Even if they had to pay him $50 million a year, Cousins would be worth it. They have no better alternative, and he still likely has an upside he hasn't shown. If you're going to say he panicked in clutch, so did one of the two guys in the Super Bowl. The crowd blames Kyle Shanahan, but Matt Ryan is a mature adult - he decided to hold onto the ball and get sacked making FG impossible. And he's been a starting QB in league for nearly a decade. He's not truly any better than Cousins is now. And Cousins can easily give another ten years of quality play.
The Skins are also underrating Cousins' ability to stay healthy, as I keep repeating to no echo. That is not a small thing, it is a medium-sized thing.
If the Skins let Cousins go, the recriminations and crying will begin the next day, and rightly so. These people are brainwashed by media to underrate whites, and particularly white men in the mold of Cousins - personally careful, conscientious, Christian and frugal. All they ever hear is about the endless upside and high ceilings of these 'athletic' (read: black) QBs of the future. It is to laugh. The future QB will be the same as the past QB, an intelligent white man with a strong arm and great judgment. If he can run a bit, that's great. But if not, doesn't matter. Because any QB, no matter how slow, can run when he's open. See Tom Brady.
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