....and that's why cousins isn't a starter

Albert Breer wrote:3) Cousins will like the offseason. At one point earlier this season, before the leaves fell, the Washington Redskins weren't planning on using the franchise tag on Kirk Cousins, because of the promise that it fall north of $19 million, depending on where the cap is set. Now? They've come to grips with the fact that they might need to. Per sources, the Redskins intend to execute a blockbuster deal with their new franchise quarterback before the deadline to tag players in early March, but are fully prepared to franchise Cousins if they can't beat the clock. As one source explained it, "He's not getting out of the building." That's a pretty remarkable turn of events, when you consider only three quarterbacks have been franchised this decade -- Peyton Manning (2011), Mike Vick (2011) and Drew Brees (2012) -- and Cousins wasn't even the starter coming out of training camp. Thing is, he's answered pretty much every question there is to answer since then. He broke a 29-year-old club record with 4,166 yards passing, threw 29 touchdown passes, led the NFL in completion percentage (69.8), guided the team to a division title and cut way down on his turnovers, throwing just 11 picks on 543 attempts after throwing nine interceptions on 204 attempts last season. What's he worth on the open market? It's worth looking at the 2014 extension received by Andy Dalton (Jay Gruden's QB in Cincinnati), which has a base value of $96 million over six years, $19 million in additional upside and is structured in a year-to-year manner. Cousins played his rookie deal out, while Dalton got his extension with a year left, but Dalton had a longer track record of success when his new deal was executed than Cousins does now. And you can add two years of inflation, too. Still, this is a pretty good issue for the Redskins to have going forward. After four years, it looks like they did get their quarterback out of the 2012 draft. It's just not the one they invested so deeply in then.

SpartanInNH wrote:

Albert Breer wrote:3) Cousins will like the offseason. At one point earlier this season, before the leaves fell, the Washington Redskins weren't planning on using the franchise tag on Kirk Cousins, because of the promise that it fall north of $19 million, depending on where the cap is set. Now? They've come to grips with the fact that they might need to. Per sources, the Redskins intend to execute a blockbuster deal with their new franchise quarterback before the deadline to tag players in early March, but are fully prepared to franchise Cousins if they can't beat the clock. As one source explained it, "He's not getting out of the building." That's a pretty remarkable turn of events, when you consider only three quarterbacks have been franchised this decade -- Peyton Manning (2011), Mike Vick (2011) and Drew Brees (2012) -- and Cousins wasn't even the starter coming out of training camp. Thing is, he's answered pretty much every question there is to answer since then. He broke a 29-year-old club record with 4,166 yards passing, threw 29 touchdown passes, led the NFL in completion percentage (69.8), guided the team to a division title and cut way down on his turnovers, throwing just 11 picks on 543 attempts after throwing nine interceptions on 204 attempts last season. What's he worth on the open market? It's worth looking at the 2014 extension received by Andy Dalton (Jay Gruden's QB in Cincinnati), which has a base value of $96 million over six years, $19 million in additional upside and is structured in a year-to-year manner. Cousins played his rookie deal out, while Dalton got his extension with a year left, but Dalton had a longer track record of success when his new deal was executed than Cousins does now. And you can add two years of inflation, too. Still, this is a pretty good issue for the Redskins to have going forward. After four years, it looks like they did get their quarterback out of the 2012 draft. It's just not the one they invested so deeply in then.

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Nordic wrote:Bump...playing like Hoyer

Nordic wrote:Bump...playing like Hoyer

Tanfan! wrote:

Nordic wrote:Bump...playing like Hoyer

Fire someone!

GRR Spartan wrote:Redskins had the 31st defense against the run and the 2nd half showed it. Gave up 140 yards to 3 players for 2 TD's .

Cousins 29-46 0 INT's 1 TD 329 yards franchise tag. Major fail

GRR Spartan wrote:http://www.redskins.com/news-and-events/article-1/Kirk-Cousins-Named-NFL’s-2015-Most-Improved-Player/4c580b8d-0b51-4f6e-b293-242b650e3244

LooseGoose wrote:Chris Cooley: Robert Griffin III ‘was never willing to be friends with Kirk Cousins’

“Robert was never willing to be friends with Kirk Cousins,” Cooley said. “They never hung out together, they never spent time together, their families didn’t hang out together. … It was never a great relationship. I don’t think Robert ever wanted it to be a great relationship. And I think it became really contentious over the last two years, to where Rex Grossman, a guy who I’m close with, said ‘This is weird in here. This is a bad situation in here. These guys don’t like each other.’

“Colt McCoy had to deal with some stuff,” Cooley said. “Two years of who should be the starter, constant competition between a guy who doesn’t want to handle competition. And I think there was respect. I think there was enough working respect. But you have to understand, there’s a group of quarterbacks on every team, usually three, sometimes two. There’s a quarterbacks coach. Seventy-five percent of their professional time is spent in just that meeting room. Really. Quarterbacks spend more time [in meetings] than anybody else. Seventy-five percent of their time is spent not talking to each other, in the same room. That’s got to be so hard. You deal with it, but that’s got to be so weird.”

McCoy hinted at some of this to our Mike Jones and Liz Clarke, mentioning the “difficult circumstances” last season, and how “it was one of the most unusual rooms I’ve ever been a part of.”

Robert J Sakimano wrote:bump..

so glad to see Him shining his loving light through the prism that is Kirk. My thoughts and prayers are always with this fine young man as he navigates the waters of such a tedious world.

duffy munn wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:bump..

so glad to see Him shining his loving light through the prism that is Kirk. My thoughts and prayers are always with this fine young man as he navigates the waters of such a tedious world.

Damn Bob the time off has made you rusty. The lack of directly mocking Kirk's religious beliefs is glaring. Subtle is not going to get it done.

And it's been like years since you mentioned his public speaking ability.

Robert J Sakimano wrote:

duffy munn wrote:

Damn Bob the time off has made you rusty. The lack of directly mocking Kirk's religious beliefs is glaring. Subtle is not going to get it done.

And it's been like years since you mentioned his public speaking ability.

you got more upset at me for mentioning his astounding ability to communicate than discussing his religious beliefs. So I was able to adjust my commentary.

Either way, He simply reached down and touched Kirk with more.. and we're all the better for it.

Kirk Cousins is a competitor. He will do whatever it takes to help the Washington Redskins win. For this week, with the team headed off to London to play the Cincinnati Bengals, Cousins is preparing in every way possible.

Remember, there is a big time zone difference (five hours ahead), and that requires some major sleep changes,

Floyd Robertson wrote:38 / 56 458 2 TD 1 INT in that stupid tie this morning.

Death Roe wrote:Josh Norman just blew up one of the referees from the game. He's gonna get a YUGE fine.

DWags wrote:

Death Roe wrote:Josh Norman just blew up one of the referees from the game. He's gonna get a YUGE fine.

Physically or verbally?

Death Roe wrote:

DWags wrote:

Physically or verbally?

Ripped him apart in the post-game presser.

tGreenWay wrote:

Death Roe wrote:

Ripped him apart in the post-game presser.

Again, physically or verbally?  Are we talking Bobby Knight vs official or Alien vs Bishop?

Robert J Sakimano wrote:Kirk Cousins just makes me SWILL with pride.

Tim Wakefield wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:Kirk Cousins just makes me SWILL with pride.

Woah he has trouble with the pun!

Tim Wakefield wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:Kirk Cousins just makes me SWILL with pride.

Woah he has trouble with the pun!

Blanch32 wrote:

Floyd Robertson wrote:38 / 56 458 2 TD 1 INT in that stupid tie this morning.

yea....I might have been wrong with this one.....good for kirk

Tim Wakefield wrote:

Robert J Sakimano wrote:Kirk Cousins just makes me SWILL with pride.

Woah he has trouble with the pun!

Blanch32 wrote:ftr, there is still the 2nd half of the season, but so far so good for cousins

duffy munn wrote:

Blanch32 wrote:ftr, there is still the 2nd half of the season, but so far so good for cousins

so if the skins finish 5 and 11, I'm somehow not wrong? hell, 8 and 8 snd the jury is still out....

Admitting you were dead wrong is very difficult for you.