“I told (Cousins) that we will be as thoughtful and sensitive to him as we can be,” continued Blank, “but we have a responsibility to the franchise — which we do.”
But Cousins has a responsibility to himself and his family, too. On the football side, he wants to start without the threat of being replaced during the season. On the personal side, he has two elementary school-aged children who moved three times last year, which will be a “huge consideration” for Cousins to permit a trade later in the year, according to Jones.
This sets up a precarious timeline for the Falcons. It’s hard to see them getting their desired cap relief or draft compensation in a trade unless another team suddenly has a need for a quarterback, which is unlikely to arise until closer to the season when more injuries occur. But if Cousins’ children start another year of school in Atlanta, he may be less inclined to waive his no-trade clause unless he lands in the perfect situation.
Nobody is giving up a third round pick or higher for the corpse of Kirk Cousins
Can we get a poll please? What was worse, Atlanta signing Cousins then drafting his replacement a month or so later. VS Miami making Ramsey the highest paid CB last year, then offering him up for a trade this year?
Cousins because at least the Dolphins are trying to shed that contract.
Falcons hands down. But I keep telling people falcons had zero clue if Penix would be available in March
Pretty sure only Atlanta was confused on Penix being available at 8th overall.
So far we have their training staff unaware that Cousins was “supposed” to be bad his first year back from an achilles injury, and their draft evaluators not knowing whether Penix would be available to draft at 8th overall.
Seems like no one really knows what they are doing over there.
Bates was good pickup though. Probably negated by that Mooney albatross…
Draft is always unpredictable. Not saying what they did was smart but locking in a veteran a month before getting a guy you didn’t know if you were going to get isn’t the worst thing in the world. It just backfired
Medical history shows that his recovery performance should be upgraded in year 2 after Achilles tendon surgery. The surgery recovery affected his first year back.
Exactly. And media was put there saying ATL was going to the Superbowl last year. It takes time to get back into rythem and comfortable with your body. I didn’t expect him to light it up week 1 or 2, despite what the media was screaming about.
Atlanta should be trading Cousins AND a 3rd round pick to someone who will take on his salary. no one is giving them anything more than a 7th
Who would willingly give up draft capital to absorb the contract of an aging QB who hasn’t yet shown he’s fully recovered from his Achilles? The Falcons are delusional.
He recovered from the Achilles, but injured his shoulder during the season.
He completely looked immobile last year and he wasn’t very mobile to begin with. Nothing I saw last year showed me he was fully recovered to his pre-injury self so absolutely nobody is going to invest draft picks on top of covering his contract.
They can eat that salary, nobody paying a good draft pick for him
IF he’s healthy, and that’s a big IF. PITTS should get him. AR15 doesn’t want to play there (him and Tomlin are a toxic combo) and they’re short on options.