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GridIron26 · 01-31-2018, 08:34 AM

It is interesting to see how we are divided on this move - some people applaud the move and some people are saying it's end of Redskins world for next 5 years.

In my perspective, I am not surprised by this move at all; it simply is all about value. Cousins and Smith are similar QB in general (yes, Cousins is little better than Smith but not by wide margin). Cousins and his agent want a contract that is close to $30m per year, and Smith seems to accept $23.5m per year, which will allow us to resign or sign 1 or 2 players (Z. Brown as an example). Don't forget Jay's offense system is QB friendly system - I have no doubt we will get similar results with Smith. We basically moved down in 3rd round pick with the compensatory pick, which we will get from Cousins. However, I am disappointed with giving up Fuller, I assumed we would let Breeland walk and then move Fuller to #2 CB. I suppose the plan is different now..

For those people who said we fucked up big time with Cousins - yes and no.. We had a chance to sign Cousins to a long term contract after 2015 but we were not sure if he will continue to improve or not so instead of going in blindly and give him big contract, we franchise tagged him. I believe this move was something most all of us agreed on. He ended up playing well in 2016 and then want a contract that is for top 3 QB and he is not top 3 QB, so we franchise tagged him again but the move quickly showed Cousins and his agent's plan, which is collecting guaranteed money as much as they can by quickly signing the franchise tag contract without making any counteroffer. If you guys believe we should have given Cousins whatever amount he wants, my answer is look at Ravens. Everybody in NFL knew Flacco is not top 5 QB but Ravens had to sign him to a massive contract (it was at that time) only because he won SB with help from great defense. Now, look at Ravens, they are struggling to build better team because they are financially strapped by the Flacco contract..

In fact, I feel this move have shown how much Redskins FO have grown since last few years. Yes, they made a terrible gamble on Cousins situation but really, can we do any better than what they did? With old FO, we would have given Cousins whatever amount he wanted and then cripple the team for next 5-10 years. Now, with Smith as our QB, we can easily focus on continue building the team, which we have been doing well since last two years. Although I am curious to see how the FO expect to find next franchise QB, it is fair to assume that we will be average team in worst scenario and we will be good team in best scenario; it will be difficult for Redskins to draft a franchise QB when we are slotted at #10 or lower.

01-31-2018, 08:34 AM	#178
GridIron26 Playmaker Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Colorado Age: 36 Posts: 3,499	Re: Redskins trade for Alex Smith It is interesting to see how we are divided on this move - some people applaud the move and some people are saying it's end of Redskins world for next 5 years. In my perspective, I am not surprised by this move at all; it simply is all about value. Cousins and Smith are similar QB in general (yes, Cousins is little better than Smith but not by wide margin). Cousins and his agent want a contract that is close to $30m per year, and Smith seems to accept $23.5m per year, which will allow us to resign or sign 1 or 2 players (Z. Brown as an example). Don't forget Jay's offense system is QB friendly system - I have no doubt we will get similar results with Smith. We basically moved down in 3rd round pick with the compensatory pick, which we will get from Cousins. However, I am disappointed with giving up Fuller, I assumed we would let Breeland walk and then move Fuller to #2 CB. I suppose the plan is different now.. For those people who said we fucked up big time with Cousins - yes and no.. We had a chance to sign Cousins to a long term contract after 2015 but we were not sure if he will continue to improve or not so instead of going in blindly and give him big contract, we franchise tagged him. I believe this move was something most all of us agreed on. He ended up playing well in 2016 and then want a contract that is for top 3 QB and he is not top 3 QB, so we franchise tagged him again but the move quickly showed Cousins and his agent's plan, which is collecting guaranteed money as much as they can by quickly signing the franchise tag contract without making any counteroffer. If you guys believe we should have given Cousins whatever amount he wants, my answer is look at Ravens. Everybody in NFL knew Flacco is not top 5 QB but Ravens had to sign him to a massive contract (it was at that time) only because he won SB with help from great defense. Now, look at Ravens, they are struggling to build better team because they are financially strapped by the Flacco contract.. In fact, I feel this move have shown how much Redskins FO have grown since last few years. Yes, they made a terrible gamble on Cousins situation but really, can we do any better than what they did? With old FO, we would have given Cousins whatever amount he wanted and then cripple the team for next 5-10 years. Now, with Smith as our QB, we can easily focus on continue building the team, which we have been doing well since last two years. Although I am curious to see how the FO expect to find next franchise QB, it is fair to assume that we will be average team in worst scenario and we will be good team in best scenario; it will be difficult for Redskins to draft a franchise QB when we are slotted at #10 or lower.