The difference is you won’t have to pay Blake 25 million plus. He will never get that unless he has a mvp caliber season or wins a super bowl. And he’s on the team that drafted him. That would allow us to structure a deal with him and the team in mind. Cousin might legit get 30 million plus a year because he is a free agent and a team will drastically over pay. We see this every year. I remember when Vernon was a free agent and people were like “we can easily get him on 12-13 million a year deal” lol. That man is making 17 million a year lol and he’s a low end defensive end.

Free agency is a totally different beast and we know that. That is the difference and that’s why we are saying “giving up the farm” or “destroying the roster 2 years from now”. What ever you think he is getting (25 million proly), add another 6-10 to that and that is the actual free agent number. We could have easily been the ducks paying Vernon 100 million and got out once it hit 17 a year. Let’s continue to be smart and not grossly over pay for a slightly above average qb who cannot carry a roster on his own. Again if this is Brees then give him whatever but not Cousins.

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