09-15-2019, 11:03 PM
I know, only game 2, poking an open nerve. But he looks snakebit, and I really don't see Mike Zimmer as a coach who rebuilds a quarterback's confidence.
So what does this franchise do if, at the end of this season, the conclusion is pretty solid that we won't win with Cousins? Go the veteran QB route again (either in 2020 or 2021)? That would mean bringing in someone like Eli Manning or Joe Flacco, or maybe Ryan Tannehill will be available - no thanks. McNabb, Bradford, Cousins...people don't let good veteran quarterbacks leave unless they are defective.
My own sense is that the next approach would be starting fresh with a drafted QB. But -
So what does this franchise do if, at the end of this season, the conclusion is pretty solid that we won't win with Cousins? Go the veteran QB route again (either in 2020 or 2021)? That would mean bringing in someone like Eli Manning or Joe Flacco, or maybe Ryan Tannehill will be available - no thanks. McNabb, Bradford, Cousins...people don't let good veteran quarterbacks leave unless they are defective.
My own sense is that the next approach would be starting fresh with a drafted QB. But -
- Do you think Rick Spielman with his poor QB record should draft the future of the team?
- Is Mike Zimmer the kind of coach who could - or should - be entrusted to groom a young passer?
Really seems like Cousins failing means they need to blow up the entire staff. If we draft a quarterback next spring, Cousins can be a (very expensive) "bridge quarterback". But I think the Cousins/Zimmer/Spielman troika needs a definitively successful season this year or the Wilfs will change directions.
Given Cousins' big guarantee through 2020, I could see the Wilfs just leaving some or all in place next year. 6-10 or less will lead to firings, but with 7 or 8 wins they might keep Zimmer - they will be stuck with Cousins. They could start stepping in to roster decisions - let free agents leave, trade assets away...without Rhodes, Waynes, Alexander, Kearse, Griffen, and Joseph next year, Zimmer might be tanking for Trevor Lawrence without knowing it.
Depressed thoughts for early in the season, but it's hard to see Cousins recovering after his bad second half of 2018, a non-game in Atlanta, and today's debacle.
Given Cousins' big guarantee through 2020, I could see the Wilfs just leaving some or all in place next year. 6-10 or less will lead to firings, but with 7 or 8 wins they might keep Zimmer - they will be stuck with Cousins. They could start stepping in to roster decisions - let free agents leave, trade assets away...without Rhodes, Waynes, Alexander, Kearse, Griffen, and Joseph next year, Zimmer might be tanking for Trevor Lawrence without knowing it.
Depressed thoughts for early in the season, but it's hard to see Cousins recovering after his bad second half of 2018, a non-game in Atlanta, and today's debacle.