Klint Kubiak: We wouldn't be where we are without Kirk Cousins' "amazing" decision-making
On Monday, head coach Klint Kubiak was asked about the QB’s decision-making on the giveaways.
Key points
- He wasn’t on those two plays, and that last one I’m calling a heave-ho.” With the trade deadline rapidly approaching and the Raiders sitting at 4-5, there have been rumors about teams being interested in Cousins.
- The Raiders signed Kirk Cousins in April with the idea that he would start for the entire season while No.
- There’s a lot of things that are out of your control.” If the Raiders were to trade Cousins, it would signal that the team feels Mendoza is ready to take over as starting quarterback.
“Kirk has been an extremely solid decision maker all season,” Kubiak said, via transcript from the team.
Kubiak was asked how he thinks players like Cousins and Maxx Crosby — who expressed no interest in being traded — are handling that situation.
Additional details
- [He] wants back the one in the red zone where we did not give him protection to make a good decision.
- “But we’re not in the position that we are without the amazing decisions he’s made all year.
- That plan has had solid returns, with Cousins completing 64.1 percent of his passes for 2,340 yards with 20 touchdowns and eight interceptions.
- But again, I’m very pleased with — the quarterback has to be the best decision-maker on the team, any organization.
- But three of those picks came in Sunday’s loss to the 49ers, which was Cousins’ worst game of the season.
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