Cousins Saga 4.0. Is he done in DC?

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Originally Posted by MTK

It’s just funny that for a team that’s been QB starved for decades, some fans are so ready to move on from one that has played at a pretty high level.

It’s like someone who’s lived in a dumpy one bedroom apartment their whole life and they have the chance to upgrade to a nice 3 bedroom townhouse and they say eh, not the mansion I was looking for, I’ll pass.

I think this just ignores circumstances entirely though. The question isn't how has Cousins performed. The question is how could other QBs have performed behind a line that features Trent and Moses, Scherff, and an improving center position.

In games where Reed and Thompson were both on the field, or where we had one and not the other, Cousins's numbers were drastically better. Chucking a screen to Chris Thompson and watching Brandon Scherff go 20 yards downfield to block the free safety, springing Thompson for a TD looks pretty good on the stat sheet for Cousins.

But a lot of QBs could do that. Our offense is a pretty good situation to play in.

The question is what does Cousins CREATE for us. Like, if you're in the playoffs and you need a QB to make a play late in the game to keep the chains moving, Cousins can do it sometimes. But Aaron Rodgers, Carson Wentz, Tom Brady, Ben Roethlisberger, Russell Wilson, Drew Brees, and several others can do it much much more often.

How would Matthew Stafford or Alex Smith look playing in this offense? I think pretty damn good too.

Our offense with Cousins has been good, that's why I say you can win with him. But he doesn't create the kinds of jaw dropping plays that others do. I would have loved to lock him up in 2015 when we had the chance. The pay would have been reasonable. But I'm not so sure there's a realistic path to a Super Bowl if we're paying a solid NFL starter top-player-in-the-league money.

I think your thinking has to go to the next level. It's an attitude too dismissive of circumstance.