(12-06-2017, 11:27 PM)Eric1 Wrote:

(12-06-2017, 11:19 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: So how much you think he is going to get?

Way too much.

I don't know, but likely $25m+.

Players always get paid too much during free agency every year. Someone else is always setting the bar. Cousins is arguably a top 5 QB in the NFL right now, worst case scenario, he's top 10. 

Even if it's 10 mil more a year than Blake, to go from a bottom 10 QB to a top 10 QB is easily worth the 10 mil to a football team.

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(12-06-2017, 11:32 PM)imtheblkranger Wrote:

(12-06-2017, 11:09 PM)flgatorsandjags Wrote: Where does the 30 mil come from?  So you think he will be the highest paid QB in history by a large margin?  Stafford just signed the richest at 27 per year.  I think Cousins gets 24- 25 mil a year and I would much rather pay him that than Bortles 19.

I was just using a round number higher than the current top contract. Seems to be a common theme among the talking heads that Cousins will command the biggest contract this off-season. It's just the nature of FA, guys get overpaid. If Stafford got $27 from his current team, it's not far fetched Cousins will hit $30 in FA.

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(12-06-2017, 10:50 PM)TheO-LineMatters Wrote: Not for me. Cousins although better than Bortles, is still a slightly above average QB. Do you really wanna pay a fortune to a QB who is likely outside of the top 10 QB's in the NFL, knowing that it will likely cause a domino effect where we'll have to cut loose some of our defensive stars in order to stay under the salary cap? I say no. I'd much rather sign a decent free agent QB to a short term $12-14 million deal and draft our QB of the future. That way we can upgrade the QB position and keep our defense prime.

I tend to take this view as well. I'm on record saying I'd rather keep Blake and draft Mayfield than drop that money at this point.

I'd also be on the Blake/Mayfield train but that's a huge gamble. If the jags miss out on Mayfield and didn't get cousins because of that...we would be in trouble.

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