12-27-2018, 10:14 PM
Quote: @JimmyinSD said:
Dont get me wrong, I in no way think Cousins is in Bradys league. I was just trying to make the point that a QB does not put up the type of numbers Cousins has put up this season as a game manager. His numbers are better than Bradys this year and I think anyone with a heartbeat knows Tom Brady is far from a game manager. I too expected more from not just Cousins but the whole team this season. I do believe though that if Keenum were still the Vikings QB this years team would have been lucky to win 6 games this season.@Purple Haze said:
I hear you about stats but that is all there really is to judge by unless you really get deep into it. Tom Brady has few touchdowns, more interceptions, 2 games under 200 yards passing and only 5 over 300 like Cousins and zero over 400 unlike Cousins. So does that make Brady a game manager ? But there again the numbers don't tell the whole story. As for the turnovers on the N.O. pick six Diggs quit on the route he admitted as much. Rudy totally missed a block on another pick six in the Miami game. On the fumbles, especially the Buffalo game I give the O-Line a lot of the blame. All that being said I think where he gets all of the blame is his hanging onto the ball too long. I wish he would just throw the ball away and live to play another down on a lot plays. Fans are getting too hung up on the money he is being paid. Thats just the trend of the NFL. Big Ben signed his contract for 21.8 a year in 2015, Eli Manning 21 million in 2015, then in 2016 Luck signs for 24.6 million a year, then comes Stafford in 2017 signing for 27 million a year, then in 2018 Cousins for 28, then Ryan for 30, then Rogers for 34. Teams either have to pay that amount or you get the Case Keenums of the world for 20 million. I don't really disagree with you for the most part, I just don't see another option that the Vikings could have went with and still had a playoff caliber team. case keenum with a horse shoe had them in the playoffs with what he had around him, Cousins merely making the playoffs (remains to be seen) wasnt an acceptable goal for me going into this year. yes the schedule was tougher, and yes the team had set backs, but Cousins came with higher expectation and now that we arent where we expected to be we start to make excuses? I give him some slack but he is either a top tier QB or he isnt and if he isnt then he shouldnt be paid like one regardless of what else was available. I think he has better football in him than what we are seeing.
as far as comparing him to brady... one is 29 the other is like 41 or something, also people are all talking about how far brady has fallen this year and wondering if he should hang it up.
