Kirk Cousins seemingly to be released before next season

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From what I remember when Atlanta first got him, EVERYONE here thought it was a bad move for what they were going to be paying him (I know I thought it was a complete bonehead move).

90 million dollars paid for 14 games. 6.5 million per game.

The guy has always reminded me of Brady Quinn. Always seems to get top dollar but at the end of the day, never accomplished anything.
 

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From what I remember when Atlanta first got him, EVERYONE here thought it was a bad move for what they were going to be paying him (I know I thought it was a complete bonehead move).

90 million dollars paid for 14 games. 6.5 million per game.

The guy has always reminded me of Brady Quinn. Always seems to get top dollar but at the end of the day, never accomplished anything.
Quinn never got more than back uo contracts after his rookie deal
 

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Quinn never got more than back uo contracts after his rookie deal
I stand corrected. I had to look, he didn't even start for the Browns either.

I think I get him confused on my end with Sam Bradford. Bradford is who I was thinking of...

Another QB highly touted, paid big bucks, doesn't do anything and then ends up all over the place (vs QB's who get paid big bucks, stays in one place and doesn't do anything).
 

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I stand corrected. I had to look, he didn't even start for the Browns either.

I think I get him confused on my end with Sam Bradford. Bradford is who I was thinking of...

Another QB highly touted, paid big bucks, doesn't do anything and then ends up all over the place (vs QB's who get paid big bucks, stays in one place and doesn't do anything).
That makes more sense!
 

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From what I remember when Atlanta first got him, EVERYONE here thought it was a bad move for what they were going to be paying him (I know I thought it was a complete bonehead move).

90 million dollars paid for 14 games. 6.5 million per game.

The guy has always reminded me of Brady Quinn. Always seems to get top dollar but at the end of the day, never accomplished anything.
Nah, lots of people were saying he was better than Dak specifically after he sign that deal and were acting like Minnesota held him back
 

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As bad as Jerry is, this is a stupid move signing then cutting him and wasting that cap room. Yikes.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/43081294/sources-falcons-expected-cut-kirk-cousins-10m-bonus-due
Yes, the Atlanta GM surprised Arthur Blank selecting Penix jr after selling him on a huge contract for kirk Cousins. Blank was not happy and I have to imagine if Penix doesn't look good Terry Fontenot is going to be on the hottest of seats. I honesty think Terry was a poor hire. They got him from New Orleans when Sean Payton was running the show and making the roster decisions. It's like hiring a Belechek discipline. They were all unknowns b/c they had Brady and Belechek covering them. They were just along for the ride.
 

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I stand corrected. I had to look, he didn't even start for the Browns either.

I think I get him confused on my end with Sam Bradford. Bradford is who I was thinking of...

Another QB highly touted, paid big bucks, doesn't do anything and then ends up all over the place (vs QB's who get paid big bucks, stays in one place and doesn't do anything).
I believe Bradford was the reason for the rookie salary cap. Teams kept giving him huge contracts. This is a great comparison, and it just shows how desperate teams are for even a mediocre QB.
 

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I believe Bradford was the reason for the rookie salary cap.
My money would have been on JaMarcus Russell on that one.

Everyone knew to run on Russell. Thing with Bradford (and perhaps Quinn) is that they were "just good enough" for people to seem to throw stupid money at them.

Living in NC for the last 20 years, I remember the Jimmy Clausen experiment when he came out of Notre Dame (funny enough, where Quinn came out of). People at least seem to know Clausen wasn't a NFL QB compared to his hype.

I've always been middle of the road about Dak, but the reality is I can't blame Dak for taking the money, but I can blame Jerry for giving it.
 

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I believe Bradford was the reason for the rookie salary cap. Teams kept giving him huge contracts. This is a great comparison, and it just shows how desperate teams are for even a mediocre QB.
Bradford was the last beneficiary of the pre cap era but JaMarcus Russell was the poster child
 
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