I wonder how Redskins fans are feeling now?

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Alex (Johnny Checkdown before last season) Smith was back to his old ways in a bad loss to the Colts. The sour grapes mini-review by the Skins org. was that 'Cousins wouldn't always pull the trigger' on some throws in Washington. LMAO, didn't see that on Sunday: just saw a gunslinger kicking ass.

Alex Smith flops in home debut Wonder if some Skins fans who never embraced Kirk Cousins have a little buyer's remorse after the home debut of Alex Smith? Talk about taking the air out of stadium.
Washington's attack was inept and tepid, lacking any real downfield thrust and sputtering against the Colts. On a day when Cousins led an amazing comeback at Lambeau Field for the Vikings -- actually, several comebacks -- the Skins' new-look offense was a failure, mustering just nine points and failing to take advantage of short field when Andrew Luck was picked off.
Smith looked like the version of him prior to 2017, the one with rampant check-downs and dump-offs. He averaged just 6.3 yards per attempt of his 33 completions, almost half (16) went to running backs. Chris Thompson caught 13 balls alone -- albeit for just 92 yards -- and there was little imagination in the passing attack. All of that hype about Adrian Peterson from Week 1 subsided -- 20 yards on 11 carries against a rushing defense that has been awful in recent years -- and issues galore (watching Peterson try to operate in RPOs was fairly brutal).
Kirk Cousins pulls an Aaron Rodgers on Packers Cousins, meantime, rallied the Vikings from down 20-7 and then 29-21 with late touchdowns and two-point conversions. He was throwing into tight windows and picking up chunk yards, managing to shake off a late interception that Laquon Treadwell should have caught but let bounce off his hands in Vikings territory.
That was the lone blemish in Cousins' outing, as he went 35 for 48 for 425 yards with four touchdowns against a tough division rival, out-slinging a wounded Aaron Rodgers. Plenty for him to build on, and only a series of kicking errors kept the Vikings from winning the game.
- CBSSports.com Jason LaConfora

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The best response I heard was from a Washington radio guy after they traded. Smith was the best the team could do to salvage the situation. Paraphrasing here. Anyhow not a glowing endorsement. His view was at best it was a lateral move. You don't trade picks to not improve.

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Maybe it says as much about the lack of talent on the offensive side of the ball in Washington.  I mean, I am perfectly happy with Cousins but he gets to throw to Diggs and Thielan.  Who is Smith throwing to?  Its really hard to compare situations.

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@Purplewhizz said:
Maybe it says as much about the lack of talent on the offensive side of the ball in Washington.  I mean, I am perfectly happy with Cousins but he gets to throw to Diggs and Thielan.  Who is Smith throwing to?  Its really hard to compare situations.

The Redskins were stoked about their offensive personnel heading into this season: Reed at TE, Crowder and Doctson at WR. Derrius Guice was the rookie they were pumped about but he was injured for the year. They like their O-Line, its certainly better than Minnesota's. So I hear you but its not like they have garbage there.

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@StickyBun said:

@Purplewhizz said:
Maybe it says as much about the lack of talent on the offensive side of the ball in Washington.  I mean, I am perfectly happy with Cousins but he gets to throw to Diggs and Thielan.  Who is Smith throwing to?  Its really hard to compare situations.

The Redskins were stoked about their offensive personnel heading into this season: Reed at TE, Crowder and Doctson at WR. Derrius Guice was the rookie they were pumped about but he was injured for the year. They like their O-Line, its certainly better than Minnesota's. So I hear you but its not like they have garbage there.

Guice is hurt... and Doctson doesn't seem like anyone to get amped up over.  And Crowder is a 3rd / slot receiver- at best.  They don't have anyone to throw to.

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I thought I remember coach Gruden stating they definitely upgraded at the QB position?   I wonder if he'd quote that line again?

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@Purplewhizz said:
Maybe it says as much about the lack of talent on the offensive side of the ball in Washington.  I mean, I am perfectly happy with Cousins but he gets to throw to Diggs and Thielan.  Who is Smith throwing to?  Its really hard to compare situations.

Smith is throwing to the guys Cousins threw too the last few years, with the team with a bottom run game and bottom defense.  

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@minny65 said:

@Purplewhizz said:
Maybe it says as much about the lack of talent on the offensive side of the ball in Washington.  I mean, I am perfectly happy with Cousins but he gets to throw to Diggs and Thielan.  Who is Smith throwing to?  Its really hard to compare situations.

Smith is throwing to the guys Cousins threw too the last few years, with the team with a bottom run game and bottom defense.  

Maybe I'm wrong... but didn't Cousins also have Garcion to throw to?

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@pumpf said:

@minny65 said:

@Purplewhizz said:
Maybe it says as much about the lack of talent on the offensive side of the ball in Washington.  I mean, I am perfectly happy with Cousins but he gets to throw to Diggs and Thielan.  Who is Smith throwing to?  Its really hard to compare situations.

Smith is throwing to the guys Cousins threw too the last few years, with the team with a bottom run game and bottom defense.  

Maybe I'm wrong... but didn't Cousins also have Garcion to throw to?

not last year, he was already in San Fran.

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I never understood Cousins not being embraced in Washington. Good for us and him that he wasn’t. The Redskins have been a shit show for years now. Maybe he saw it and wanted out, so he would never agree to a long term deal there.

I watched the condensed Pittsburgh/KC game and Mahomes lit the Steelers up. I have always thought Smith was a competent QB, but was never going to put up the kind of numbers Great QB’s do.