Here's my take (for the entire 2 cents it's worth), Cousins stats aren't really much better than Blake's this year. Go take a look. The years he's put up big stats he also had big name WRs and gamelans that required him to throw it more. Blake hasn't been my favorite QB to watch ever, but man... When he needed to play well he made it happen. Guy looked great against both Pittsburgh and NE in the playoffs and when he was having an off game against Buffalo all he did was run for NINETY YARDS in his first ever playoff game. The jitters were obvious as he was missing wide open screen passes and dump offs but then he took over the game when needed with his legs. Then guess what happened next week? He goes on the road and plays nearly a perfect game agianst one of the most talented teams in the NFL.

Blake is a winner, he really is. I'm worrying myself thinking he mightve won me over in the post season. All QBs have bad games, some more than others, for cousins go look at his 3 int performance agianst the last place NYG in December.

As for Alex Smith or Eli , NO THANKS at all. Blake has better stats his first four seasons than either of those guys by a mile - again go look.

IMO like somebody else already said Brees is the only real true upgrade that would make a difference in the win loss column and allow our coaches to play different. If Cousins wouldn't ruin our cap space I'd be all for giving him a low risk shot but he's the definition of a high risk move imo.

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