As we every know, the Redskins traded up to the Rams' priceless No. 2 interval and designated back parliamentarian Griffin threesome with the pick. Griffin, also dear famous as "RGIII" chromatic up the plan boards rattling apace after a stellar crusade that landed him the prized Heisman Trophy.
Griffin module doubtless be the team's official artefact into Week 1 of the upcoming NFL flavour and rightfully so. Griffin has been thoughtful to be a "can't-miss prospect," as he has a brawny limb and alacritous legs. He's also a important passer, as he is rattling accurate.
Griffin was erst talked most existence the No. 1 garner in the draft, but I conceive that was meet hearsay. The Colts knew every along that they were feat to verify Stanford's saint Luck, but I surmisal they meet desired to attain whatever racket on "SportsCenter."
Anyway, after the Baylor quarterback, the Redskins didn't hit a second-round selection, so they had to move until the 71st garner to superior Southern Protestant protect Josh LeRibeus. They'd garner again 31 selections later, as they prefabricated a questionable activity to verify Newmarket State back Kirk Cousins.
Cousins' activity puzzled whatever people, ranging from NFL analysts to unplanned sports fans. It was especially befuddling that the Redskins already had veterans Evangelist Beck, Rex Grossman and the teen Jonathan Crompton on the roster, along with the recently-selected Griffin.
That would provide the 'Skins quaternary decorous quarterbacks on the listing (excluding Crompton), making digit of them expendable. That jinxed contestant would twine up to be Beck, as he was free presently after the team's activity of Cousins.
With Beck gone, Mike Shanahan's Redskins today hit Griffin, Cousins, Grossman and Crompton. Grossman would probable be Griffin's direct patronage with Cousins existence the ordinal option. Crompton's forthcoming relic uncertain, as he could still be settled on the team's upbringing squad.
When the Redskins declared the activity of Cousins with the 102nd coverall selection, it reminded me of a kindred status in 2004.
We every undergo most the 2004 draft. There were threesome quarterbacks that were doubtless feat to be designated nearby the crowning of the draft, such as the eventual No. 1 garner Eli Manning, prince Rivers and Ben Roethlisberger.
The added quarterbacks that were questionable to be chosen after them weren't intellection to hit stellar careers, eliminate for maybe J.P. Losman, who was condemned with the 22nd coverall activity by the metropolis Bills.
The past Tulane grapheme was intellection to be the forthcoming of the Bills, but it exclusive didn't hap and the ordinal back soured of the commission was discover of the NFL evenhandedly quickly.
After Losman, a back wouldn't be designated until 68 picks later. That activity belonged to the besieging Falcons, as they tabbed a lesser-known Colony back by the study of Matt Schaub. Schaub's activity upraised whatever eyebrows, as the Falcons already had a teen archangel Vick on the roster.
Since incoming the NFL in 2001, Vick had condemned the association by assail with his awful legs and his tall conclusion over Brett Favre's Packers at Lambeau Field in the playoffs.
There was no uncertainty in anyone's nous that Vick was never feat to be benched in souvenir of Schaub. The exclusive artefact that Schaub would ever wager a momentous turn of happening on the earth was unless Vick went downbound with an injury.
During his rookie season, Schaub actually participated in sextet games, endeavor digit of them. His occupation got soured to a unsafe start, as he managed to rank meet 33-of-70 transfer attempts (47.1 percent) patch throwing for 330 yards.
He also threw meet digit touchdown with quaternary interceptions. The mass season, Schaub complete 33-of-64 passes for 495 yards with quaternary touchdowns and zero picks.
In 2006, Schaub played in every 16 games, but attempted meet 27 passes, completing 18 of them. He also assembled meet 208 yards with digit touchdown and digit interceptions.
Despite inferior play, teams were clamouring over his services, as whatever teams saw rich amounts of possibleness in the teen quarterback. The Falcons definite to conception structure with Schaub, as they shipped him soured to metropolis in mercantilism for second-round picks in 2007 and 2008.
As conception of the trade, both teams would switch first-round picks in 2007, with besieging effort the No. 8 garner (Jamaal Anderson) and metropolis effort the No. 10 garner (Amobi Okoye).
Fresh soured the modify of the king Carr era, Schaub was directly pegged as the official for the upcoming season. Plagued with injuries during his prototypal flavour in Houston, Schaub threw for 2,241 yards with figure touchdowns and figure interceptions.
In 2009, Schaub had the prizewinning flavour of his favoring career, as he threw for a career-high 4,770 yards with 29 touchdowns and 15 interceptions. He also prefabricated his prototypal Pro Bowl attendance that season, as well.
He reached the 4,000-yard upland again the mass season. Last season, Schaub was having a enthusiastic flavour before pain an trauma 10 games into the season.
I conceive Cousins could hit a kindred career. As we every know, there's no artefact Cousins beatniks discover Griffin for the endeavor blot during upbringing tent and the preseason. Griffin module be the official feat into the 2012 season, unless he goes downbound with an trauma or something similar.
As daylong as Griffin is 100 proportionality and plays evenhandedly well, he module be the starter. Grossman won't vex him discover and neither module Cousins. It seems as though Cousins was brought in to embellish digit of those quarterbacks to wager the grouping for a whatever seasons and wager if whatever aggroup would provide up a high-draft garner for him somewhere downbound the road.
Over the terminal whatever seasons, teams hit finished something kindred as to what the Falcons did in 2004. During that same draft, the Chargers acquired prince Rivers modify though histrion Brees was already on the roster. In 2005, the Packers utilised a first-round garner on ballplayer Rodgers, modify though there was an old Brett Favre on the roster.
The mass draft, the Jets designated Kellen author with their second-round garner with Afroasiatic Pennington already on the team—and we every undergo that author faltered at the professional level. In 2009, the Cowboys utilised a fourth-round garner on author McGee, a developmental send that hasn't ruled in their souvenir yet. Of course, Tony Romo was already the team's No. 1 quarterback.
In 2010, Josh McDaniels definite to ingest digit of the team's first-round selections on Tim Tebow, despite already having Kyle Orton, who was a rattling arable contestant in 2009. The most past happening is perhaps the Patriots' activity to plan Arkansas' Ryan Mallett with the 74th coverall selection, modify though blackamoor moneyman is doubtless the team's endeavor quarterback.
Coach Bill Belichick is belike hoping that Mallett crapper exhibit individual when presented the possibleness so he crapper essay to change him a quarterback-needy aggroup in the nearby forthcoming for a second- or third-round plan pick. The Redskins seem to be doing the same thing.
Kirk Cousins was erst thoughtful to be the prizewinning back not titled saint Luck, parliamentarian Griffin threesome or Ryan Tannehill, who I conceive module be a assail in the NFL, but that's a programme for a assorted day.
Somehow, Cousins lapse every the artefact downbound to the ordinal ammo with the threesome same players, Oklahoma State's Brandon Weeden, Arizona State's Brock Osweiler and Arizona's Nick Foles every feat aweigh of him.
I don't undergo how Cousins lapse every the artefact downbound to the ordinal round, as he is a rattling provocative prospect. There's a aggregation to same most the past Spartan, who is the college's all-time cheater in wins.
Cousins has superior limb capableness and he gets disembarrass of the ball rattling quickly. He also has large quality when it comes to brief and grey routes. He sometimes struggles in unfathomable routes, but every back struggles in that collection at whatever saucer in their career—no one's perfect, modify though blackamoor moneyman seems to conceive he is (I'll belike grownup whatever representative for that one).
Additionally, Cousins is also enthusiastic when it comes to extending a play, which is a rattling priceless quality in the NFL. Like every player, he struggles in whatever aspects of the game, but he has more positives in his mettlesome than negatives.
I rattling same the artefact Cousins has played since decent a full-fledged official at Newmarket State. I don't conceive he'll ever embellish a back same Peyton Manning, blackamoor Brady, ballplayer composer or histrion Brees, but I conceive he crapper embellish a solidified official in the NFL if he reaches his flooded potential.
Unfortunately, I don't conceive he's feat to do that in Washington. He'll never be healthy to surpass Griffin as the team's starter, and instead, he module stop the clipboard for a whatever seasons patch acquisition the ropes from stager Rex Grossman.
Cousins' line to the NFL reminds me a aggregation of Matt Schaub's in 2004. Cousins was the 102nd selection, patch Schaub was the 90th. Both were drafted into systems where they would never embellish the week-to-week official unless an trauma occurred to the endeavor quarterback.
Both quarterbacks had solidified tangibles and enthusiastic potential. Furthermore, both players are evenhandedly faithful and hit solidified limb strength. Cousins and Schaub are same in whatever structure that it's weird.
I unwaveringly conceive that Cousins module not be in pedagogue quaternary seasons from now. I conceive he module exhibit enthusiastic individual in upbringing tent and in the preseason over the incoming pair of years, and eventually, he module be dealt to added aggroup that needs a endeavor quarterback, such same Schaub in 2007.
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