Pondering Her Percy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2020 3:21 pm
An upset doesn’t necessarily mean that the team that pulled off the upset is a better team. Were the falcons a better team than the 49ers? Clearly not but Atlanta beat them. Were the cardinals better than the Seahawks? Because Seattle lost late in the season at home when they needed a win. Overall, the saints were the better team this year but we pulled off an upset. I really don’t know what you’re trying to get at here. You’re either saying we were an excellent team because we beat the saints or you’re saying the saints are overrated. Both are wrong. It was simply an upset
That is the exact opposite of what you said before the game. I believe it was you who talked about the Saints not really having beaten anyone and that they were not better than us.
Pondering Her Percy wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2020 3:21 pm
His play got bigger in big spots? Again, he couldn’t pull out many, if any wins, when AP wasn’t rolling. He was the epitome of needing everything around him to go right in order to win. Guys want to say cousins like that, at least cousins can carry if his running game isn’t churning. Idk if I’ve ever seen teddy pull that off. Mainly in year 2 when he should have made a jump. It was either his defense or AP carrying that team to a win.
You know how many times I have heard the excuse that "Cousins can win if he just has a good run game"?
Playing second fiddle to a HOF RB in an offense built to run, not pass the football, in a single season, does not make or break a career. Teddy did have multiple games in 2015 where AP was held under the century mark and the team won, btw. A 300 yard game against Detroit and a 4 TD game against the Bears. The other 6 games where AP did not break 100? The 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th, and 8th best passer rating against defenses in the NFL.
Despite facing a majority of top 8 defenses, consistently being put behind the 8 ball after AP failed to gain anything on 1st and 2nd down, and playing behind an offensive line that allowed a sack once every ten pass attempts, Teddy managed to play better in those games than he did in games where he wasn't asked to carry the team.100+ more passing yards per game, double his TDs per game and fewer picks. So yeah, the numbers back up what I said.
Interestingly enough, the best passer rating against teams Cousins faced this year? Seattle, KC, Chicago and GB.