![]() ![]() I mean, full marks to Cousins for not shutting the media down when he was asked, but if Mitchell Trubisky threw those first two interceptions, we’d be calling for his head. It obviously went up in the air and was intercepted. Then the third one, I was trying to work the bender to Beebe and my arm got hit. The cloud corner made a good play and jumped it.” I wanted to replace the squeeze with throwing it to Justin. “The second one, third down, saw Cover-2 and felt squeeze Adam, double Adam. That’s a mistake I may have made in Year 1, but I am disappointed that I would do that now.” I simply forced the football into coverage and tried to do too much. First play of the game, the coverage was not confusing, it was just a zone drop. “The first one, I thought, was the worst one of the game, if you will. ![]() So, we’ll walk through all three with his analysis. To his credit, Cousins was entirely transparent after the game regarding what occurred on all three interceptions. In this case, it’s hard to assign blame anywhere else. (Yes, his first touchdown pass to rookie receiver Justin Jefferson came early in the third quarter, but when you’re down 23-0 at the half, the second half can turn into garbage time pretty quickly).Īnd it’s not that Cousins threw three interceptions - there are games in which quarterbacks throw multiple picks and only certain percentages are their fault. Those metrics are about to plummet after what Cousins did on Sunday - he threw three interceptions in the first half, which were the headlines in an awful day in which he completed 24 of 36 passes for 343 yards, those three picks, and three garbage-time touchdowns. He ranked 17th in DYAR, 19th in DVOA, and 25th in Total QBR. Coming into the Atlanta game, Cousins had thrown just eight touchdowns to seven interceptions. What’s the problem? Well, the Vikings are trying to work with a new-look cornerback group, which is an issue, but the primary problem is the team’s most prominent, and most expensive: Quarterback Kirk Cousins. So, the team’s 1-5 record after their 40-23 curbstomping at the hands of a previously winless Falcons team that fired their head coach and general manager this past week should be a rather pertinent wakeup call. Overall, the Vikings were 57-38-1 under Zimmer before the 2020 season started. The Vikings haven’t had a losing season since 2014, which was head coach Mike Zimmer’s first season with the team. To see interactive and more in-depth use of OTC Valuation data, subscribe to OTC Premium. Weeks not plotted indicate that the player was inactive or on a bye. The chart below illustrates the trend of the player’s weekly OTC Valuations (in blue) from the most recent season, using APY (in green) and, if applicable, cash that is due to the player in the next season (in red) as benchmarks. To understand how to read the diamond, read this explainer. The diamond is a scatterplot graph that visualizes the relation of the player’s APY (in green) and performance (in blue, as measured by OTC’s Valuations) to the rest of the league at his position. Largest Cap Number: $45,000,000 (2022) Contract History Team Entry: 2012 Draft, Round 4, #102 overall (Football Team).Coming into the Atlanta game, Cousins had thrown just eight touchdowns to seven interceptions.Īge: 32 Kirk Cousins Family Free Agency: 2023 (UFA) Accrued Seasons: 9 Well, the Vikings are trying to work with a new-look cornerback group, which is an issue, but the primary problem is the team’s most prominent, and most expensive: Quarterback Kirk Cousins.Late in the second quarter Cousins decided to throw the ball away in the endzone which prompted Jefferson to curse at his QB. ![]()
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