Kirk Cousins 24/7 thread

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by Chief X_Phackter

I may be mistaken, but if they tag him again I think they will already be about 2/3 of the way to what he was asking for last year in guaranteed money. It doesn't seem like a good business decision to me. Yeah, you get him for one more year, but it makes even less sense to tag him again next year, from a $$$$$ perspective - and if I were him I would get the fuck out of here and try to find an organization that will appreciate how good he is. For fucks sake what else does he have to prove here? Give him an above average defense and it's a wrap...

Last year I got their decision to make him prove it again. Now, looking back on it, it feels ridiculous that we thought that way. But he had only been a strong QB for 9 games. I'm glad they took the approach they did.

But the risk of doing that, which was completely understood at the time, was that if he balled out in 2016 his negotiating position would be incredibly strong. And now it is. We're going to have to come up to $22 or $23M per year with lots guaranteed. He bet on himself and his number hit. What more can you say, just gotta pay the man.