I sort of have the same feeling, Mitch. I haven’t read anything about it, but I just think it would be logical if the Redskins had offered him a contract before they traded for Alex Smith. They are basically the same players, in my opinion, but Cousins has been with the organization for years. It would simply be easier for them, and probably also give them a better shot at competing right away, if they had kept him. For whatever reason Cousins didn’t sign the contract offer, and the Redskins grew tired of him and went on to door number two. I even think it’s likely that they have presented him with multiple contract offers through the last couple of years. At least that’s how I think it went down. Now, there can be many reasons why he hasn’t signed a long-term contract with them, and some of them have nothing to do with football, but I just find it a bit odd.
Some days ago, I heard this theory that money wouldn’t be that big of a deal to him, since every interested team will offer him a boatload of money. It would basically be a matter of a huge amount of money from one team, or a little more than that from another. The point behind the theory was that he would probably go to the team he liked the best, and thus not follow the money to the biggest contract. If that is true, I tend to believe Denver or Minnesota has the best shot to sign him, if they are even interested.
By the way, I think it should be noted that Kirk Cousins would, in my view, without a doubt be good enough to lead the Cardinals to great things if they surround him with very good players. As evidence we have just witnessed the Vikings, the Jaguars and the Eagles play in the Championship games with at best a little more than average quarterbacks. I am not saying either that I want them to sign him or that I don’t. Just that it would kind of be like taking the fast track to being competitive again.
