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Originally Posted by Schneed10
Max Kellerman said it really well yesterday. You won't win the Super Bowl because of Kirk Cousins but you can win the Super Bowl with Kirk Cousins.
He's not the Rodgers / Brady type of QB who elevates the play of those around him. But Super Bowls have been won by worse quarterbacks because they had a complete team around them.
The thing we have to ask ourselves, in the salary cap era, how hard is it to put together that complete team around Cousins if Cousins is being paid top dollar? It's a shitty decision to have to make - I think the answer is doing that is extremely hard. It's also extremely hard to find a new QB who can do what Cousins can do, let alone who can do what Rodgers or Brady can do.
Compounding it all is the obstacle we face in our own division - Dak and Wentz are on their rookie deals yet already are among the top 10 in the league. It's a tough position and I'm afraid there's no good answer besides getting very lucky in the draft - either draft the next big QB or keep Cousins and hit on a whole bunch of middle rounders who turn to be stars.
Like I said, it's hard.
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That is exactly how i had it in my mind. You put it into words. Great job.
The reason above by S10 is why I don't really believe DS and BA are really the bad guys here. I don't blame them for asking KC to prove it each year. You can pay Brady/ Aaron that kind of money and have lesser talent else where and the dealt is covered but with KC he alone can't win you games with just his share talent. What drives the price up on KC is the lack of talent at his level plus the drop off of talent below him. Its a real tough situation. I think if you look at the Ravens right now they are a in a bit of a pickle they are in is because of Flacco's contract and his current ability to produce.
I almost think because how specialized the QB position is that the NFL should have a separate salary cap for the position that doesn't effect the rest of your teams salary cap.
In the end the real issue is just the share lack of quality QBing at the NFL level and it becomes a simple economic equation of supply and demand that sets their salary.