Cousins had those parts around him against the Giants to end the season in 2016 and shrunk. Win and you're in the playoffs. Brees can pick up and lead. Cousins shrinks. That's the point.
He wants to max out on guaranteed money, which anyone would like, but he's trying to get as close to 100% guaranteed as possible and has made that clear.
Even a three-year deal at $75m, 100% fully guaranteed as a signing bonus or something would be absurd for a team. See: Flacco, Joe for how wrong that can go in just one year. No team wants to tie up that kind of money without an "out" especially in today's era with a salary cap. He sees teams paying their QB's serious bucks and still able to afford a roster... but I'm wondering exactly what teams he means, how good they are and how he compares to their QB's. Not stats-hunting, but when the SHTF.
The market rate for QB's can be adjusted, just like any other position. It wasn't all that long ago was saw a huge market correction on RB's and I think Joe Flacco at the very least shows there needs to be one for QB's. Just because a guy can throw a ball forward doesn't mean you pay him $28m a year.
Do you happen to have a link to the information on him wanting as close to 100% guaranteed as possible? Not questioning you, but I haven't followed this as closely as some and hadn't heard that type of statement from him or his agent.
The Grant & Danny circle jerkfest really didn't do anything to help the perception of Cousins.
That would be awesome!Greedy Lying Bastard sounds a lot more accurate now, doesn't it?
#8 is a puppet, by choice, to his agent. And what agent EVER had a teams interest even slightly in mind?
And Boone, I know I had said if he didn't sign a generous offer, right away, that I would cut his ass. I thought it too risky to tag him, and after not being able to trade him, to get stuck with the $34mil.
But then yesterday, before seeing your post, I thought, "You know what, just because we can't trade him, doesn't mean we have to play him. Bench his ass. A healthy scratch for the season." I mean what the hell, we'd already be screwed anyway. Why not piss on him as he walks out the door. Also, we can lower the trade compensation to whatever we want. Take lower picks, and pay part of his bonus, just to be able to trade him to Cleveland. Of course, if some idiot is willing to give a couple high picks, we take it. If not, do what we can to send him to Siberia.
Well, that certainly would be the way the Kirkites might take it.That would be awesome!
You know why?
Because with actions like that, you'd broadcast to every potential free agent in the league that the Washington Redskins are the biggest assholes in the league and if you don't play for us on the cheap, we'll do our dead level best to screw you over.
It also tells all our home grown talent the same thing and puts the idea in their head ": If I don't agree to the teams' contract demands and sign for the "hometown discount" are they going to "Cousins" me?
Brilliant team building strategy. Good luck with that.
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