Kirk Cousins was very accurate last year. It was his most accurate year in the NFL. He was also still very much Kirk Cousins so I guess it's time for the annual 'Kirk Cousins doesn't execute his offense properly' thread. https://twitter.com/QBDataMine/status/1259874077310947330

Awful decision to throw ball when DB is outside from start to finish. Should be game-ending interception, but it's dropped.

"That's just one bad decision, that on it's own isn't bad."

Agreed, except it was the first play immediately after he threw the worst interception any QB threw last year. First down, in scoring range, back foot, nobody open, underthrown heave into double coverage.

Reverting back to Q2. The Packers only rush three so they can crowd the middle of the field. Cousins has no idea they did this so he stares down his receiver and throws into a crowd for the interception.

We're still on the same game here.

At the end of this gif (yes same game still) you'll note a visibly frustrated Stefon Diggs. Why? Because Diggs is a Diva? Or rather because Diggs was wide open, Thielen was coming open, Cousins had a clean pocket but panicked and ran himself into a throwaway.

Playing with Adam Thielen is a luxury few can understand. This is a beautiful route that leads to the widest of windows to throw into and he may as well be an outfielder running under a home run.

Speaking of missing Adam Thielen.

Look at the amount of separation the WR creates in such a small area. Cousins somehow throws him out of bounds despite being on the near hash. That route is murder. The throw was criminal.

Adam Thielen wide open.
Adam Thielen thrown closed.

You can slide after five yards on Third-and-6 and still get the first down, right? All the awareness of a man who once took a knee to set up a field goal with no time left on the clock.

Standing strong against the blitz

Looks past a wide open Adam Thielen on the curl route to overthrow the covered checkdown in the flat.

Thielen wide open from the start. Cousins is late then misses him inside. Thielen spins and tries to pull it in but can't. The Vikings are lucky only one WR forced his way out.

How do you miss three checkdowns in a six minute span.

Cousins looks at the left side, he's still looking at this point when the WR is wide open for the TD. He ultimately throws the ball away. Doesn't get much easier than this.

The deep out route is open. Cousins looks for it but decides to run in a circle before being sacked instead. For the craic.

Don't look at the quarterback. Look at #81 who releases from the right side. He's wide open through his route, but covered when the ball arrives to him 10 minutes after it was supposed to.

Bootleg to the left. Outside vertical wins off the LOS, he's open. Flat receiver is wide open. The fullback is hidden behind a defender with a defender coming across to hit him at the back-end of the progression, throw it to him I suppose.

Seven-man protection, hard play fake and three-man route combination creates a half-field read on the left side. Cousins runs into the right flat looking for a receiver when the whole play was designed to the opposite side of the field.

His tight end is open at the top of his drop. Cousins can't just take his drop and release the ball, he has some weird compulsion to pat the ball, which is what gives the defender time to knock it free and force the fumble.

Diggs is wide open. Cousins trips over his own feet as he's releasing the ball so it arrives at the WR's shins instead of just being thrown to the receiver.

Diggs runs a crisp route to beat Slay on his out route. Cousins won't set his feet in the pocket so the ball is thrown high into the air, allowing Slay to recover and punch it away. Again ruining good play from Diggs.

Won't throw to Diggs on the crossing route after stepping up but will then try to throw while being tackled to nobody in particular.

It's Third-and-9. You can step through the pocket to A. Run to space B. Look for the post route C. Throw the covered three-yard checkdown.

Literally anything but C.

At the bottom of the screen Stefon Diggs is running a beautiful route to beat Richard Sherman and attack the space behind the LBs who are drawn forward by the checkdowns. Cousins has already checked the ball down from a clean pocket though.

His eyes open right, whip to the wide left, then throw the ball away in the direction of his checkdown. The wide open crossing route in the middle fo the field is never considered.