Kirk Cousins Weekly Review: Week 2 vs. the Indianapolis Colts

Low No. 3

Uncharacteristic inaccuracy

In the third-worst game of his career, Kirk Cousins registered a 31.8 passer rating. The year was 2013, Cousins was a younger man, and his team fell to the Giants (again).

What’s unfortunately memorable about this matchup was that his completion ratio was 38.9 percent. It was the least accurate day of Cousins’ professional life as he completed just 19 of 49 throws.

Last Sunday, he flirted with breaking this perverse record. Cousins’ completion of 11 of 26 passes, a 42.3 percent completion rate, was nearly the worst his career. Undoubtedly, signal-callers have bad days at the office, but they are harshly amplified when the quarterback is normally very accurate. Cousins can be considered a case study for this phenomenon.

Why? Because he’s the second-most accurate quarterback in NFL history. That’s right, Cousins’ 66.8 career completion percentage is second only to Drew Brees for this all-time metric. Therefore, when he has an abysmal day, it’s especially painstaking and unfamiliar to watch.

It was on full display in Indianapolis.