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I have rarely seen a QB do more with less. Kubiak has made it clear that he is the guy this year but his play has really defied conventional wisdom. The run blocking is as putrid as it was last season. The pass blocking has been getting compliments but how much as that has to do with Cousins's pocket presence and pre snap reads?

I am not sure the subject deserves its own thread but I think what he has accomplished this season cannot be overstated and he has essentially put the offense on his back. I don't think anyone saw this coming.

Thoughts?...

Rainman56 wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2026 2:45 pm Was never a Cousins fans but the guy is a true professional and class act for sure.

I pegged the guy wrong. I saw how he handled the ATL QB draft situation and thought he might be a dick to Mendoza and ignore him. I thought Cousins was cooked and would be horrible. While the arm is weak, he made up for it with his grasp of the offense that focused on what he does good and he treated the future with respect and openly worked with Mendoza. For that, I say thank you for your professional attitude.

Attyla wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2026 3:33 pm I pegged the guy wrong. I saw how he handled the ATL QB draft situation and thought he might be a dick to Mendoza and ignore him. I thought Cousins was cooked and would be horrible. While the arm is weak, he made up for it with his grasp of the offense that focused on what he does good and he treated the future with respect and openly worked with Mendoza. For that, I say thank you for your professional attitude.

I think the Atlanta situation was on Atlanta. They seemed to blow smoke up Kirks ass and lied to him. Reports is he mentored Penix once he was there. The Raiders were up front about the situation.

...or also gives u the opportunity to package it and our other to move up, if a guy we like is there, or maybe feel that, were 'he' to be there, use it to take a chance on a first round talent who has a health question mark which caused him to fall dramatically, as in what happened with McCoy.....
...supposedly we asked for a 2nd, but couldn't get that done, and they were also looking at Mac Jones, but San Fran allegedly wanted some crazy return for him....

WNYRAIDER wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2026 4:18 pm ...or also gives u the opportunity to package it and our other to move up, if a guy we like is there, or maybe feel that, were 'he' to be there, use it to take a chance on a first round talent who has a health question mark which caused him to fall dramatically, as in what happened with McCoy.....
...supposedly we asked for a 2nd, but couldn't get that done, and they were also looking at Mac Jones, but San Fran allegedly wanted some crazy return for him....

From everything I’ve read, if it’s to be believed, negotiations began with Spy at a 2nd rounder and Minn with a 5th.

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/504 ... tarting-qb

Read between the lines.....Cousins may have done more than we know

Cruisin with Tooz wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2026 2:45 pm I also think he left money on the table in arranging compensation. I question why he wasnt able to at least get a conditional upgraded pick based upon Minnesota's final draft position. How retarded is it that the better Minnesota does, the worse is our compensation? Its not rocket surgery to know it should be the other way around. The farther Minnesota goes, the better our compensation should be.

First agree in general with everything, but this is the one I stick to the most. To me this seemed like the perfect conditional pick trade. There should be more for us based on their success this year. To even compensate for what most likely will be a low round pick.

SkullCrusher wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2026 4:35 pm First agree in general with everything, but this is the one I stick to the most. To me this seemed like the perfect conditional pick trade. There should be more for us based on their success this year. To even compensate for what most likely will be a low round pick.

Not to put too fine a point on it, but our compensation goes down the better Cousins does. Thats retarded.

haji81872 wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2026 7:23 am If Spy put together Kirk's contract with the thought in mind we would trade him and the next team would pay him 10 million that would be some of the best GM work we have seen around here in decades.

Also very classy we asked him what he wanted to do. I honestly would have been fine hanging on to him and letting Mendoza take over after the by if Kirk said he wanted to stay. OF course it really was a no brainer on both sides.

The contract was structured based on the needs of Cousins to get most of his money in 2027 so that it didn't just get the Falcons off the hook for what they owed in 2026.

But I'm sure that Spytek thought in advance about the possibility of trading Cousins. I really can't see any other reason for keeping O'Connell on the roster as a relatively expensive QB3. I was definitely thinking this at preseason cutdowns so there's no chance that the team wasn't also thinking it. I doubt that anyone thought it would work out this well at the time. All I was thinking about was getting out from under the 2027 cap charge by trading it away for a very low pick. Getting a 3rd is all gravy

Cruisin with Tooz wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2026 4:39 pm Not to put too fine a point on it, but our compensation goes down the better Cousins does. Thats retarded.

It's also the case with most trades. I like conditional trades, but meh.

Maybe Vikings were stuck on a 4th with conditions to become a 3rd. We have no idea how negotiations went.

Cruisin with Tooz wrote: Wed Nov 11, 2026 4:39 pm Not to put too fine a point on it, but our compensation goes down the better Cousins does. Thats retarded.

Like every other trade for a pick?