Cousins has arrived

Side note - I'm watching Mad Max : Fury Road, I have no idea what the hell is going on.

Pissed, as we all are... but we have a good future ahead of us.... and for once its REAL

I like what i see from Cousins .. in this system with these weapons.

Cousins "cliche" talk about re-signing scares me.

"I want to be where I am wanted," said Cousins, who now becomes a free agent, "and you want to be with people who believe in you and we are going to find out -- because we haven't discussed it much yet -- how much I am wanted and where that'll go."

Washington Redskins QB Kirk Cousins: 'I want to be where I'm wanted' - Washington Redskins Blog- ESPN (http://espn.go.com/blog/washington-redskins/post/_/id/23084/redskins-qb-kirk-cousins-i-want-to-be-where-im-wanted)

Cousins sounds like he is saying, "show me the money" and that he is going highest bidder.

dont over play your hand kirk. you had a great season but you were put in position to succeed by others around you as well. gruden/mcvay called plays to your absolute strengths and masked your weaknesses. reed and co. did a great job of getting you targets and catching the ball. a weak final 4 game schedule also helped coming from 5-7. film of this offense will be out next year and d coordinators are going to do what the pack did last night.

I wouldn't read too far into his comments. He knows this is the best spot for him. He doesn't seem like a chase the money kind of guy.

I agree -- too much character to be a jerk in the negotiations, I would think.

Separately, I saw Randall Cobb's video clip saying that he wasn't trolling Kirk Cousins by saying "You like that" after the game -- he was really "channeling his inner Cousins" and responding as Kirk did to everyone doubting the Redskins by showing some fight because the same thing was happening to the Packers the last few weeks. Seemed totally classy and I came away impressed with the dude.

That's your response to 2 TDs, 1 fumble lost, 329 yds passing tonight? Your response only makes sense if you are a fan of some team other than the skins.

Oh and here are some real stats. Cherry pick all you want, but Kirk's strongest trend wa that he got better as the season went on. Especially completion %.

Kirk Cousins NFL Football Statistics | Pro-Football-Reference.com (http://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/CousKi00.htm)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2015/11/30/9-stats-that-show-just-how-well-kirk-cousins-is-playing/

http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/tlaststand/images/f/f6/Spoon_IRL.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150119215557

You're welcome.

Totally agree with this post. Cousins is definitely on the rise.

Crazy talk to say that Cousins didn't play well. Had a higher completion % and about 120 yards more than Rodgers (and no picks). Did he miss a few throws and take a few risks? Sure. But his line wasn't particularly stout yesterday (to put it mildly -- even Trent got worked over a few times), and the running game never got going. Can't pin the loss on him in any way. The inability to stop the Packer's run game killed us -- it opened up the passing game for Rodgers and he did what he always does. The guy is like a surgeon.

Cousins is going to get paid, probably overpaid, whether it is here or somewhere else.

IMO, the only way he isn't on this team next year is one of two things.

1) Another team offers him so much money that the offer is too good to refuse and all other factors are overlooked.

2) He secretly is not interested in returning and has enough offers from other teams that he finds one he likes.


I don't think the offer from us will be bad. In fact I think if it comes down to it the panic button may be pushed and he is franchised, eliminating any question about 2016 at least, which will make all this speculation moot.

They will tag him . before that happens. SM isn't stupid he knows u need a QB

Cousins is going to get paid, probably overpaid, whether it is here or somewhere else.

IMO, the only way he isn't on this team next year is one of two things.

1) Another team offers him so much money that the offer is too good to refuse and all other factors are overlooked.

2) He secretly is not interested in returning and has enough offers from other teams that he finds one he likes.


I don't think the offer from us will be bad. In fact I think if it comes down to it the panic button may be pushed and he is franchised, eliminating any question about 2016 at least, which will make all this speculation moot.

Every quarterback in the league is overpaid (see deals for Dalton, Flacco, and Tannehill), because teams don't want to have their QBs hit the FA market.

The top 9 QBs get $20 mil+ a year, if the Redskins don't give Kirk 4-5 years at $20 mil pretty sure there a half dozen+ other teams that would.
I think you could franchise him for $20 mil for a year if you want to test drive him a little longer.