WashingtonPost- “You media people will be happy to see I’ve got your names and faces here on a printout,” Cousins told new WUSA sports anchor Darren Haynes during a tour of his locker, while showing him said printout. “So I can hopefully remember all your names as you guys change from year to year.”
------- Can niceness be considered a con? Is being well-mannered something that's ever been thrown into the 'weakness' category on a scouting report? I don't want to speak for an organization whose decision making is as historically offensive as their logo, but is it possible that their quarterback's commitment to cordiality has the Redskins' re-reading their long term contract offer like it's a confession of love letter that remains unsent before slipping it right back into the bottom drawer of their desk? I'm not saying that Kirk Cousins is the greatest passer in the league, but - considering he's capable of not throwing away more than 8 games a season by himself - he's probably in the top half of starters. I don't know if I'd want to pay the 800 bajillion dollar market value for him, but it just seems like there is something other than his talent that is holding them back. Like, I picture a scenario in which Dan Snyder walks in the locker room to discuss a long term deal with Kirk Cousins and comes to the conclusion that he absolutely CANNOT be "the guy" when he finds him using his off day to draw lines between faces and names of local reporters like he were filling out the section that the lazy teacher always included on the test in middle school. The team owner just walking away from its starting quarterback shaking his head after finding him rifling through notecards so as to never let a single journalist feel less than more than welcome. There's a less than zero percent chance that interaction ever came to fruition, but there was probably some conversation in which his inability to be intimidating left them feeling less than generous financially. It's almost as if Kirk Cousins' personality makes him predisposed to being taken advantage of....even though I would bend over, grab my ankles, and scream "YOU LIKE THAT!" if being taken advantage of could net me over 23 million this year.
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