Phil Riewer
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ORIGINAL: Dana Turner Kirk Cousins, hell, I don't know if he can be the type of QB that leads a team to a championship. I hate the amount of money these QB's are taking up in the cap, but I understand that it's about the market and what it bares. What I have done is look at where this team currently sits and if we are capable of making a run at a title. I believe we are better off, (right now), staying with an experienced QB that has some solid characteristics to help the team reach it's goal. He throws the football very well, his accuracy is solid and he can throw deep and intermediate routes with the best of them. His mobility is lacking, he's a bit of a nerd, but these are not reasons for changing that position at this time. The cost of moving on from him and drafting a top tier QB would have been huge and we would still be talking about the needs in the offensive line. Sure a mobile QB eliminates the need for a great offensive line, but look at KC, they realized that their mobile QB needs a better line if he is going to survive. Also, my evaluation of the Vikings offense tells me that our running game will also get better as our O-line improves. So having a capable/experienced QB that is an accurate passer and solid in the play action game, for me, is a much quicker way to get this team to a title. Our defense will be significantly different this year. Everyone should know what players are coming back or coming in. This group will be light years better than what we experienced last year. Our offense will also have that going for it. This was the way to go if you are wanting to win now. We have the team to do it, we just need a little luck and some solid coaching. Our special teams will be almost completely be rebuilt, another area where we will need some luck and coaching. It looks like there will be a solid group of athletes to choose from, but both the punter and kicker are still a question mark. Lots of time to coach these guys up and get ready, the pieces look to be pretty impressive, I'm liking this team to be a contender in the NFC. Good post Dana. There are a few Cousins haters on the board that feel he carries little value but I think most are in the middle ... he can put up good numbers that help produce wins during the regular season but he may or may not perform at the same level in the playoffs when things tighten up. Depends on what we put around him. What we put around him has significantly improved this offseason. On paper. There are still some important depth acquisitions that need to be made, we'll see how that goes. For my money, I wish that we had invested in a young QB last year or the year before to help loosen the choke-hold he has on us moving forward from this point ... but we are where we are. The Teddy injury put us in that problem but then we would have Teddy.....who isn't a franchise QB. Jets, Saints, Panthers, and now Denver have concurred that. Denver and Washington have concurred that Case wasn't a franchise QB.....Arizona concurred on Bradford. Out of the 4 we did make the right choice. We got ourselves into this mess when we traded for Bradford, who everyone knew couldn't stay healthy. Basically a below average backup is what got us in the mess. Then we had to overpay. Spielman has done that many times.....luckily Cousins has stayed healthy but cap wise Cousins/Mannion has been cheap. We only paid Mannion a 1 million last year.
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