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Remember when....

MaroonBells
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...Kirk's $35M/year salary was really high? With Justin Herbert's new $52M/year deal, Cousins' AAV now ranks 14th, nearly slumming down with the non QBs.
1 Justin Herbert LACQB $52,500,000
2 Lamar Jackson BALQB $52,000,000
3 Jalen Hurts PHIQB $51,000,000
4 Aaron Rodgers NYJQB $50,271,667
5 Russell Wilson DENQB $48,517,647
6 Kyler Murray ARIQB $46,100,000
7 Deshaun Watson CLEQB $46,000,000
8 Patrick Mahomes KCQB $45,000,000
9 Josh Allen BUFQB $43,005,667
10 Dak Prescott DALQB $40,000,000
11
Matthew Stafford LARQB $40,000,000
12
Daniel Jones NYGQB $40,000,000
13 Derek Carr NOQB $37,500,000
14 Kirk Cousins MINQB $35,000,000
15 Jared Goff DETQB $33,500,000

#1 · Jul 26, 6:51 AM
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@"MaroonBells" said:
@"greediron" said:
@"StickyBun" said: Kyler Murray, LMAO.

I'll be curious to see if Russell Wilson is indeed as washed as he looked last year. Might have been an anomaly, but if not, what a brutal trade and contract for the Broncos.


I was gonna say, Kyler Murry, Wilson, Watson, Carr... he is already below some non-QBs.

Wilson is washed, his dedication to football has expired.  That is why Seattle traded him.  Watson may still have elite talent, but that head tells me he isn't made for that position.



Could be wrong, but I think we see a much better year from Wilson. 


I don't think so. Better? Yeah, possibly. MUCH better? No way. You don't have a year like he had last year and dramatically improve at 34 years old. 

#22 · Jul 28, 1:58 PM
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@"StickyBun" said:
@"MaroonBells" said:
@"greediron" said:
@"StickyBun" said: Kyler Murray, LMAO.

I'll be curious to see if Russell Wilson is indeed as washed as he looked last year. Might have been an anomaly, but if not, what a brutal trade and contract for the Broncos.


I was gonna say, Kyler Murry, Wilson, Watson, Carr... he is already below some non-QBs.

Wilson is washed, his dedication to football has expired.  That is why Seattle traded him.  Watson may still have elite talent, but that head tells me he isn't made for that position.



Could be wrong, but I think we see a much better year from Wilson. 


I don't think so. Better? Yeah, possibly. MUCH better? No way. You don't have a year like he had last year and dramatically improve at 34 years old. 


I agree.  I saw signs of Wilson declining a year or two before he was traded.  Broncos got killed in that trade, I think.

#23 · Jul 28, 10:58 PM
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@"HappyViking" said:
@"StickyBun" said:
@"MaroonBells" said:
@"greediron" said:
@"StickyBun" said: Kyler Murray, LMAO.

I'll be curious to see if Russell Wilson is indeed as washed as he looked last year. Might have been an anomaly, but if not, what a brutal trade and contract for the Broncos.


I was gonna say, Kyler Murry, Wilson, Watson, Carr... he is already below some non-QBs.

Wilson is washed, his dedication to football has expired.  That is why Seattle traded him.  Watson may still have elite talent, but that head tells me he isn't made for that position.



Could be wrong, but I think we see a much better year from Wilson. 


I don't think so. Better? Yeah, possibly. MUCH better? No way. You don't have a year like he had last year and dramatically improve at 34 years old. 


I agree.  I saw signs of Wilson declining a year or two before he was traded.  Broncos got killed in that trade, I think.


The Broncos got killed in that trade no matter what. Considering what they gave up, unless Wilson takes them to the Super Bowl, they got killed. And I don't see Wilson doing that any time soon. 

But he'll have a better year in '23. Whatever decline you saw a few years ago obviously wasn't age related. It may have been ego-related and that might continue to sabotage him, but I don't think so. Last year was a coaching disaster. I think we see a whole different Wilson this year with Sean Payton. 

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