Redskins trade for Alex Smith

When did Eli Manning ever take a pay cut for the Giants?

Tony Romo said he would at one point, but did he ever follow through?

Tom Brady is taking less than he could have gotten, after a big contract in 2010. You could say that's Tom Brady, or that's his richer wife.

But rather than ask the extraordinary of Kirk Cousins, why not consider this as proof the Redskins FO lowballed Kirk: They are paying more for Smith this season, around 23 mil, than they could have had Cousins signed for a LTD. As low as 20 mil, But Snyder and Allen rejected it.
I think people are getting things mixed up,Eli did not take a pay cut but he has done a contact restructuring as well as Brady has.

Giants' Eli Manning restructures 2012 salary to create $6.75 million in cap space | NJ.com (http://www.nj.com/giants/index.ssf/2012/03/giants_eli_manning_restructure.html)

Hey, how about keeping irrelevant Kirk Cousins stuff off of the Alex Smith thread? Cousins is no longer our QB. Besides, he has his own endless thread.

IIRC 14.5%. But it's a moot point as it seems Kirk doesn't want to be here. Remember he wanted to be with a winner, and we weren't a winner under Kirk. If he blames that on everybody else it was doomed from the start of the losing.

Of course we'll know how important winning is to him when he goes elsewhere. If he takes less money to go to Denver or Minny, then yeah he's about that life. If he goes to Cleveland because they outbid everyone else, than he's not.

Also true, but if they had offered Kirk 14-15% of the cap back in 2015 or 2016 things would have likely been different. But would we have wanted that?

Smith’s deal at 23.5M takes up 13.0% of a 180M cap. In future years when the cap goes up, his % goes down.

If Cousins gets $30M this year, that’s 16.7% of the cap. You’re right ultimately he didn’t want to be here, but if it took 16.7% of the cap or more to get it done, we’re better off.

With that difference between Kirk’s (assumed) $30 and Smith’s $23.5 is Morgan Moses and Quinton Dunbar, those two guys combine to occupy $7M of our space. That’s an example, just one, of what $7M can buy you.

He didn’t want to be here and it’s all moot but I wholeheartedly support how Bruce is playing this.

Hey, how about keeping irrelevant Kirk Cousins stuff off of the Alex Smith thread? Cousins is no longer our QB. Besides, he has his own endless thread.This. I can't wait for this whole story to be over.

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Hey, how about keeping irrelevant Kirk Cousins stuff off of the Alex Smith thread? Cousins is no longer our QB. Besides, he has his own endless thread.

How is Kirk not relevant to Alex? We're literally switching from one to the other, we'll look back and judge Bruce Allen on the performance of Alex vs Kirk. WTF are you talking bout Willis?

"I'm jacked. I'm really excited," Smith said. "Once I found out that things in Kansas City were going in a different direction, I was pumped at the opportunity and when Washington came calling I was hopeful that was a possible destination and I'm just jacked that it worked out and that they wanted me because the feelings were mutual and I'm looking forward to it."

This is want you want to hear from your QB. Sign a veteran receiver, pick a stud running back in round 1 or 2 and lets go. Welcome aboard.

"I'm jacked. I'm really excited," Smith said. "Once I found out that things in Kansas City were going in a different direction, I was pumped at the opportunity and when Washington came calling I was hopeful that was a possible destination and I'm just jacked that it worked out and that they wanted me because the feelings were mutual and I'm looking forward to it."

This is want to hear from your QB. Sign a veteran receiver, pick a stud running back in round 1 or 2 and lets go. Welcome aboard.

I agree! I want a grizzled very coming in to be pumped. That type of enthusiasm is exactly what the team needs in this situation.

I love his grit and competitiveness. I think a lot of us had an emotional reaction when the news broke.

I'm really looking forward to seeing how things shake out and am optimistic.

It should definitely help the locker room to have security at the QB position, and just a solid all around guy in Smith. No lingering contract questions, no tag or not to tag bullshit.

"I'm jacked. I'm really excited," Smith said. "Once I found out that things in Kansas City were going in a different direction, I was pumped at the opportunity and when Washington came calling I was hopeful that was a possible destination and I'm just jacked that it worked out and that they wanted me because the feelings were mutual and I'm looking forward to it."

This is want you want to hear from your QB. Sign a veteran receiver, pick a stud running back in round 1 or 2 and lets go. Welcome aboard.

say what you want about cousins. but he always said the right things, dont think that was a problem