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Cousins is a good QB. No doubt in my mind this team can win with him at QB. The window to win is now, no guarantee they can find a QB in the draft.
Washington is a cancerous organization, it's disrespectful that they won't pay Cousins.
Since he took over full time at QB in 2015 he has posted these statics
15': 29 TD's, 11 ints, 4,166 yards, 69.8 completion%
16': 25 TD's, 12 ints, 4,917 yards, 67.0 completion %
He has played well so far this season also, but long season ahead.
Yes, he's good, but that isn't the point. The question isn't "is he a good QB?", it's "is he worth the money that he'll receive?" and my answer is a firm no. We'd be bidding against the 49ers, whose offensive scheme is a much better fit for Cousins' skill set and whose head coach was the only reason Washington even drafted the guy in the first place. The 49ers are projected to have around $56 million in cap space next year. They can afford to overpay for Cousins, we can't.
This is probably an unpopular opinion, but I don't care. Kirk Cousins isn't elite outside of Jay Gruden's offense. He's good, maybe even very good, but the only place where I think he can have a comparable impact is San Francisco and they're positioned to give him the deal that he wants. Even if we could match what they'll pay, and we can't if they're willing to enter a bidding war for him, it's just not an intelligent use of money for a 30 year old QB who isn't a surefire elite replacement for Ben.