Who is Kirk Cousins?

[NoCalHail]

The problem with the Griffin vs. Cousins debate is that most people have to be so extreme in one direction or another. Me personally, regardless of what I felt Robert's potential could have been post-2013, I have let it go and am willing to move forward with Kirk as long as he is signed to a reasonable amount and he isn't paid like a Top QB. My fear right now is that because the market for QB's is so starved we will either have to overpay him or see him starting for someone else next year.

Griffin wasn't bad in 2013. I am not sure why people keep saying he was. He was a typical 2nd year QB that the league adjusted to, not to mention he was playing with a brace on his knee to protect an injury that likely wasn't healed so you can even argue he should have never been on the field until mid-season to begin with. His passing stats however weren't bad. There is no doubt in my mind that when his knee got wrecked it did more to him than take away his ability to run and escape pressure. You talk to any player who has had to have reconstructive surgery and they will tell you it takes pretty much a season of playing on the repaired body part to strengthen it again and build your confidence mentally that you can once again fully use it.

Fast forward to 2014 and it seemed from the outside that Gruden was brought in to help develop Griffin but pretty much early on gave up on that idea for whatever reason and was looking to move on from Griffin asap. So do I think Griffin got a bit rail-roaded? Sure. I don't think it was personal though. I think it was a football decision as Gruden runs a WCO and felt that Griffin was not the best QB on the roster to run it.

Now, that's a completely different issue as to whether once Kirk was named the starter, if he went out and earned the right to stay the starter which IMO, he has and should be starting for us at least for the next couple of seasons. He has earned that right regardless and despite however you feel about the Griffin situation.

It's not really a Kirk vs. Griffin situation, it's a clown car organization issue that until very recently, never seemed to handle anything correctly.