Most passing yards since 2017

[BigNatty]

granted, I’m not as well versed in some of this stuff as a lot of you, but maaaann… I’ve always felt like Vikings have had pretty decent rosters, with shitty coaching.

Both sides of the ball.

[wolfcub36]

@Martymcfly2017

People still dog on cousins. People should see how bad his defenses have been

sounds…vaguely familiar…yet …I can’t remember OoooooOOOooh yeah that one QB that quit us…who was that? had a pretzel throwing Blonde wife, kind of lippy that one…

[TNutZz]

@wolfcub36

@Martymcfly2017

People still dog on cousins. People should see how bad his defenses have been

sounds…vaguely familiar…yet …I can’t remember OoooooOOOooh yeah that one QB that quit us…who was that? had a pretzel throwing Blonde wife, kind of lippy that one…

Makes me want to join the Vikings board just to see what kind of cousins division there is

[socko]

I was never very impressed with high passing yards based on high passing attempts. I think this was part of my disconnect with the pro-Stafford crowd early in his career.

[Martymcfly2017]

Its bad. on fb most trash him

[TNutZz]

@Martymcfly2017

Its bad. on fb most trash him

Spartys get no respect

[Richard_Parker]

@socko

I was never very impressed with high passing yards based on high passing attempts. I think this was part of my disconnect with the pro-Stafford crowd early in his career.

Because that kind of thing was always held against Lions QBs of the past….I have seen it with Charlie Batch, Joey Harrington and then Stafford. So Stafford actually put up the numbers, lead the Lions to the playoffs and you still have the same complaints without realizing what the constant problem was

[Air2theThrown]

@LineBusy

Wow. That’s a lot of football avoiding major injury.

That’s the big advantage to having a pocket passer type of QB. The more mobile QB’s tend to get hurt a lot more.

This list shows the advantages of the pocket passer.

Everyone wants a mobile QB…except me it seems. I keep preaching that Mobile QB’s have more disadvantages than advantages. I personally think it’s harder to win it all with a more mobile QB and the stats support this theory.

There’s a reason pocket passers win more championships and mobile QB’s sell more tickets.

[Air2theThrown]

@BigNatty

There are both physical and mental components to handling pressure. Cousins scores very low in that department…as it pertains to both.

Brady, Carr, Goff, Rogers and Stafford are actually good at handling pressure because they are good at getting rid of the ball quickly. A fast release is key.

That’s where Cousins and Ryan struggle as pressure mounts. They’re not quick enough at getting rid of it. That’s not an easy thing to teach either. Most pocket passers are better at it than mobile passers. They have to develop that skill to succeed while mobile passers first instinct is to run.

A pocket passer with a slow release needs far better blocking and a stout run game to succeed.

@Richard_Parker

I honestly think if the Saints, in ANY of those seasons between 2017-2019, could have won a Super Bowl with Cousins instead of Brees.

I disagree because Brees was one of the best at getting rid of the ball quickly. However Brees needed stellar Interior OL play to succeed. That’s why the Saints invested so heavily at OG. I do think Cousins would have done well on the Saints teams but not as well as Brees mainly due to release times.

But I’d love to see what Cousins could do with stout OL play.

[Air2theThrown]

@stephenboyd57

That’s why they fired Zimmer because he was suppose to be a defensive expert, but his defenses have sucked recently.

Two things happened. 1. Teams figured out how to beat the double A-Gap defense and he didn’t have an answer. 2. His LBer play diminished. The key to his defenses success was to have LBers who could cover and fill the A-gap quickly.

As injuries mounted to his LBers and teams got better at picking up the A gap blitz his defense took a nose dive.

[Richard_Parker]

@Air2theThrown

@BigNatty

There are both physical and mental components to handling pressure. Cousins scores very low in that department…as it pertains to both.

Brady, Carr, Goff, Rogers and Stafford are actually good at handling pressure because they are good at getting rid of the ball quickly. A fast release is key.

That’s where Cousins and Ryan struggle as pressure mounts. They’re not quick enough at getting rid of it. That’s not an easy thing to teach either. Most pocket passers are better at it than mobile passers. They have to develop that skill to succeed while mobile passers first instinct is to run.

A pocket passer with a slow release needs far better blocking and a stout run game to succeed.

@Richard_Parker

I honestly think if the Saints, in ANY of those seasons between 2017-2019, could have won a Super Bowl with Cousins instead of Brees.

I disagree because Brees was one of the best at getting rid of the ball quickly. However Brees needed stellar Interior OL play to succeed. That’s why the Saints invested so heavily at OG. I do think Cousins would have done well on the Saints teams but not as well as Brees mainly due to release times.

But I’d love to see what Cousins could do with stout OL play.

In 2018, 2019 & 2020 the Saints lost home playoff games. Three consecutive seasons in a place that is deemed as almost impossible for visitors to win. The Saints lost the home playoff games because of Drew Brees. Brees’ arm was fatigue, lethargic and just plain dead. He could not execute the passing game as well as he did in the regular season because he didn’t have it in the arm by that point of the season. The Saints will normally roll up 30+ points in a home playoff game. But they could only muster 23,20 &20. They were held to two TDs in each game. Brees normally can generate much more than two TDs in a home playoff game but he wasn’t the regular season Brees that we all know and love!