Whoa there, Musky. For 100 mill I want Foles's O line as well.
Why we would we do that? offensive lines are not important at all
Whoa there, Musky. For 100 mill I want Foles's O line as well.
Just giving consideration to this pragmatic terms...... Wouldn't signing Nick Foles make much more sense than giving Fort Knox for Cousins? Anyone, given the amount of money they must spend, will be going all in behind Kirk Cousins. They can't simply sign him as a Band-Aid or stop gap. The cost is too prohibitive. So if you sign Cousins you are saying, "You think he is the guy. You believe in him 100% and you are willing to tag the entire organizations hopes and dreams on Cousins"
In contrast, if you sign Nick Foles you'll have to spend more money to get him, but isn't this the BEST option for Mac not to have to tie the wagon to one guy? He signs for less and therefore you can move on from him much easier if things are not going well. With Cousins it had better work out or the team is f*cked.
So IMO signing Nick Foles not only gives us a much better QB in the short term (better than McCown. Remember McCown played out of his mind in 2017, doubtful he'll ever do that again) and allows us to rapidly develop a young guy behind the scenes....
Foles plays behind a SuperBowl caliber team. Not so with the Jets. He would be running for his life.
Foles plays behind a SuperBowl caliber team. Not so with the Jets. He would be running for his life.
how many teams decided that Foles wasnt the answer?
I think its unclear whether they can tag him. Media in DC is talking about possible tag. I think the tag rules are silent on doing it a third time because no one imagined it would ever make sense.
Might be possible at very high cost - but also possible Cousins could fight it. Then again 34 million isnt bad, although it would continue to leave him with injury risk etc -
I'm not sure? Never really paid attention to his career. But he was undoubtedly GREAT last night when it mattered most.......
Behind what many consider the best offensive line in the NFL, but I'd take him without putting up much of a fight.
Not sure why he was not on our shopping list last year? He is a FA again
Isn't that the point though? We need to put a better team, especially an offensive line, behind anyone we sign. Cousins would be 'running for his life' too, except we would have less money and resources to get him help. With a guy like Foles (or Bridgewater or Bradford) Mac can also sign/draft a LT, LG and C AND a CB, OLB.
how many teams decided that Foles wasnt the answer?
Yeah, that's true, besides I am pretty certain that he and the teams front office are happy with each other so it's a mute point anyway. If he were to wind up here, as Tebow said, at no cost to us in draft picks, I wouldn't balk much. I am pretty certain though that that is highly unlikely to happen.
Yeah, that's true, besides I am pretty certain that he and the teams front office are happy with each other so it's a mute point anyway. If he were to wind up here, as Tebow said, at no cost to us in draft picks, I wouldn't balk much. I am pretty certain though that that is highly unlikely to happen.
Brady wasn't playing Defense on Sunday. LOL
nope, he wasn't playing defense, but he was 0-1 as a receiver
and after seeing his speed at receiver, it's a good thing for the cheatahs he wasn't playing defense![]()
It's actually the opposite. It would cost us multiple draft picks to aquire Foles , limiting our ability to surround him with talent. We know what Tackles are likely to be available in Free agency and they are not worth signing. There may be a center or two who actually hit the market but that's still questionable and they will be way over paid if they do. The money saved by signing Foles ,if he agrees to a long term deal, would be minimal compared to what cousins is paid. Foles, minimum $25 million per year Cousins $ 28 million max. Add the amount you overpay just the 3 FA lineman and it's cost you multiple draft picks and 8 -10 million more .