They should still get a year or two with Penix on a rookie salary, but agree this was dumb. Happy the Vikings moved on though. Even better if the Falcons aren’t actually going to try to win with Cousins.
He's coming off a big injury, has taken some huge hits on the last couple years, and is getting up there. Two years guaranteed on his contract right now. If I were him, I would sit tight, play, and collect his guaranteed $100M.
Only if you root for the Vikings. I could care less who they drafted.
I mean, he is 24 in like a week. So, unless Atlanta wants to eat major $$$$, he won't start until he is 28 and change.
Man, the weirdest things trigger you.
Asking about sarcasm and offering an illustration of an extreme example. Chances this would actually happen? Far, far less than reading about PJ selling another house within five years.
He’s 23 going on 24
Cousins doesn't get the full 3rd year if he's dropped after 2. He's guaranteed $100 MM with I 've heard it's an additional $12 MM if the Falcons bounce him (I don't know if the $12 MM is part of the $100 MM. You may know otherwise, but the sports media has been reporting it as $100 MM ever since the ink was dry.
I think his third year becomes guaranteed if he's still there next year.
I've heard from 2 different peeps on sports radio (KFAN and ESPN so take it FWIW) but my understanding is the 3rd year is guaranteed if he plays the first 2. Like literally healthy and plays----no other performance threshold. They were evidently very cognizant of writing the contract that way so that the 3rd year was basically guaranteed. The Vikings were not willing to do that.
He is 23 and 15/16ths
So 10 other guys on offense have change to fit him. He’s handing off differently. If they practice with Cousins and somehow have to play with Pennix the whole game has to be reversed.
You may be right, but the national media keeps the drumbeat of $100 MM guaranteed as in two years at $45 MM and a buyout after two years. Leber was saying the same thing this morning, Leber also thought the Penix choice was ridiculous at a number of levels and I agree with that take.
It only makes sense if you consider it expensive injury insurance. If Kirk goes down for the count again, theoretically Penix can step up and perform better than, say a guy like Heineke.
He's got all of the physical tools and the intangibles. Let's see how KOC "coaches him up".
Not because lefties make up 12% of the general population?
I admittedly haven't seen a lot of all the QBs that were drafted, but of them, I think McCarthy has the best football instincts. I thought the key play in the national championship game was when McCarthy ran for a first down on third-and-long in the second half right after Washington had scored and had momentum. A passing play was called and when it broke down, McCarthy didn't dawde or try to make something out of nothing. He was decisive and took off. I can't say what others would have done and it's only one play, but McCarthy just seems to have knack and vision that is really impressive. He played with a lot of great players, but Penix had four receivers that were drafted (two before Michigan's best receiver was drafted) and was in an offense that really allowed him to blow up. I'm not saying Penix won't succeed in the NFL, but he's pretty much one-dimensional.
