Cousins Value Skyrockets,Jets Fans Want Him!!

[BigHairedAristocrat]

Originally Posted by Monkeydad

Trade Kirk for two 2nd-rounders, use one on a QB...profit!

Honestly, I'd prefer to keep Cousins. He's proven that he can be effective and we NEED a capable backup just in case anything happens to RGIII, which is likely.

Hopefully Griffin won't have Vick's games played record, averaging about 12 games a year, but if he does get beat up that much, Kirk can help carry us.

I'm hopeful that because Griffin's passing abilities are worlds better than Vick's ever were, he won't have to rely on his legs as much as Vick and will last longer.

Thats the only way you could justify trading cousins. Of course, if there was a 2nd round player who was equivalent to Cousins in value, the other team would just draft that player and not trade with us in the first place. I cant envision any situation where we'd get an offer worth taking for Cousins.

At this point, Griffin has suffered two major injuries to the same knee in the past 4 years. Whenever the third happens - and it will, eventually - it could end his career.

In the seasons he was healthy in college, he didnt miss any games, but 1) those were shorter seasons and 2) he wasnt taking the hits he's taking from NFL defenses.

I think 12 game seasons are what we can expect from Griffin, which makes having a good backup like Cousins critical to our success. Griffin is the teams most valuable player, but i dont think he's so much better than cousins that we want him playing if he's less than 100%. Its just not worth the long-term risk.