Kirk Cousins 24/7 thread

So if you're planning on letting him go anyway... don't. Don't let him go for nothing.

... In other words, treat him like an asset.

Right. Lock him up. We will hope it is closer to 20 than 25. Than build that D. Grab a rb and a center or a T,G if there is a good one available. Help the run game. But most importantly build the d. First round pick has got to be on defense. There can be no ignoring it any more. I would rather spend a chunk of change on a big defensive free agent than getting two "bodies" for the same money. We need three new "play makers", and a healthy and effective Cravens next year!

First round pick has to be best player available. Hopefully that is someone on defense.

First round pick has to be best player available. Hopefully that is someone on defense.



I am going to go against the court of public opinion and say it has to be bpa on defense. Honestly if their is some stud rb, wr, te, or oline guy sitting there I do not want him. Lol. Whoever the next bpa is down our board that is on defense cannot grade out so much less than the offensive guy that it is not worth it. First round. There will be plenty of good picks on both sides of the ball. I would actually say the same for rounds 1-4. That is how bad our defense is.

I have a lot to say to a lot things in your post, which was good. But I think the main thing is - this is what everyone wants. But there still seems to be reluctance from the Redskins' front office to sign him long-term and he'll be that guy - even with the support. I honestly don't know either way. But I think my way of handling it is the best compromise, based on what the Redskins seem to be thinking with Cousins.

It is more than reasonable doubt in the front office. Regardless of what we've seen on the field, for whatever reason the office wants to go a different direction potentially. Cooley has hinted at it, tons of other players have said the same thing.

The irony, to me, is that the Redskins' issue is paying Cousins long-term. This would be totally different if he went to them and said "I'll do it for 15 million a season". BUT - he is going to get the average starting QB price of between 20 and 23 million. Now is where we get stupid in our typical Redskins ways. We don't want to pay him big money, so we are prepared to FRANCHISE TAG him yet again for a 2nd year, which *cough* - raises his price yet again. I do not have the exact figure, but i believe he would get around a 24 million season for 2017.

Where is our advantage in tagging him for the 2nd straight year? Is it that we hope we just have him for one more year while we find his replacement? I've had a hard time understanding where our thinking is right now especially at the QB position. Like, i get that they want to go cheap at QB, but how many places has that worked???

Its December 2017 at Fed Ex Field and the 2-11 Washington Redskins take the field. Led by Nate Sudfield after Colt McCoy ended ANOTHER season with injury. Their opponent is the 11-2 Denver Broncos led by Kirk Cousins and their first year Head Coach Kyle Shanahan.

Since we play Denver at home next year. I figured this scenario would be very "Redskin-ish".

But Hey...Lets not Re-sign Kirk. Whats the worse that can happen? Lol

Its December 2017 at Fed Ex Field and the 2-11 Washington Redskins take the field. Led by Nate Sudfield after Colt McCoy ended ANOTHER season with injury. Their opponent is the 11-2 Denver Broncos led by Kirk Cousins and their first year Head Coach Kyle Shanahan.

Since we play Denver at home next year. I figured this scenario would be very "Redskin-ish".

But Hey...Lets not Re-sign Kirk. Whats the worse that can happen? Lol

And this is what would prob happen

I'm sure this is not going to change anyones mind one way or the other,but I am shocked at how bad they grade Cousins,barely over griffin.But their rankings had Trent Williams grade as the top overall player at any position.
NFL1000: Final Regular Season Breakdown of the League's Top Players | Bleacher Report (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2685170-nfl1000-final-regular-season-breakdown-of-the-leagues-top-players/page/4)

I'm sure this is not going to change anyones mind one way or the other,but I am shocked at how bad they grade Cousins,barely over griffin.But their rankings had Trent Williams grade as the top overall player at any position.
NFL1000: Final Regular Season Breakdown of the League's Top Players | Bleacher Report (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2685170-nfl1000-final-regular-season-breakdown-of-the-leagues-top-players/page/4)

The validity of the analytical methods used here is highly, highly questionable. Never do they establish a link between their methodology and winning - you have to demonstrate that there's a correlation between your scoring and the probability of winning. They certainly don't at all. I wouldn't use this data.

Use ESPN's QBR, or PFF's DVOA, or Football Outsiders, or some of the other strong analytical groups that actually have pages describing how their methodology is connected to win probability.

ESPN's QBR is by far the strongest.

I'm sure this is not going to change anyones mind one way or the other,but I am shocked at how bad they grade Cousins,barely over griffin.But their rankings had Trent Williams grade as the top overall player at any position.
NFL1000: Final Regular Season Breakdown of the League's Top Players | Bleacher Report (http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2685170-nfl1000-final-regular-season-breakdown-of-the-leagues-top-players/page/4)

They guy who did those rankings is widely known as a Kirk hater on twitter. He blocks anyone who disagrees with him and refuses to go on the radio to explain.

He also had Sam Bradford, Cam Newton in his top 5 QB this year