(11 hours ago)StickierBuns Wrote: So never say never when it comes to trying to win games in the NFL. Because they are in the 'playoff hunt', that's exactly why Morris is doing it, to salvage the season because Cousins is washed. They won't be going to back to Kirk. What a shit show contract for Atlanta. Minnesota dodged the proverbial bullet. Benched in the first season of a 4 year, $180 million deal......epic failure by Cousins and the Atlanta GM. Epic. Kirko is not an adaptable QB, you must have everything lined up perfectly for him. And now with diminishing skills and him at an all time low in confidence (he questioned himself this week as he doesn't know why he's sucking), who would want him? If they cut him, it'll just be another mistake for another team. He threw over 99% of the time from the pocket, lol. I can't begin to tell you how limiting that is for a modern offense.
I guess I don’t see this as an “epic” failure either by Cousins or by the GM. It’s not even the biggest front office failure in the league. His contract is effectively 2 years, $100M at this point. The QB is most important position in all of sports, and you can’t just go to the store and get an elite QB. Them getting Cousins was always going to be a risk, but it was a risk worth taking. There’s such a small sample size of QBs getting achilles injuries that no one could really predict how it would turn out. The biggest problem with taking Cousins isn’t how he’s performing now, as that was a known risk, it’s his low upside. Peak Cousins isn’t a guy that’s taking your middle of the road team to the SB. I think them drafting Penix was a very strong move. Them bringing in Cousins was a medium overpay for a mid-tier QB. They can hold onto him for another year and have an expensive backup while their QB room costs exactly the same as they were planning for, or they can trade him and have a moderate dead cap hit. I don’t think Cousins just got dumb, more that the stackup of limitations for him just got too high. Maybe another offseason of healing changes his outlook, maybe not. Maybe he retires.
Jets firing their only good coach, to try and save their season, much worse decision.
Half the garbage teams, like the Giants, opting to not draft a QB, much worse decisions.
The Browns with Deshaun Watson, not really a this year decision, but one that is massively more epic than this one by the Falcons.
The whole Bears situation, much worse decisions in how they handled their rookie QB, although it might turn out better for them if they fix their coaching staff, as they have a legit.
I don’t even think it’s worse than the Saints opting to not rebuild, and doubling down around Derek Carr, although that’s the closest one. The Saints are in legit cap hell for multiple years. The Falcons are going to have one bad cap year, and they already have their QB of the future. If Cousins looks like he healed a bit over the offseason, some team will trade for him and make the cap burden much more tolerable.
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