(10-08-2018, 11:12 AM)Inziladun Wrote:

(10-08-2018, 10:23 AM)Caldrac Wrote: It was one game. It doesn't define nor make or break our season. Still plenty of football left. R-E-L-A-X. 

No sense in getting caught up in the "what if's" and "could have been's". Mahomes is successful in Kansas City because he's successful in Kansas City. It doesn't mean it would translate to success anywhere else in the NFL. Same thing goes for Cousins. They broke the bank for that guy and even though he's looked good here and there in a few games. Guess what? You're what your record says you are.

None of what I'm saying is based on one game. And Cousins with this team is 4-1 or 5-0. Vikings have lost on the backs of their defense not the other way around. I'd give the front office a pass on Mahomes, although I don't think his innate talent or ability stems from him being in Kansas City, the guy can throw the ball, which is more than our QB can do half the time. My only problem with Cousins is his reputation for choking. Ironically Bortles has done the opposite outside the Buffalo game, but other than that, Cousins is superior in every other way. I'm all for Bortles, I desperately want him to be the guy. His personality fits this team like a glove and he's a home grown Florida Boy. Not much to dislike in the man. But he's too inconsistent. I wonder if everyone will continue to defend him 3 years from now if we wasted away a superbowl window and we're onto a new QB.

Anyway, all this and I'm not even saying Cousins is the answer for our future. In fact, I don't believe that at all. I just think he was the answer for the next couple of years. But oh well, no use crying over spilled milk. This team does need a change in philosophy moving forward though and that is what i'm curious to see more than anything.

How do you come to the conclusion that this team is undefeated right now or only 4 - 1 with Cousins though? Our offense is a wreck right now with all of the injuries that have been sustained. 

Marqise Lee - Gone
Cam Robinson - Gone
Corey Grant - Gone now
Leonard Fournette - Gone for now, hope to have him back by November

Then you have guys like Brandon Linder and A.J Cann who just seem to get dinged up enough to where they at least miss a game or two each season. Yeldon has been dealing with an ankle injury and ASJ has also been nicked up. 

This offense is also still relatively young. Cole and Westbrook are still 2nd year players. And they weren't big names when we landed them last year to begin with. It takes time. Cousins has Diggs, Thielen and Rudloph with the Vikings.

That's a much better trio than what he would have here in Jacksonville. And you can't say that it's Cousins making them look good because they looked good over the last two to three years with Bridgewater and Keenum throwing it around.

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