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

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This isn't a Saints/Falcons thing at all but a legitimate question. Do you think Ryan is elite enough to carry a franchise while making north of 30m? Feel like you'd have to kill it in the draft.

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I'll say this about Ryan. Is he Rodgers or Brady? Absolutely not. He is a consistently very good QB who had an all timer of a season in 2016. His numbers in 2017 were skewed by an abnormally high number of drops that turned into INTs. Ryan's a smart, generally accurate passer and he has been incredibly durable so far in his career, only missing 2 starts. $30M is steep but if you're asking if I'd rather have Ryan at that price or roll the dice with a free agent/rookie, I'll take Ryan every time. Especially since the Falcons have an open Super Bowl window right now.

He was probably the most important draft hit in franchise history considering the Falcons were just coming off of the Vick dumbfrickery.