I'm not sure why you're hung up on 'value' and 'overspending' Ax. As long as the team can figure out how to make a long-term deal with Cousins work without crippling our ability to pay other key players, who cares? Of course Kirk will be 'overpaid' if we work out a deal with him - all top 10 QBs are overpaid, it's just the price of doing business. The free market - it's a beautiful thing
I seriously hope we don't have to test your premise that Colt McCoy is 'just as good' as Kirk is - because I think that's a pretty dubious assertion. Setting aside talent comparisons, McCoy even in very limited action has not shown a lot of durability. And Sudfeld? Yikes. He's not ready for primetime. We've had plenty of years seeing how easy it is to win with just average QBs under center. I'm surprised that some of us have gravitated back to the 'you don't need a franchise QB' side of the fence. I think the evidence is pretty compelling that, in fact, you do.