Kirk Cousins 24/7 thread

[mooby]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

I'm not 100% sure that it was Cooley, but it was a semi-relevant Redskin. I'm trying to go back and find the link so i can post it for you guys to give your thoughts on the piece. Numerous articles on Scott M - defending his thinking, and believing that they can find a "budget" QB that will be able to be "Just as good" as Cousins, while costing far less. Moneyball at the QB position, if you will.

IMO, Cousins' best chance for a big payday is that he plays well enough this year that someone wants to give him the long term deal with the security that he has been after. If he plays lights out and the skins go deep in the playoffs, that is really the worst case for the skins because he at that point would be in the neighborhood range of 22 - 24 million, which the Skins flat out won't pay. But somebody will. Ever since this whole story has been going on, here are the teams that I think have the best chance to get Cousins in 2017, and make sense.

Miami
Denver
San Francisco
New York Jets

Right, because that's just too large of a number, regardless of salary cap percentages, or other nuanced details that explain why average qb's today are making slightly less than that.

[OmahaRedskins]

I am enjoying a drama free training camp, but i am tired of the KC contract talk. Let's enjoy the season and worry about it next year.

I almost wish there was some drama to push the contract talk to the back.

[JoeRedskin]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

Can't find the link right now but I was listening to Redskins on the radio, and I BELIEVE that it was Cooley who said he thinks there is a less than 1% chance Cousins gets re-signed based on what he has seen and heard around Redskins park. I always felt like Cooley was a pretty sensible guy, ie - not saying crazy stuff generally..

So ... here is the "1% chance" stuff about signing Cousins. It was from LaCanfora and was dealing with the chances of signing Cousins to a long-term deal after signing the franchise tender. It had/has nothing to do with signing him long-term next year:

La Canfora offered up his own projections earlier in the week in assessing the odds of each team extending its franchise-tagged player before Friday’s 4 p.m. deadline. He put the Redskins’ chances of landing a deal with Kirk Cousins at one percent.
“I can remember the piece I wrote in November when they first met in Chicago and basically they told his camp, ‘You’re never going to hit the open market this offseason,'” he told Dukes.

“And even at the time, I reported then it was close to certain the Redskins would franchise this guy if they had to. And [Cousins] was already spinning it forward, knowing with his agents, once they do that, I’m going to sign it.

“And then once the thing’s signed, and the quarterback market explodes the way it did, then I think this has always been sort of the short-term endgame. And, you know, these guys haven’t had to pay big bucks to a quarterback, I mean, really ever, right?”

...

“If he plays well, he’s not leaving,” La Canfora ironed out the bottom line. “They’ll have to overpay to keep him and maybe three years from now there’s some ramifications to it, but, again, I think given all that they’ve gone through at that position, I think you could sign them up for that.”

La Canfora: Redskins Are A Sleeping Giant « CBS DC

The concept that KC is a one-and-done player if he takes us deep into the play-offs is just beyond silly and not a point worth acknowledging much less debating. I only chime in on this b/c I saw this clip and remembered the reference to a "1% chance of resigning" with some vague allegations of who said it and when.

Said it before, will say it again: Kirk plays well, Kirk gets paid and Kirk stays. Kirk does not play well, Kirk does not get paid and Kirk goes. If he goes, it is back to the f'ing QB drawing board one more time - which would suck big giant goat testicles.

[JPPT1974]

At least you have to give him credit. Of not holding out like a lot of players do.

[MTK]

lol the Skins would have to be retarded to keep a guy for $20M if they had no interest in him as the long term answer. They could have went with McCoy and signed a couple more free agents with that money.

[MTK]

If Cooley said anything like that, hard to believe someone like Florio wouldn't be all over it.

[Evilgrin]

Cooley also said Freeney was coming in this week.

[skinsfaninok]

Kirk will get a long deal, CC just wants to be relevant again.

[artmonkforhallofamein07]

Sudfield will be gone in a couple of years. He won't be worth much.

[MTK]

Once again, why bother giving KC $20m this year if there's little chance of him being here long term? If SM wanted to play money ball, $20m could have shored up a few other positions. And if you're ok win paying him $20m this year, why wouldn't you be ok with paying him $24m next year as long as he earns it?

[MTK]

There isn't a coach or GM in the league that would prefer a game manager over a stud QB.

[Chico23231]

Come on folks with this Cousins talk...I don't get it because its simply nothing to get. Cousins will be a Skins as long as he keeps on this path he has built since entering the league. Lets enjoy this run with a decent QB.

[punch it in]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Come on SOLID SNAKE with this Cousins talk...I don't get it because its simply nothing to get. Cousins will be a Skins as long as he keeps on this path he has built since entering the league. Lets enjoy this run with a decent QB.

Fixed it for ya.

[Stacks42]

Well played Redskins!! They put Kirk's face on the Cleveland Browns game ticket. Way to burn RG3.

[MTK]

Thanks JR

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