Greensleeves Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Sorry, but signing Cousins to me screams of the coach and GM being more worried about saving their jobs by going 9-7 or 10-6 rather than putting the franchise first, and the fans being impatient for not seeing this rebuild through. I think there is a lower ceiling with signing Cousins, but a quicker return to a mediocre to decent season. Drafting one of the top QBs (trade up) would give us the opportunity to build the team properly and continue putting the pieces in place. We are not a win now team. Yes, we can have a decent season, but I'm more concerned with sustained success and a Super Bowl win than being competitive for five years and busting our cap for a QB that will most likely be good, not great. If we do sign Cousins, we're suddenly a win now team before our pieces are in place. Makes no sense to me. Can't we have the guts to take a chance like the Eagles and Rams. Those teams look like they are going to be good for a long time. Cousins screams cop out to me. And yes, Bates, I believe, can develop a young talented QB. It won't be Bowles developing him, FWIW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnitedWhofans Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Just now, Greensleeves said: Sorry, but signing Cousins to me screams of the coach and GM being more worried about saving their jobs by going 9-7 or 10-6 rather than putting the franchise first, and the fans being impatient for not seeing this rebuild through. I think there is a lower ceiling with signing Cousins, but a quicker return to a mediocre to decent season. Drafting one of the top QBs (trade up) would give us the opportunity to build the team properly and continue putting the pieces in place. We are not a win now team. Yes, we can have a decent season, but I'm more concerned with sustained success and a Super Bowl win than being competitive for five years and busting our cap for a QB that will most likely be good, not great. If we do sign Cousins, we're suddenly a win now team before our pieces are in place. Makes no sense to me. Can't we have to guts to take a chance like the Eagles and Rams. Those teams look like they are going to be good for a long time. Cousins screams cop out to me. And yes, Bates I believe, can develop a young talented QB. It won't be Bowles developing him, FWIW. The difference between signing Favre and this would be that Cousins is more of a long term solution than a quick fix, because of his age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Straw Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 1 minute ago, UnitedWhofans said: The difference between signing Favre and this would be that Cousins is more of a long term solution than a quick fix, because of his age. And the difference between Brett Favre and Kirk Cousins is that Brett Favre was Brett Favre and Kirk Cousins is Kirk Cousins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greensleeves Posted February 3, 2018 Author Share Posted February 3, 2018 Just now, UnitedWhofans said: The difference between signing Favre and this would be that Cousins is more of a long term solution than a quick fix, because of his age. Very true, but he's still not the young guy that may give us a higher ceiling. I want our own guy to develop and bring along with our young team. If we had a win now team it would be different. We need to stay the course and build our team with really young players in the draft and free agency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNuuFaaolaExperience Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 I think you have it backwards. Signing Cousins has been planned since last year. They would have selected another QB in 2017 if they weren't planning to drop a boat load of money on Cousins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnitedWhofans Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Just now, Jack Straw said: And the difference between Brett Favre and Kirk Cousins is that Brett Favre was Brett Favre and Kirk Cousins is Kirk Cousins. Makes you wonder why the Broncos would go after Cousins in the first place.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnitedWhofans Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Just now, Greensleeves said: Very true, but he's still not the young guy that may give us a higher ceiling. I want our own guy to develop and bring along with our young team. If we had a win now team it would be different. We need to stay the course and build our team with really young players in the draft and free agency. That's fair, but there will be growing pains. And I dont know if this market can handle growing pains Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNuuFaaolaExperience Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 1 minute ago, Jack Straw said: And the difference between Brett Favre and Kirk Cousins is that Brett Favre was Brett Favre and Kirk Cousins is Kirk Cousins. Favre had a way higher ceiling than Cousins, but he had a way lower basement. The man was an interception machine, and blew just as many big games as he won. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDL_JET Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Does not make us a win now team. Nobody thinks that. Pretty sure Cousins doesn’t even think that. But teams can turn things around rather quickly in a couple seasons. If he’s signed they have to kill fa and the draft the next two years. Otherwise not much will change. But yeah I’d much rather draft our own guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighPitch Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 The OP is correct. Even though id like to see cousins here, i know its not in the best interest of the franchise long term. as i have said all along, best case scenario is sign cousins, draft a qb at 6 and cut petty and hack. Adress oline and or o weapons in round 2 thats just me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnitedWhofans Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 I will say this. MAcc's track record of bringing in QBs in FA is MUCH better than his track record of drafting QBs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HighPitch Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 2 minutes ago, UnitedWhofans said: I will say this. MAcc's track record of bringing in QBs in FA is MUCH better than his track record of drafting QBs. How so? Hack and whats his face? Are you serious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnitedWhofans Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Just now, HighPitch said: How so? Hack and whats his face? Are you serious Fitzpatrick and McCown vs. Hack and Petty. Both Fitzpatrick and McCown posted good seasons when they were here. One time you could call a fluke but two? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Well you have proven NFL QB vs a rookie that who knows will ever work out is the argument. I am glad my job is not on the line like Mac is to be right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawkeyeJet Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 I am not highly pro or anti Cousins, I just want a good QB. That said, lots of people talk about him as if he's a 35 year old who has maybe 1-2 serviceable years left. He's 29 years old, right in his prime. He should have 5-6 seasons minimum before age starts taking its toll on performance. 5-6 seasons ain't short term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetFaninMI Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 26 minutes ago, UnitedWhofans said: Makes you wonder why the Broncos would go after Cousins in the first place.... Well because they are closer to contention than the Jets are. They still have weapons on offense and a QB makes that team a playoff contender. You can't say the same for the Jets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrickTamland Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 This thread is wrong. If youre marrying Cousins, youre doing it to long term stability at qb (4+ years). During that time frame, the following can be our minimum product on offense for the next several years. In other words, this is an idea of the offensive roster we can have. Most importantly ive only used our 2nd and 3rd round picks. And ive only spend 35ish ok Kirk plus another 20 or so to sign Richburg, extend Kearse and ASJ. As we all know, the Jets would have another 50 mil aftet these moves. Beachum. Wynn(2nd). Richburg (FA). Winters. Shell. Cousins. Sony Michel (2nd) Anderson.* Simmie Cobbs jr (3rd). Kearse (extend). Hansen. ASJ (fa). ==== *Anderson is a ? At this point moving forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slats Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 29 minutes ago, HighPitch said: The OP is correct. Even though id like to see cousins here, i know its not in the best interest of the franchise long term. as i have said all along, best case scenario is sign cousins, draft a qb at 6 and cut petty and hack. Adress oline and or o weapons in round 2 thats just me 6 Sorry, but I think that's a terrible idea and one the team will never pursue. If (when?) the Jets sign Cousins, they have to be all in with Cousins, and that means not using their big chip in the draft to draft his backup. I could, however, see them spending one of their second rounders on one of the leftover QBs. Maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Jets fan Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 The thought is can one of the drafting qbs be better then cousins. The Jets are going to have to use ether draft capital or cap space to get a QB. One or the other is going to be used but also one is going to be left because we have both. Without seeing scouting reports my choice would be to draft which of the four falls to 6. Resign McCown and start him till the rookie is ready. After the bye week if it’s early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandy Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 I agree with this 100%. We have an extremely potent QB guy in Bates, he could solve our issue of QB development. It's time this team grabs a Franchise guy, their own guy. We don't need another 5 year veteran win now tenure, we need a guy who will lead us for over a decade, and build our own team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangerous Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 34 minutes ago, MDL_JET said: Does not make us a win now team. Nobody thinks that. Pretty sure Cousins doesn’t even think that. But teams can turn things around rather quickly in a couple seasons. If he’s signed they have to kill fa and the draft the next two years. Otherwise not much will change. But yeah I’d much rather draft our own guy. right. basically both bowles and mac have a two season mandate to make the playoffs. this season may very well be an 8-8 one but 2019 had better be 10-6 minimum. cousins is a safer path to getting there because he's way more of a proven commodity than any qb coming out this season. and if he's signed for 5 seasons then the jets will have some latitude to select a qb in later rounds who can be developed. they will have 5 chances to catch lightning in a bottle. it's not such a bad idea from that standpoint. i do think drafting a guy is the best way to go but there can also be lots of heartache if the wrong guy comes on board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunnie Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Sorry, but signing Cousins to me screams of the coach and GM being more worried about saving their jobs by going 9-7 or 10-6 rather than putting the franchise first, and the fans being impatient for not seeing this rebuild through. I think there is a lower ceiling with signing Cousins, but a quicker return to a mediocre to decent season. Drafting one of the top QBs (trade up) would give us the opportunity to build the team properly and continue putting the pieces in place. We are not a win now team. Yes, we can have a decent season, but I'm more concerned with sustained success and a Super Bowl win than being competitive for five years and busting our cap for a QB that will most likely be good, not great. If we do sign Cousins, we're suddenly a win now team before our pieces are in place. Makes no sense to me. Can't we have the guts to take a chance like the Eagles and Rams. Those teams look like they are going to be good for a long time. Cousins screams cop out to me. And yes, Bates, I believe, can develop a young talented QB. It won't be Bowles developing him, FWIW.WrongSent from my Pixel 2 XL using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JetFaninMI Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 3 minutes ago, kelly said: Clueless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rangerous Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 4 minutes ago, Grandy said: I agree with this 100%. We have an extremely potent QB guy in Bates, he could solve our issue of QB development. It's time this team grabs a Franchise guy, their own guy. We don't need another 5 year veteran win now tenure, we need a guy who will lead us for over a decade, and build our own team. here's the thing though. supposing the jets do go the draft route and grab a top qb prospect. year one will basically be a wash. year two might be playoffs. year 3 better be playoffs and so on. but after the rookie contract runs out this draft choice will want market rate for his services. as we have seen, a lot of teams spend a ton to keep their qb's so it's not like a draft pick isn't eventually going to cost a boatload if he turns out to be a top qb. and i might add marino was the doltfin qb for his whole tenure and he got to the superbowl exactly once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelly Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 1 minute ago, JetFaninMI said: Clueless agreed !.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadienJetsFan Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 I pray for the day when we hear that cousins has signed with either the Broncos or the Cardinals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrickTamland Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 The cool thing is we can have Cousins for the next several years and still keep looking for his shccessor in a few years. (See Mahomes, Rodgers as examples of guys drafted even though the team already had its starter on the roster) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warfish Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 47 minutes ago, Greensleeves said: Sorry, but signing Cousins to me screams of the coach and GM being more worried about saving their jobs by going 9-7 or 10-6 rather than putting the franchise first, and the fans being impatient for not seeing this rebuild through. I think there is a lower ceiling with signing Cousins, but a quicker return to a mediocre to decent season. Drafting one of the top QBs (trade up) would give us the opportunity to build the team properly and continue putting the pieces in place. We are not a win now team. Yes, we can have a decent season, but I'm more concerned with sustained success and a Super Bowl win than being competitive for five years and busting our cap for a QB that will most likely be good, not great. If we do sign Cousins, we're suddenly a win now team before our pieces are in place. Makes no sense to me. Can't we have the guts to take a chance like the Eagles and Rams. Those teams look like they are going to be good for a long time. Cousins screams cop out to me. And yes, Bates, I believe, can develop a young talented QB. It won't be Bowles developing him, FWIW. Kirk Cousins has been, as a starter, what you would want any drafted QB to develop into. But most draft picks don't. A Top 10 4,000 Yard a year passer. If we draft say, Darnold, would we be angry if he threw for 67%, 4,900 Yards and 27/12 TD/INT Ratio? I think we'd all sh*t ourselves if that happened, we'd all be so happy. Well, that IS Kirk Cousins right now. No waiting required. Kirk will be 30 by the start of the 2018 season. He has, barring injury as always, at least 4-7 more years to play QB in the modern rule-set of the NFL. We may quibble over his cost, but there really shouldn't be any concern about either his ability/production (he's far more likely to be good than any draft pick) or how long he may last (at 30 he has years ahead of him still). I too want (in my preference) to draft an "our guy" QB who plays his whole career with us. We're not in position to do so without great cost in draft picks. And this is, IMO, very much NOT the draft to try. Darnold and Rosen are mediocre prospects at best. They are not Dan Marino and John Elway. And the 2nd tier guys, even the one I really like, are all VERY risky picks. A pursuit of Cousins may help this regime in the short term, but it is also the clearest way to vastly improve this franchise at it's most vital position. And it's an opportunity that near on never occurs, a legit franchise QB performer available as a FA. Kirk is a very good option for us. His signing, should it happen, should not right off the bat be turned into so faux Bowles/Macc CYA move. It IS the best move this team can make at QB......even if the cost in dollars (which is better than picks we must admit) will be stratospherically high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike135 Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 5 minutes ago, Warfish said: I too want (in my preference) to draft an "our guy" QB who plays his whole career with us. We're not in position to do so without great cost in draft picks. Whoever is responsible for ruining the tank should be unemployed right now. With that said, there are 4 or 5 rookie QBs I'd be happy with at #6. Some more than others sure. But all exciting to root for with 100 mil in upgrades around them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnitedWhofans Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 35 minutes ago, JetFaninMI said: Well because they are closer to contention than the Jets are. They still have weapons on offense and a QB makes that team a playoff contender. You can't say the same for the Jets. No I get that. But do they think Cousins is any good? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Fans clamor did the fairy tale of “real ultimately rebuild” over an enjoyable, winning season. Whats that term where the victim in an abusive relationship enables the abuser? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Untouchable Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 It screams of the Jets finally solving the QB situation for the next 5-7 years and keeping all of their draft picks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Integrity28 Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 4th year on the job. It would totes be impatient to finally get a real QB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SayNoToDMC Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 1 hour ago, UnitedWhofans said: That's fair, but there will be growing pains. And I dont know if this market can handle growing pains I've been dealing with the pain part for 2 decades, pretty numb to it at this point really. I could live with trying whole growth thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greensleeves Posted February 3, 2018 Author Share Posted February 3, 2018 2 hours ago, TheNuuFaaolaExperience said: I think you have it backwards. Signing Cousins has been planned since last year. They would have selected another QB in 2017 if they weren't planning to drop a boat load of money on Cousins. Nah, they didn't sign a QB last year because this year's draft class is much better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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