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Post by taz24 on May 7, 2024 17:16:29 GMT -6
Cousins Who???
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Post by PrΰΆ§udhΰΆ§rn on May 7, 2024 17:54:32 GMT -6
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Post by iceratz16 on May 7, 2024 18:58:36 GMT -6
Every NFL player has competition. A 36yo QB coming off of injury should not expect to be an exception. Particularly one that is new to a team. If he didnβt expect that, heβs clueless. If we are talking team-building, as a player, Iβm applauding that Mr.QB is not an exception. We are not talking about a Tom Brady level track history here. I thought this concept was simple, but maybe not. Certainly every position should have competition. That doesn't preclude the team from being upfront and open about their intensions, expectations and the nature of that competition with the guy they are pursuing to lead their team. There is really no good reason not be forthcoming about their intensions unless they were intentionally trying to deceive Cousins to increase their chances of signing him, which IMO would be a pretty sh!tty way to start a relationship, even a business relationship. Exactly. Whether you like the guy or not, this is about Atlanta drafting a QB with their top 10 pick after they signed an aging vet to a $180M contract for 4 years. Not to mention, they drafted a guy who will be 25 when the season starts and didn't get 3 years under Cousins to learn yet (meaning at 25, he should have had time to learn under a vet QB in the league for at least 2-3 years at that age). If he gets 2-3 years to learn, he will be 27-28. If he only needs 1 year to learn, he will still be 26. Is that what you want from a top 10 pick? If the answer is yes, you're truly blinded by your Cousins hatred.
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Post by shawn3458 on May 7, 2024 19:35:31 GMT -6
I thought this concept was simple, but maybe not.Β Certainly every position should have competition.Β That doesn't preclude the team from being upfront and open about their intensions, expectations and the nature of that competition with the guy they are pursuing to lead their team.Β There is really no good reason not be forthcoming about their intensions unless they were intentionally trying to deceive Cousins to increase their chances of signing him, which IMO would be a pretty sh!tty way to start a relationship, even a business relationship. Exactly.Β Whether you like the guy or not, this is about Atlanta drafting a QB with their top 10 pick after they signed an aging vet to a $180M contract for 4 years.Β Not to mention, they drafted a guy who will be 25 when the season starts and didn't get 3 years under Cousins to learn yet (meaning at 25, he should have had time to learn under a vet QB in the league for at least 2-3 years at that age).Β If he gets 2-3 years to learn, he will be 27-28.Β If he only needs 1 year to learn, he will still be 26. Is that what you want from a top 10 pick?Β If the answer is yes, you're truly blinded by your Cousins hatred. I never said a word about who Atlanta picked, just that Cousins had to be utterly clueless to believe they wouldnβt bring in a potential future starter. (I wouldnβt have drafted Penix in round 1 as it was)Anyone with two brain cells to rub together could see Cousins contract was set up to easily be out of in 2 years.
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Post by burntpackerdbs84 on May 8, 2024 4:49:09 GMT -6
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Post by marshalltohof on May 8, 2024 8:27:37 GMT -6
I hadn't really looked at Penix college work, read about his injury history and didn't think Vikings would be interested.
But I looked at some of his games last night. Lefty and he has a nice arm. I'd say he does look a little better than JJ throwing the ball. More touch on the ball, can just flick it when there's pressure, nicer deep ball. Not as mobile.
I suspect Atlanta plans to dump Cousins after two years. Only $12.5M cap hit if they cut him post-June 1 in '26.
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Post by thehustle on May 8, 2024 10:23:09 GMT -6
Why does he care if they draft a QB? By the time his current contract will have ended, he will have fleeced three NFL franchises out of roughly $400 million to deliver jack shit.Β He can write a book on how to parlay two playoff wins into almost half a billion dollars Football is a team sport. Put Cousins on Bradyβs teams, with some of those defenses, and we might be seeing a Netflix roast of cousins instead. Cousins isnβt the best QB to ever walk the earth, but he was good enough to win championships. Our teams just never could get everything lined up right. The year he could have carried us, we had Ed Donatell calling the worst possible defensive strategies in the last 40 years
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Post by taz24 on May 8, 2024 12:03:33 GMT -6
Cousins has never had the perfect team around him but he has played some seasons with teams with decent talent.
The fact that he ony has ONE playoff win leads me to believe that the chances of him QBing a team to the title would be Highly unlikely. I think he will be remembered at a good not great QB.
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Post by shawn3458 on May 8, 2024 14:54:19 GMT -6
Why does he care if they draft a QB? By the time his current contract will have ended, he will have fleeced three NFL franchises out of roughly $400 million to deliver jack shit.Β He can write a book on how to parlay two playoff wins into almost half a billion dollars Football is a team sport. Put Cousins on Bradyβs teams, with some of those defenses, and we might be seeing a Netflix roast of cousins instead. Cousins isnβt the best QB to ever walk the earth, but he was good enough to win championships. Our teams just never could get everything lined up right. The year he could have carried us, we had Ed Donatell calling the worst possible defensive strategies in the last 40 years Put Cousins on Bradyβs teams and there would be complaining of βif they had just gotten him some good WRs or a stud RB, heβd be a Super Bowl QBβ.
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Post by sddartman on May 8, 2024 19:04:15 GMT -6
I just read on a Falcons site that the contract is 25mil this year and 40 next. If they cut him after 2025 heβs 25 mil in dead money for 2026 but the cap is expected to go up way beyond that so it wonβt hurt much. Hey Curt, be careful what you wish for, you might just get it.
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Post by vr46 on May 11, 2024 18:48:41 GMT -6
IDK, if I'm in Cousins' position/age having just signed a huge 4-year deal, I am expecting the team to go all in for at least a couple of years to win a Super Bowl. IOW, to not bypass players in the draft who could have had a big, immediate impact THIS season in order to draft my replacement. Teams do need to have an eye toward the future, but the timing is a bad look in regard to your commitment to your newly signed QB. Even worse, the Falcons were apparently not transparent about their plans with Cousins. They offered and paid Cousins a shitload of money over the next couple years. They donβt owe him any explanation. Not to mention he probably would have told the press who the Falcons planned on drafting based on the way he blabbed about the illegal tampering.
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Post by blackmagic7 on May 13, 2024 11:36:17 GMT -6
I mean from a legal standpoint it's OK to post on the board but from a humanitarian, bro code, board building standpoint...
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