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Originally Posted by Schneed10
I don't know if I agree, at least as it pertains to Cousins.
Last year I fully supported their desire to see another year from him to be certain. And this year, there's been a lot written critically, and a lot of hand wringing on the part of fans, but this year isn't over yet.
I believe their intention this year has always been to sign him long term, at market rate, now that they saw the year they needed to see from him. It's just that showing their cards before July 17 makes no sense. The media wants to tell us that the Redskins have overplayed their hand here, but the river card has yet to even come out. It's too early to be critical of them. July 18 will be the date for the quarterback referendum.
If you were referring to Redskins history in general under Snyder I get it and chuckle along with you. But I haven't seen too many of those blunder moves lately. I just don't see the Cousins situation going south. I think, despite media reports, he wants to be here and knows he has it good here in this offense. And I think the Redskins know he's worth committing to.
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Mostly I am referring to the general history of the past 20 years. But, I also am not going to give carte blanche credit to them for the Cousins situation. They could be playing it right, but even under the best possible outcome, we will have committed nearly 90Million (20M last year, and 70M guaranteed dollars on a long term deal) to a qb who doesn't have a playoff win or anything near it - and squeezed the team for nearly every last dollar in order to keep his salary from being a drag on qb salaries in general. If they get a longterm deal done, then great, and I hope he is who we fans want him to be. If they don't get a longterm deal done then fans will rightly have a lot of questions about what the front office's thinking is in terms of the future of the QB position.