The FINAL Kirk Cousins Saga thread. 5.0

[RobH4413]

Originally Posted by HailGreen28

WillH, are you referring these statements, gathered in this article?

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Because it totally makes Allen and Snyder look like a bag of dicks. And Kirk and his agent taking the high ground.

I would assume he is referring to this quote:

Cousins said he has “felt wanted” by the Redskins from the first day of last offseason, and the offer the team made him before last year’s July deadline to sign a long-term deal made that clear.


“I felt they were all-in last summer, but we felt like we wanted to take a little more time,” Cousins said of his decision to play a second year under the franchise tag. “… I feel at peace about their belief in me and where they’re going forward from here.”

Asked whether he feels good about the possibility of remaining with the Redskins and having Allen and team owner Daniel Snyder as his bosses for the next six years, Cousins said it all depends on how the team fares.

“It all comes down to winning,” he said. “We have to win. If we win, everybody will feel good. If we lose, all the other things just don’t really matter. Winning is what matters to me.”

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I still think this tag and trade talk is a pipe dream. I would absolutely love to be wrong, and love to get something for him. I do not see it happening because I simply don't think the market is there for a tag and trade (for a number of reasons).

I think the reason Cousins wants out is probably a combination of everything. The F/O has had their issues, surely, but I think there is also merit to him wanting to choose his own destiny. He wants to find his own path, and likely wants to move on.

We will find out soon enough, and thankfully will be able to focus our attention elsewhere (although I shudder to imagine the obsessive comparative threads with Cousins vs. his replacement. It will be hell).