re: Report: Jets will pay “whatever it takes” to get Kirk Cousins

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No - but competent QBs are valued highly in the NFL.

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I get that and understand average is unfortunately rare at the position.

That much money for a guy who's main qualification is "he's not shitty" is just nuts to me.

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It's not just that he's competent. It's very rare for a QB that's worth a damn to hit the FA market. Usually starting caliber QBs keep getting re-signed until they

(A) Play their way out of any value they once had
(B) Get traded to someone desperatrre
(C) Retire as one of the best QBs for that team

And usually teams won't even trade for a big money QB unless they have an agreement on a long term deal set up in advance (i.e. Alex Smith). The QBs that have starting experience that actually hit the FA market are the ones that their original teams couldn't even get a 7th round pick for in a trade.

Unless of course you are the Redskins and just let him walk away and get nothing in return.