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Originally Posted by Otter
Wow, he and Matt Cassel should be toasting to fleecing the NFL for every penny.
How do you not go with a rookie?
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Eh, at least with Cousins you know exactly what you're getting. He's better than JAG. A legit top-12 NFL QB. With a rook, you have no idea how that'll pan out. ATL has been rolling 7-10 three seasons in a row now with below-average QB play. Kirk should be efficient enough to get them another 2 or 3 Ws, which should get them into the playoffs. Something they haven't been able to do for, what is it, 5-6 seasons now?
And they have a nice pile of good young talent at WR and RB, along with a decent defense. They need to become a playoff team again asap, before they waste all those cheap contracts. Cousins is good enough to get them there, if he's 100% recovered from his Achilles injury.
Though $45 million/yr AAV just seems nuts to me. Basically, they're saying that he's better than Stafford.