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Not sure why people keep saying the skins bungled it this past off season. Cousins clearly stated he was not willing to sign a long term deal last off season. Putting it on the skins front office seems to exhibit a lack of knowledge of the situation. Prior to that? Pile on all you want. But there was zero they could have done last year.
Cousins said he wouldn't sign regardless of the offer made? Or had he already heard the Skins were going to try to lowball him?
The quote from Cousins was that he was not interested in signing a long term contract at the time. He made no mention of a dollar figure of any kind. May still be able to find it, I'm not sure. The article came out during the regular season of I am remembering correctly.
No way he signs in Cleveland.... why would he?babydemon90 said:
Why - $$? But yea I doubt he would, that's why I said If I'm Cleveland, I "try"...
Well, Torrey Smith sucks but the rest are really solid. Ertz is a top TE. Definitely light years better than the trash in Washington.
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Agree in general but as an Eagles fan, I would have loved to have Chris Thompson. Cousins' stats mostly fell apart when Thompson was lost.
He had Pierre Garcon, DeSean Jackson, Jason Reed, Jamison Crowder, and Chris Thompson last year and wasn't a top 5 QB.
Oh my, you are right. He wasn't top 5 QBR in 2016. He was #6. Behind Ryan, Brady, Prescott, Rodgers, and Brees. My bad.
There's a difference between top 5 QB, and top 5 QBR.
Your plan is neither bolded, colored, or enlarged.
He doesn't need to be a top 5 quarterback to demand a ton of money. Teams try for years and years to find a franchise quarterback. Ask the Browns or Jets how hard it is to have a good team without one. Teams may not get lucky and find a Brady or Rodgers, but if they can get their hands on a Rivers, a guy they can count on to be consistent and top 10-15 QB for a decade, they will jump at the chance to overpay him. Why do you think 10-15 guys like Dalton and Flacco make so much money?fatness said:
plus sign 9 other good players with the 75 million in cap they will have left after signing cousins and also 6 of the top 65 picks.
Sorry but Brady and the refs cant play forever, and I can see both getting a SB win or two. All the top qbs are getting old.
You realize the eagles are in the superbowl with Nick Foles right?Keenum? Are you ready to concede the division to the Eagles for the next 3 years?
By saying “a Keenum” what exactly does that mean? Assume the actual Keenum isn’t available, who do you see as someone similar? I see Cousins as I do a decent head coach that everyone wants the team to fire. Odds are high, the replacement isn’t going to be as good.
I see paying Cousins like Baltimore paying Flacco. I'm not sure too many people look back on that deal and say that was money well spent.
Case Keenum had little to do with the Eagles putting up 4 tds on the number 1 defense in the league
Fair enough. I just think the amount middle of the road guys that make a team better are pretty hard to come by.
I don't disagree and I don't have all the answers. My gut just tells me paying cousins is like paying Flacco. Something you will regret in the long run
Yeah I agree I wouldn't pay that much for a guy who went 10 years in a 1 on 1 game without winning anything. Maybe one day they'll turn this into a team game where you need a bunch of good players to win.
. That's an insult to the word mediocre.
He should be chasing the money. Washington put his career on hold year after year so that he had no long term security. This could well be his only chance at a long term contract. I bet he won't necessarily go the highest bidder, but he's not going to settle for much less than his market value to play on Jacksonville. Also, I think Denver could be right back in contention with Cousins at the helm. They still have a great defense and solid receivers.
In some ways Washington (albeit not on purpose) actually did him a favor, They paid him over $40MM for the last two seasons and he can still now go out and get a big contract. Even if he "only" gets the $71MM guaranteed that Alex Smith just got - that plus what he's already banked isn't too shabby.
