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Originally Posted by HailGreen28
The Peyton thing, supposed insiders were saying while it happened. (I didn't believe it at the time, this was when Peyton was a FA, with an uncertain future with neck injury.). The Foles thing, though? I could be wrong but sounds like revisionist history, along with rumors we would have picked Russel Wilson instead of Cousins if we could have. It just seems too convenient to look with hindsight and say "we actually wanted THAT player."
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Here's what I wrote on Feb. 9, 2012 (in response to someone saying we wanted Weeden"
http://www.thewarpath.net/redskins-l...tml#post883650
"Hmm. Had heard Kyle-Foles, Mike-Cousins, both kind of Tannehill"
Here's what I wrote on Feb. 12, 2012
http://www.thewarpath.net/redskins-l...tml#post884612
"But let's say we sign Peyton, then I could see a trade down into the later 2nd/early 3rd where you pick a guy like Foles or Cousins and/or maybe you find someway to add a 1st in 2013"
Here's what I wrote on Feb. 24, 2012
http://www.thewarpath.net/nfl-draft-...tml#post888441
"I've gotten the impression they like Tannehill and Foles more than Weeden"
There's probably more but I did say pretty often back in 2012 that Kyle liked Foles, Mike liked Cousins. Neither to start, but to develop