Biggest thing people are missing is that imo McVay was the main reason that Cousins has looked great the last few years, although Djax/Garcon have also obv been a huge help. FO had Garcon 10th in DYAR and 14th in DVOA in 2016 and Djax 12th/13th. Sure, FO's rating are based on player X in offensive system Y playing with QB Z, but it was McVay's offensive system:
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On January 14, 2014, he was promoted by new Redskins head coach, Jay Gruden, to offensive coordinator. In his first year as offensive coordinator, he turned the team's offense into the 12th ranked pass offense in the National Football League (NFL) -- averaging 268.4 passing yards per game with third year quarterback, Kirk Cousins -- the 17th ranked rush offense, with 97.9 rushing yards per game, and the 10th ranked total offense in the NFL, a year after the team's offense finished ranked 25th in total offense, averaging 24.3 points per game and 353.8 total yards per game. In 2016, the offense ranked as the third best pass offense in the NFL with 309.3 passing yards per game, improved to the 20th ranked rush offense after being 25th the year prior (averaging 106.0 rushing yards per game), and finished 12th overall in total offense, averaging 24.8 points per game and 385.6 total yards per game.
So was it McVay or garcon + djax along with cousins maturing? Can't be sure, but McVay, djax, and garcon are gone and Cousins looked like hot garbage in his first game without them. Plus, the skins management continually refuse paying Cousins like he is a top 10 QB despite multiple years of top 5/top 10 numbers, which seems insane, unless they also doubt that he is that good.
Might be slanted in my opinion because I'm a skins homer, but I would have instafired Gruden to keep McVay, he's the real deal imo. Even if you don't buy that McVay isn't suddenly going to make Goff into a great QB, the skins look like a dumpster fire atm. So while I doubt the rams are as good as they looked against the loljets, they should def be improved a bunch from last year, plus the redskins look significantly worse.
Last edited by Nonfiction; 09-13-2017 at 03:38 PM.