Originally Posted by Quesadilla Joe:
If Cousins comes to Denver he'll be making closer to $25M per year than $30M per year. If Elway didn't overpay for Peyton Manning and DeMarcus Ware, he certainly won't do it for Kirk Cousins.
Elway didn’t have to overpay Manningstein because of the health concerns teams had. And the only reason Ware signed a team friendly deal, was because of Manningstein and the Super Bowl window he opened for players there.
That is not at all the situation for Denver now. Denver has a limited offense with a rag tag O-Line. The best FA QB on the market is not signing there unless he gets paid very well to do so.
IF he signs there, he’ll get a lot closer to 30 than 25. Bank on that. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Quesadilla Joe:
They can get the same thing that Alex would bring from Josh McCown and wouldn't have to give up any draft picks or pay him $17M to do it.
Disagree.
1) Alex has proven that he can teach up a youngster.
2) Alex has proven that he can win some regular season ball games. He can get a team into the dance at least. Josh McCown not so much.
Originally Posted by Mile High Mania:
And, that's kinda my point - if he's doing it all over again and calling the shots, why start off doing the same thing you did in KC?
Because it worked to a certain degree. It definitely turned the franchise around and got it headed the right direction. Exactly what he needs to do at the factory of sadness. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Quesadilla Joe:
They can get the same thing that Alex would bring from Josh McCown and wouldn't have to give up any draft picks or pay him $17M to do it.
Both you and John Elway thought the same thing about Trevor Siemian this year. How’d that turn out? [Reply]
Originally Posted by Toad:
Disagree.
1) Alex has proven that he can teach up a youngster.
I don't know. Kaepernick, Murray, Bray, and Hogan are pretty terrible and the jury is still out on Mahomes.
Originally Posted by Toad:
2) Alex has proven that he can win some regular season ball games. He can get a team into the dance at least. Josh McCown not so much.
2 birds....one stone
Is going 9-7 instead of 6-10 really worth $17M and a 2nd round draft pick? [Reply]
Is going 9-7 instead of 6-10 really worth $17M and a 2nd round draft pick?
To Browns fans? Their team went winless. They have been the laughingstock of the NFL for many years. If you told them they could go 9-7 this year and compete for a playoff spot and all it took was trading one of their many seconds for Alex and taking on his salary for one year, I’m pretty sure ALL of them would be in favor of that, as long as they knew they were working on developing their QBOTF behind him. [Reply]
