Why are these the only years that really matter? Because it suits your narrative? Was he not playing those other 6 seasons? Look I think Cousins is a legitimate NFL starting QB. He does not suck.. but I do think he chokes and he plays too conservatively trying to protect his passer rating (IMHO) instead of taking shots to help his team win. He's also a C-minus athlete so if you have a good pass rush you can absolutely neuter him. H
So you think 5-8 years ago matter more than the 4 most recent years?
Just seems logical to me that they do not.
We are talking about now, after all.
If you think older years are more important (or even as important) as now, go right ahead and think that. Fine with me.
Maybe we should bring back Philip Rivers or Romo
Or maybe Matt Ryan now is as good as he was 6-7 years ago.
Or inversely, Josh Allen.
QBs should improve with time until age overtakes them
I use the most recent 4 years for Cousins because he was with a legit team with the Vikings and also that, well, it is more recent data.