You may be right. It's just that when they were talking about Cousins getting thrown out of practice, it seemed to me that Barkley shrugged that off as no big deal; it was the other stuff, whatever that is, had him concerned.
Either way, I have to say that since the "low point" of getting thrown out of practice, I think Cousins has looked very solid. I wasn't sure what I thought five games into the season, but I like what I'm seeing right now.