Cousins Value Skyrockets,Jets Fans Want Him!!

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Originally Posted by BigHairedAristocrat

What i'm saying is comparing RGIII, a rookie a team traded up in the draft to get, to an injured veteran NFL player fending of a talented young guy is completed stupid. Its apples and oranges. More like apples and tennis shoes.

Alex Smith has never had job security because he's never played particularly well. He was told repeatedly he was the starter - all the while the team has been trying to acquire someone to replace him. Or did you forget about SF's pursuit of Peyton Manning?

You are right about one and only one thing - its the team's job to determine if a player is allowed to play or not - but the team's staff cant do that job if the player lies to them and is not forthcoming about how he feels. It doesnt matter how many trainers you have - they are incapeable of doing their job if the player does not cooperate.

What I am saying is the Patriots basically told Bledsoe he is the franchise quarterback, no one will replace you we just gave you the biggest contract in NFL history, and your back up is a 6th round pick... What exactly happened to Bledsoe when he was taken out of the game? I am saying even though it may seem his job is guaranteed... in the NFL it never is. Like I said if Cousins plays out of his mind it creates a problem going into the off season on who to start. If I was an NFL player and I knew my job was on the line every snap, I would not allow some one else to get the opportunity to get my job.

Other teams deal with the exact same thing. Players will always say they are fine and able to go back in, especially with concussions, its the trainers job to say no you are lying and wrong, you need to stay out. I don't put the responsibility of determining if they are fine or not on the player. That makes a trainer useless then.