Most sensible Redskins fans said that he had an average game. Not crappy, but he wasn’t special, either.

And Cousins has to be one of the most “excused” QBs in the league. He’s a middling QB prospect who only plays well during the part of the NFL calendar that makes players like Ryan Leaf seem like Pro-Bowlers.

2012 RG3 was also quite sack prone.

The short passes were there, by design. The Texans played off of Garçon and Jackson to take away the deep-ball, covered enough ground to take care of the short passes in front of them, and allowed their talented pass-rushers to do the rest.