bleedspeed177 wrote:khans2k5 wrote:Kirk is not good unless everything is working in his favor (run game going and controlling the tempo, defense holding the other team under 20, lots of time in the pocket). The problem with that is a lot of NFL QB's are good under those circumstances. He's not good against good teams and he's not good in clutch situations. That's a rookie mistake to throw that pick on first down in the end zone when we're driving to win the game. He's the 7-9 special and always will be. The refs sucked today, but the whole team overcame that BS and put him in position to win the game and he made a rookie mistake in the big moment. This is why you don't hand out fully guaranteed deals in the NFL. He's now the anchor of this team both on the field and on the cap sheet and he was brought in to put us over the top.
Mahomes
Brady
Rodgers
Brees
Wilson
Rivers
Wentz
Goff
Ryan
Big Ben
Cam
Stafford
Prescott
Mayfield
Watson
That's 15 guys I'd take over him right now in no order and not factoring the injuries that happened today and he's making more money than a lot of them. Also guys like Murray and Lamar are quickly coming up and could pass him by the end of the year and it's a wash with guys like Carr, Mariotta and Garrapolo. The potentially 18th-21st best QB in football making 28 million guaranteed is a problem.
That is a fair take. I don't think he is a bad QB, but his strengths are play action and when you put him in the shotgun he is not going to excel. We have to keep him under center for him to be successful.
The question of Cousins is whether you can get a guy that's better than him and for cheaper...and if the money you save (for example drafting a QB) can be used to improve other stops on the team with $$$. Sometimes money spent on other positions doesn't really work out either. One alternate timeline is Teddy and for a few weeks we may see how that possibly would perform. Remember this team went the draft pick route and may have even got the right guy (or at least a solid guy) and then Teddy's knee just absolutely shredded.