I get the talent piece - that's a subjective opinion and you have a right to value his talent however you see fit. On the rest of it - as long as it doesn't cripple the team's ability to keep talent at other positions, I don't really understand why it matters how big a deal he gets, nor why we should begrudge him getting the biggest payday he can while he can?
Well, I lump him into the "Most Grossly Overpaid Human Beings" bunch. (Athletes, Actors, etc...) Yeah, I know it's the way of the world. But I don't have to like it. If he doesn't play a down for us this season, he will still get paid $24mil. His agent wants even more, apparently. Makes him a greedy ****. And #8 too.
Brady is a bad example - he probably makes quadruple in endorsements what he does in salary annually. And to get to that point, he had to be given the chance to be a star.
If #8 would have beaten the Giants, at home, with everything on the line, against an overrated division rival, he'd already be under a new LTD. So, that was #8's "chance to be a star". He failed, miserably. Had he won, his endorsement deals would already be increasing. If he'd open his eyes and look beyond todays dollar signs, he'd see how he could become our next "Sonny Jurgensen", with a guaranteed hometown discount, endorsements, and undying fan worship, for the rest of his life. Again, he doesn't have to play another down of football for the rest of his life. He is already a multimillionaire. Thanks to the Redskins. As far as I'm concerned, he owes the team more than they own him.
Cousins is still pretty early on in his career, doesn't have that luxury, and wants to get paid. It's not a personal thing - it's just common sense.
I repeat, he doesn't have to play another down of football for the rest of his life. He is already a multimillionaire.
On your last comment - you're just speculating. We KNOW we can win with Kirk.
To quote Tonto, "What's this we shit, white man?"
I KNOW he lost, at home, with everything on the line, to the Giants.
We don't know that the same is true with Colt McCoy.
And I KNOW, Colt could have done the same. For$15mil less.
And he MIGHT have thrown a game winning TD, instead of a season ending INT.
Which we KNOW #8 did.
Nome sayin?