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Wins what? We mostly did ‘win' - but he never showed up in big games and was a major underperformed in the red zone. Smith has a far better track record in both areas. He's also highly coachable - something I am not sure can be said of Cousins.
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I wasn't knocking Smith, I actually like Smith better...I think. But you said Gruden never had a QB here with which to win, and I don't agree. Cousins was/is a good QB. You're right, he had issues, and I mentioned them, but he was more than good enough for Gruden to win more than he did. We lost a fair number of games because Gruden is just an average coach. He may be a brilliant offensive mind, and we do see his pass plays consistently get players open if run correctly, but he has yet to prove he can coach an NFL football team. In fact his record, notwithstanding his first year here, proves it as he's regressed in the last 3 years. I'm willing to give him a bye on the first year, but not years 3 and 4 when he was making the same coaching errors he did in his first season.