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What a joke. Did we hire McVay's flunkie?

Maelstrom88 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:22 am What a joke. Did we hire McVay's flunkie?

Are you honestly surprised/upset about this? He's a backup qb. Didn't cost a thing. Been said he has a great mind and works wonderfully with Cousins which is a great relationship to have.

Continuity in the qb room is never bad. Unless of course there was someone specific for the backup position that you feel is way better and would be an equally good fit?

vikeinmontana wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:51 am

Maelstrom88 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:22 am What a joke. Did we hire McVay's flunkie?

Are you honestly surprised/upset about this? He's a backup qb. Didn't cost a thing. Been said he has a great mind and works wonderfully with Cousins which is a great relationship to have.

Continuity in the qb room is never bad. Unless of course there was someone specific for the backup position that you feel is way better and would be an equally good fit?

As an added bonus, Cousins fragile ego doesn't have to get bruised by any real semblance of competition.

Thaumaturgist wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:55 am

vikeinmontana wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:51 am

Are you honestly surprised/upset about this? He's a backup qb. Didn't cost a thing. Been said he has a great mind and works wonderfully with Cousins which is a great relationship to have.

Continuity in the qb room is never bad. Unless of course there was someone specific for the backup position that you feel is way better and would be an equally good fit?

As an added bonus, Cousins fragile ego doesn't have to get bruised by any real semblance of competition.

This I can't speak to as I don't know Cousins or anything about his ego or feeling about competition. I have never heard anything about him not wanting competition but I suppose it could be true.

In my experience NFL athletes, and most athletes for that matter, are HIGHLY competitive. And especially the ones that have reached the peak of their craft. But anything is possible I suppose.

vikeinmontana wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 11:10 am This I can't speak to as I don't know Cousins or anything about his ego or feeling about competition. I have never heard anything about him not wanting competition but I suppose it could be true.

In my experience NFL athletes, and most athletes for that matter, are HIGHLY competitive. And especially the ones that have reached the peak of their craft. But anything is possible I suppose.

I can't find a quote at the moment, but I remember hearing reports that one of the reasons they have never brought in any real competition for Cousins was that he had a problem with it. It could just be conjecture, and it could just be my bad memory.

vikeinmontana wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:51 am

Maelstrom88 wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:22 am What a joke. Did we hire McVay's flunkie?

Are you honestly surprised/upset about this? He's a backup qb. Didn't cost a thing. Been said he has a great mind and works wonderfully with Cousins which is a great relationship to have.

Continuity in the qb room is never bad. Unless of course there was someone specific for the backup position that you feel is way better and would be an equally good fit?

I'd like to see them offer Manion an assistant QB coaching job and get a more capable backup.

QB free agents for reference:

https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/free-agents ... arterback/

Thaumaturgist wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:55 am

vikeinmontana wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:51 am

Are you honestly surprised/upset about this? He's a backup qb. Didn't cost a thing. Been said he has a great mind and works wonderfully with Cousins which is a great relationship to have.

Continuity in the qb room is never bad. Unless of course there was someone specific for the backup position that you feel is way better and would be an equally good fit?

As an added bonus, Cousins fragile ego doesn't have to get bruised by any real semblance of competition.

This narrative about Cousins fragile ego is just made up BS. There's never been any indication that having competition for his starting spot would bother him at all. He fought it out with the very highly drafted RGIII and won the job.

My first thought. I am so elated over this pick, not.didnt like him before, not now. Rather us the kid out of A&M. If he sucks, no difference.

Thaumaturgist wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:55 am

vikeinmontana wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:51 am

Are you honestly surprised/upset about this? He's a backup qb. Didn't cost a thing. Been said he has a great mind and works wonderfully with Cousins which is a great relationship to have.

Continuity in the qb room is never bad. Unless of course there was someone specific for the backup position that you feel is way better and would be an equally good fit?

As an added bonus, Cousins fragile ego doesn't have to get bruised by any real semblance of competition.

Yea you got it. His ego was destroyed when he couldn't beat out a top 5 1st round pick in Wash who the owner loved. This comes down to Mannion understanding the system and Mond can't learn the play book quick enough and also sucks to boot. Him and Kirk work well together. The haters will say Kirk can't work with any other player.

If Kirk goes down you're not winning with any of the backups you can sign in FA right now. Might as well go with the budget friendly option that you know. Especially when cap space is tight.

Cliff wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 11:57 am If Kirk goes down you're not winning with any of the backups you can sign in FA right now. Might as well go with the budget friendly option that you know. Especially when cap space is tight.

Ding Ding Ding.

Cliff wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 11:57 am If Kirk goes down you're not winning with any of the backups you can sign in FA right now. Might as well go with the budget friendly option that you know. Especially when cap space is tight.

Correct. Mannion is super boring, but he is safe and cheap. It also doesn't mean he is locked in for the year if they decide to go another route later. Certainly nothing to have any angst over.

Thaumaturgist wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 11:17 am

vikeinmontana wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 11:10 am This I can't speak to as I don't know Cousins or anything about his ego or feeling about competition. I have never heard anything about him not wanting competition but I suppose it could be true.

In my experience NFL athletes, and most athletes for that matter, are HIGHLY competitive. And especially the ones that have reached the peak of their craft. But anything is possible I suppose.

I can't find a quote at the moment, but I remember hearing reports that one of the reasons they have never brought in any real competition for Cousins was that he had a problem with it. It could just be conjecture, and it could just be my bad memory.

The Cousins haters have also probably complained about a time where Cousins wiped his as# with his left hand instead of his right during his pre-game crap session and how it cost us the game.... there's always a complaint somewhere.

Thaumaturgist wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 11:17 am

vikeinmontana wrote: ↑Tue Mar 22, 2022 11:10 am This I can't speak to as I don't know Cousins or anything about his ego or feeling about competition. I have never heard anything about him not wanting competition but I suppose it could be true.

In my experience NFL athletes, and most athletes for that matter, are HIGHLY competitive. And especially the ones that have reached the peak of their craft. But anything is possible I suppose.

I can't find a quote at the moment, but I remember hearing reports that one of the reasons they have never brought in any real competition for Cousins was that he had a problem with it. It could just be conjecture, and it could just be my bad memory.

Is that why we let Mac Jones go bye bye and then picked another guy later on. We let the star go and picked the bum. That make sense. If Cousins or any other player couldn't compete they never would have made it to the top of the sport. Very few who play this game make it to the NFL. How did Cousins beat out RG III if he laid down and just collected a paycheck. Or was it RG that didn't like competition? To say any athlete that makes it this far won't compete is wrong.