Kirk Cousins Expected To Start Sunday

I think that we have to be careful about an perceived "success" Kirk will have this weekend. I am willing to bet that the running game makes an appearance this weekend.

if Kirk looks like Brady this weekend ill say fine good move. but if he stinks it up just like rg in this system with the morale so low it lowers his stock and demoralizes our other player. if we were gonna switch to cousins why not just finish with rg anyway and have cousins come out the winner of a training camp battle if they felt like he was the better player. more will come to light after sunday because if kirk kills it out there and we win, now its a whole new monster. i think shanahan wants that. im not sure what to think.

How is Kirk going to be able to look like Brady with pass rushers all over him as he tries to throw to receivers who aren't open?

I think this team has quit and that poor Kirk is going to take a beating.

On the other hand, if Kirk manages to play well under the current circumstances, then we've got something. I don't know why anyone would be worried about Kirk playing well stirring up a QB controversy. I could only be a good thing to have two good young QB's.

BTW, who cares what Shanahan wants? He's as good as gone.

^ seriously a QB controversy is the least of our concerns.

That's not entirely true. I do. So do others.

I only want RGIII to sit long enough for the Shanahans to get out of town so that Kyle won't have any more chances to do something stupid to get him reinjured. That is the bottom line.

When RGIII came out of college, I was most excited about the way he threw the long ball. He was one of the best at that that I've ever seen. Second, his arm strength. Third, his athleticism in terms of his ability to avoid the rush and make a potentially negative play into a positive one. Fourth, his great speed and running ability.

I never viewed him as a runner, per se, except on rollouts and occaisional QB draws or read option plays, just to keep the defense honest.

Here's what has happened to him this year: First of all, he's not fully recovered from his knee injury. Second, he has had to deal with very poor pass protection. Third, his receivers are not getting open on a consistent basis.

Also, he is only in his second year and he is learning to become a pocket passer in the NFL. With his intelligence and drive, I don't know how anyone could doubt his ability to learn his trade very well. I think he will come back strong next season.

I agree totally. I want to see RG3 play but I don't trust him wiht this lame duck regime.

Shanny would have shot that down easily if he wasn't on board.

This is true. Mike Shanahan is pretty much the coach/GM/VP (not for long I hope.) He's one of the first coaches since Marty to have complete control.

if Kirk looks like Brady this weekend ill say fine good move. but if he stinks it up just like rg in this system with the morale so low it lowers his stock and demoralizes our other player. if we were gonna switch to cousins why not just finish with rg anyway and have cousins come out the winner of a training camp battle if they felt like he was the better player. more will come to light after sunday because if kirk kills it out there and we win, now its a whole new monster. i think shanahan wants that. im not sure what to think.

I watched when Kirk came in for RG3. Polumbus let somebody blind side Kirk without even slowing the guy down. You know what happened. Kirk looked like Brady, sack fumble!!! Just like Brady.

I think that we have to be careful about an perceived "success" Kirk will have this weekend. I am willing to bet that the running game makes an appearance this weekend.

I'm sorry, but that just doesn't make good sense. Of course we should want Kirk to play well. How could that possibly hurt the franchise? Would his trade value go up too much?

Whether we run the ball more or not, he'll still throw 20+ passes.

That's not entirely true. I do. So do others.

I only want RGIII to sit long enough for the Shanahans to get out of town so that Kyle won't have any more chances to do something stupid to get him reinjured. That is the bottom line.

When RGIII came out of college, I was most excited about the way he threw the long ball. He was one of the best at that that I've ever seen. Second, his arm strength. Third, his athleticism in terms of his ability to avoid the rush and make a potentially negative play into a positive one. Fourth, his great speed and running ability.

I never viewed him as a runner, per se, except on rollouts and occaisional QB draws or read option plays, just to keep the defense honest.

Here's what has happened to him this year: First of all, he's not fully recovered from his knee injury. Second, he has had to deal with very poor pass protection. Third, his receivers are not getting open on a consistent basis.

Also, he is only in his second year and he is learning to become a pocket passer in the NFL. With his intelligence and drive, I don't know how anyone could doubt his ability to learn his trade very well. I think he will come back strong next season.

I see your point. I hope it works out for the better. I really do.

Guys, even Tom Brady himself wouldn't look like Tom Brady behind this Swiss cheese offensive line. Although I will say Kirk has a good chance to look good against Atlanta, who I hear doesn't produce much of a pass rush, so this might be Cousins' chance to shine. However, then again, when you have Tyler Polumbus "protecting" your right side, then I bet Atlanta's pass rush gets healthy real quick.

It makes some sense to let Cousins play, you just can't spin it as something you do for Griffin's benefit. The team might be better in the short-term without Griffin trying to play through his struggles. But there's no question it hurts the team long term to sit him.

The person making the decision has no long term future, and only has a short term future. You can put two and two together.

Yes a million times. Its what i keep saying, its the rite decision but the timing is so damn fishy.
Edit: I am not even sure it is the rite thing to do benching Griff, but it is understandable. Just not now - not if you werent concerned in the Seattle game, the Ravens game, or the start of the season.