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Originally Posted by metalskins
Let's think about this logically though. What free agent quarterback would be available next year that is an upgrade from Cousins? I see absolutely nobody. Unless Bill Belichick did the unthinkable and decided to trade an aging Tom Brady (who doesn't appear to be aging by the way), who would the 'skins get? Would you see Dallas trading Romo to Washington? I doubt it. Sanchez to Washington? He couldn't beat out the no-name guy in Denver.
I'm sorry, but you don't have to have an Aaron Rodgers or a Tom Brady to win Super Bowls. Yes, having those guys makes it a heck of a lot easier to win it all, but look at the teams that have won the Super Bowl with less than spectacular quarterbacks. Heck, I don't think Eli Manning is an elite QB and he's won two Super Bowls.
Maybe it's a homer thing to say, but I think Cousins is as good as we can get right now. I think you stick with him for a few more years.
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When people ask me about this at work, the answer i give is that they would go forward with McCoy because you have him locked up under a LOW contract i believe for the next two years, which fits the mold for Scott M not wanting to spend big money that could affect building the rest of the team.
First let me clarify that I AM NOT SAYING that McCoy could do just as well as Cousins in this system, because i don't think anyone truly knows. Gruden was committed 100% to Cousins in the offseason so I don't think anyone was truly looking at Colt to see how good he was or wasn't. Chris Cooley during his preseason broadcasts was high on Colt and felt that McCoy could start for at least half a dozen teams for sure, and maybe another five or 6 have a chance to battle for the starting job.
So in this scenario Scott M decides to not pay Cousins, they let him walk after this season, and so next season you open the season with Colt McCoy as the day 1 starter. If he plays well and the skins do well, then they look like geniuses because they saved the big money to use to load up on other players. You wont have a money issue until its time for Colt to get a new deal. Obviously if Colt fails then you turn to Sudfield to see what you have in him. If he plays well, then you may have a solution for a while, until it comes contract time and then maybe it's rinse and repeat with whatever possible QB's you have on the roster at that time.
Say for example this works, i wonder if it would change how the league pays QB's. What i am getting at - if a team can get quality / solid play out of QB's who sign lower money contracts, then what is the need to pay a guy 25 - 30 million a season if a team is able to win, or go to a Superbowl with a guy who is only making 2 or 3 million? You could then use that money to load up on other talent...