The FINAL Kirk Cousins Saga thread. 5.0

[mooby]

Originally Posted by rocnrik

What figure do you think Cousins could have been signed for years ago when he first started after RGIII didn't pan out? And even if we could have signed him then to a long term contract for reasonable money don't you think he would at some point wanted his contract re done. I along with most of you believe the FO dropped the ball on this whole mess HOWEVER I'm not convinced we would not be dealing with a hold out at this time..what do you guys think?

I guess that depends what your opinion of Kirk as a person is. I have seen nothing that leads me to believe he is "all about the money" and would go to the lengths to holdout because he believed that his recent extension is not paying him enough. Is he about the money somewhat? Yes, obviously. I think if we paid him fair market rate he would be happy over the lifetime of the contract. Besides, for a guy who preaches leadership and accountability, it would really look bad if he was complaining about unfair payment only a couple years after signing an extension. I think Kirk has tried to carefully cultivate an image of himself as a team player, and that would go against that.