black quarterback Josh Freeman has fallen back to earth, after showing the most promise out of all the recent black quarterbacks, it looked like he was back to his 2010 form for about a 4 to 5 game stretch (after looking crappy for the first 4 games), now has been awful for the past 5 games, 4 interceptions against the SAINTS, who have the last place defense in the league. Over the past 5 games he has completed 52 percent of his passes 7 tds and 6 interceptions. This is his 4th year in the league, I am sure he will get at least another year to prove himself though. Everyone keeps speaking of his "amazing deep ball", but every time I tune in, I don't see it. Somehow last year was a "sophomore slump" but it was his 3rd year in the league, and he started 9 games his rookie year, playing in 10.
ESPN trying to downplay Kirk Cousins performance yesterday, saying it was "just the Browns". It was just his first start. I don't care who the opponent was, that 54 yard touchdown throw was very nice, he was still on the move running when throwing that down the field. The last time he played a significant amount he threw a 70+ yarder to Santana Moss, yes a good deal came after the catch but he was willing to chuck it deep. On around 40 pass attempts, he probably has about half the amount of deep passes that RG3 has. Rg3 has 4 games with a pass over 50 yards, I know the 88 yarder to Pierre Garcon barely crossed the line of scrimmage.
They are trashing Christian Ponder in order to raise Adrian Peterson up. Yes he hasn't shown to be a great qb just yet, but its his 2nd season and he has shown improvement, with nobody to really throw to, no deep threat to take advantage of the running game, even when Percy Harvin was healthy, he was running mostly short routes. That is poor coaching because he should be running more of a variety. Welker is a slot receiver as well, with less top end speed and runs more of a variety. I mean if the coach was smart, they could be running something similar to what the Patriots had with Welker and Gronkowski with Harvin and Rudolph, but they don't.
Woodhead showed that if you give him just a little variety he will produce. Most of the plays were up the gut but they weren't all the same draw play to simply keep the defense respecting the run. It would have been nice to see a toss play, outside zone, anything to the outside. I think they did once near the goal line and it was a td. If they had run just a few of those plays with him he would have broken off a big run. I see it with Ridley all the time, he gets those type of plays with huge holes and gets maybe a 20 yard gain, those would be 40 with Woodhead. He would have had a better shot of breaking 100 yesterday. Its good to see Bellicheck sticking by his standards for all backs, one fumble and your out for most of the game. Ridley did lose the ball twice but the first one was technically not a fumble as he hit the ground first. Vereen lost the ball and was out. I think he will be back to around 10 touches next game, but hopefully sees an increased workload. I think it depends on where they play. Those other two backs aren't cut out for cold weather.
ESPN trying to downplay Kirk Cousins performance yesterday, saying it was "just the Browns". It was just his first start. I don't care who the opponent was, that 54 yard touchdown throw was very nice, he was still on the move running when throwing that down the field. The last time he played a significant amount he threw a 70+ yarder to Santana Moss, yes a good deal came after the catch but he was willing to chuck it deep. On around 40 pass attempts, he probably has about half the amount of deep passes that RG3 has. Rg3 has 4 games with a pass over 50 yards, I know the 88 yarder to Pierre Garcon barely crossed the line of scrimmage.
They are trashing Christian Ponder in order to raise Adrian Peterson up. Yes he hasn't shown to be a great qb just yet, but its his 2nd season and he has shown improvement, with nobody to really throw to, no deep threat to take advantage of the running game, even when Percy Harvin was healthy, he was running mostly short routes. That is poor coaching because he should be running more of a variety. Welker is a slot receiver as well, with less top end speed and runs more of a variety. I mean if the coach was smart, they could be running something similar to what the Patriots had with Welker and Gronkowski with Harvin and Rudolph, but they don't.
Woodhead showed that if you give him just a little variety he will produce. Most of the plays were up the gut but they weren't all the same draw play to simply keep the defense respecting the run. It would have been nice to see a toss play, outside zone, anything to the outside. I think they did once near the goal line and it was a td. If they had run just a few of those plays with him he would have broken off a big run. I see it with Ridley all the time, he gets those type of plays with huge holes and gets maybe a 20 yard gain, those would be 40 with Woodhead. He would have had a better shot of breaking 100 yesterday. Its good to see Bellicheck sticking by his standards for all backs, one fumble and your out for most of the game. Ridley did lose the ball twice but the first one was technically not a fumble as he hit the ground first. Vereen lost the ball and was out. I think he will be back to around 10 touches next game, but hopefully sees an increased workload. I think it depends on where they play. Those other two backs aren't cut out for cold weather.
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