's forum (whatever his name is on here) and everyone said the same thing they said then they are saying now. (Gynocologist will vouch on this) . These guys just are not cut out for NFL QB positions. It is not racist. Fort example, in high school, it is prob. better to have a black quarterback than a white one because that black guy can just use his athleticism to beat everyone prob. like Vince Young and Vick did in high school./
Long term, not enough sample size on Cousins, but I would take him over RG 42 long term. You will see. 3 or 4 years from now, it will be the same thing. Off season defenses will adjust to their gimmick pistol/ read option high school BS offense and all of a sudden next year, you know what we will hear from ESPN? One reporter will say "what is wrong with RG 42", while the other will come up with every imagineable excuse in the book blaming his line, lack of playmakers, etc.
Basically, guys like RG 42 continually regress, meaning this is the best you will see him be while guys like Luck, Peyton Manning( greatest QB ever), Brady, Eli, Brees, Rodgers all PROGRESSED. How can you aregue this. sorry, but part of it is skin color as it correlates to speed and most importantly IQ. The Colts are doing exactly with Luck that they did to Manning his rookie year. Throw him the entire playbook and you see how far he has come from week 1 vs the bears to now.
And speaking of regression, wasn't it last year at this time, everyone was raving about Cam newton? He has regressed and you have seen his best football.
As far as the point of Cousins vs RG 42, right now, I can't say difinitively he is better because he has played 1 game, but I will say statistically 3 years from now, he likely will be. The good thing about guys like Cousins is you can tell pretty fast if it will work for them as they are pocket passers and do not need the gimicky wildcat/ pistol offenses. Luck is 2nd in the league in turnovers this year, but there is a reason for that. He is dropping back 50 times a game and throwing it down the field more than any other NFL QB (same thing Manning did his rookie season when he threw 28 picks). The Colts lead the NFL in plays over 20 yards.
I guess it is this simple. Prototypical pocket passer with high IQ, size, and accurate arm will beat "athlete" quarterback just like books will win in long term. The athlete may get a nice 16 yard scramble on 3rd and 15 every now and then, but long term, they do not stay healthy.
One last poinrt, I did not even bring up actually staying on the field. redskins fans, you trust RG 42 to be on the field all 16 games? haha. Luck has the worst offensive line in the NFL and hasn't missed a SINGLE PLAY THIS YEAR JUST LIKE MANNING IN 1998. That is play, not game.
Lets see, Vick ( missed entire year after running around in preseason game, broken leg)
Vince Young ( in 6 NFL seasons, never played in all 16 games, and played in less than half in those seasons)
McNabb (although he thought he was a pocket passer, he proved he had a low IQ and he was always hurt)
RG 42 already has missed 1 game and it could have easily been much worse
Cam Newton: Low IQ, has half ass attitude, cares more about a superman pose, and has won I think 10 total games in 2 years)
some will yell "bigot" or "racist" "moron" or whatever, i have heard it all before online and some offline. But you know, I would never draft a white running back either in the 1st or 2nd round. So I must hate the most discriminated race in america too, the white male.
As a colt fan last april, I felt a little uneasy about the draft heading into april. Was relieved to see the colts didn't get caught up in the PC movement and did the best thing.
