Chiefs trade Alex Smith to Washington, saving $17 million

[boozeman]

He isn't necessarily developing them, he just knows how to make QB's look better than they are with the short passing game and play to their strengths.

Other teams buy the fool's gold because they don't know how to evaluate QB's and away we go.

Call it marketing them then. Reid has done exactly what Ron Wolf used to do in Green Bay when it traded guys like Matt Brunell, Matt Hasselbeck and Aaron Brooks.

Draft one every year. Showcase and trade.

Wait, we have fucking Jason Garrett, Linehan and now Kellen Moore as the QB coach. I guess that is not such a great plan afterall.

 

[vince]

After about an hour, then Fuller posts this.

They didn't even tell him.

He had to find out via social media.

@ the Redskins

Classy kid though. I can't say I wouldn't have gone apeshit if treated like that.

Prob wanted out of Washington.

 

[boozeman]

Prob wanted out of Washington.

It actually looks like it took him (and his teammates) by surprise.

Now Cousins, yeah. Gruden basically said they were mediocre with him and nobody from the Redskins have talked to him since the season ended.

 

[bbgun]

Reid is a better GM than coach. Not sure how the Skins sell this to their fan-base. Smith is cheaper but not an improvement on Cousins, and you lose a savvy corner to boot.

 

[ravidubey]

Draft one every year

Overstated and exaggerated. No one ever drafted/drafts a QB every year or even every other year.

I get get the point though, that good teams keep at least one young development QB/backup around.

 

[boozeman]

Reid is a better GM than coach. Not sure how the Skins sell this to their fan-base. Smith is cheaper but not an improvement on Cousins, and you lose a savvy corner to boot.

At the end of the day, Smith is around $4M cheaper in guaranteed money than franchising Cousins again. That is it.

 

[boozeman]

Overstated and exaggerated. No one ever drafted/drafts a QB every year or even every other year.

I get get the point though, that good teams keep at least one young development QB/backup around.

Reid has done it multiple times. So did Ron Wolf. Key is the infrastructure and commitment to the philosophy.

 

[ravidubey]

Reid has done it multiple times. So did Ron Wolf. Key is the infrastructure and commitment to the philosophy.

Yep. I’m only commenting on the false narrative that they draft QBs every year.

Somehow this idea stuck in people’s heads ever since someone did a write up on Wolf a couple of decades back.

 

[boozeman]

Yep. I’m only commenting on the false narrative that they draft QBs every year.

Somehow this idea stuck in people’s heads ever since someone did a write up on Wolf a couple of decades back.

They kind of do.

Reid drafted Mahomes, Kevin Hogan and Aaron Murray three of the four years in KC. Wolf took 7 QBs in the 10 drafts he had in Green Bay.

No position on the field is more important than QB. I would rather take a shot whenever possible than wait on a "muracal" like Romo.

Compare that to Dallas who has drafted exactly three (2016 Prescott, 2009 Stephen McGee and 2001 Quincy Carter) since taking Bill Musgrave in 1991.

27 drafts. That is insane and asking for way too much to happen otherwise.

Sure beats wasting a pick on a kickoff specialist, ST guys or throwaway cornerbacks in the mid-to-late rounds as we have done in the same time frame.

 

[BipolarFuk]

A third AND Fuller?

 

[Chocolate Lab]

I can't believe how badly they've mismanaged Cousins. One of the worst series of decisions I've ever seen*.

Does anyone who follows that situation more closely know WTF is going on? I know supposedly Allen didn't like him for whatever reason, but there has to more to it, right? I mean, even if you didn't like him at first, how does he not win you over with how he's played the last couple of years?

*Aside from keeping Garrett for eight years, of course

 

[Cowboysrock55]

They kind of do.

Reid drafted Mahomes, Kevin Hogan and Aaron Murray three of the four years in KC. Wolf took 7 QBs in the 10 drafts he had in Green Bay.

No position on the field is more important than QB. I would rather take a shot whenever possible than wait on a "muracal" like Romo.

Compare that to Dallas who has drafted exactly three (2016 Prescott, 2009 Stephen McGee and 2001 Quincy Carter) since taking Bill Musgrave in 1991.

27 drafts. That is insane and asking for way too much to happen otherwise.

Sure beats wasting a pick on a kickoff specialist, ST guys or throwaway cornerbacks in the mid-to-late rounds as we have done in the same time frame.

I totally agree with you. So who is your sleeper QB? Obviously no first rounders.

 

[Simpleton]

I can't believe how badly they've mismanaged Cousins. One of the worst series of decisions I've ever seen*.

Does anyone who follows that situation more closely know WTF is going on? I know supposedly Allen didn't like him for whatever reason, but there has to more to it, right? I mean, even if you didn't like him at first, how does he not win you over with how he's played the last couple of years?

*Aside from keeping Garrett for eight years, of course

A good amount of it was the tension between Allen/McLoughan, where Allen was basically jealous of McLoughan in a very Jerry vs. Jimmy sense where McLoughan was getting the credit for being the "football guy". I don't know the details but it seems like the Cousins situation was the flashpoint between the two and then it spun out of control from there.

 

[bbgun]

Cousins played this perfectly. Made top dollar for two years and can now go to the team of his choice for even more $.

 

[Genghis Khan]

Ok, I'm sure I'm on an island on this, but that's ok.

Cousins will now be available.

Sign him. Trade Dak. Profit.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

A good amount of it was the tension between Allen/McLoughan, where Allen was basically jealous of McLoughan in a very Jerry vs. Jimmy sense where McLoughan was getting the credit for being the "football guy". I don't know the details but it seems like the Cousins situation was the flashpoint between the two and then it spun out of control from there.

Yeah, but... That's still festering even after McLoughan is gone? How does Snyder not see through that personal hate if that's all it is?

That's why I wonder if there aren't other people who aren't sold on him. I guess it's possible Snyder is that stupid, though.

 

[Cotton]

Ok, I'm sure I'm on an island on this, but that's ok.

Cousins will now be available.

Sign him. Trade Dak. Profit.

Uhhh, no.

 

[Cowboysrock55]

Uhhh, no.

The only reason to do that is because you believe Dak is holding the team back. Otherwise it makes way more sense to have Dak and an extra 28 mil in cap space.

 

[Cotton]

The only reason to do that is because you believe Dak is holding the team back. Otherwise it makes way more sense to have Dak and an extra 28 mil in cap space.

And, I do not believe Dak is holding this team back. But, Dez is.

 

[Cotton]