Alex Smith will be TRADED to Redskins

[dafoe2016]

Agreed, despite Smith's obvious limitations, I think they are not a playoff team without him in 2018 and don't see Mahomes ever justifying his 1st round selection.

I'd prefer for Cousins to end up in the NFC, as he'd be a huge upgrade on either the Broncos/Jaguars who could be a QB away from reaching the next level.

That being said, that game in 2016 where all Cousins had to do was beat the Giants (who were locked in their seed for playoffs) in Week 17 at home yet failed (throwing the game losing INT, to boot) really told me all you need to know about him. He had a $100 million+ dollar contract lined up on a silver platter for himself and couldn't get it done.

The Broncos desperately need a QB. But they have plenty of other issues. You could put Brady or Montana (in his prime) on that team and they still would not be a legit Super Bowl team.

 

[SHOWTIME15]

REPORT: Cleveland Browns Tried To Trade For Alex Smith, But Couldn’t Get Deal Done

 

[dannydyn]

Watch the Jets to pick up Cousins.... that would be too bad. The guy is too good and a nice dude than to play for that cesspool.

 

[ScottishPatriots]

I would rather overpay Cousins than give Alex Smith $23.5m a year.

They just downgraded because Cousins could still get better, Alex Smith is what he is not good enough to take you further and that's why he's been replaced twice.

The report 2 years ago when this all started is they wouldn't pay Cousins "Andrew Luck money" that he was looking for, Andrew Luck money turned out to be $24.5m a year 1m more than what they just gave Alex Smith.

 

[maineman209]

Report is Broncos will cut Emanuel Sanders and I hope we are there to catch him.

Interesting if true.

The Donkeys save about $5.5M of Sanders' $10.9 cap hit by cutting him before March to avoid paying him $6.9M guaranteed. Ironically, Denver extended Sanders through 2019 just last season (3 yrs, $33M, $20M guaranteed).

Sanders had a down year, statistically in 2017 - at age 30, while struggling with an ankle injury from week-6 on. Not to mention struggling with crappy quarterbacking.

Through week-5, Sanders was catching 5 balls/game at a 60% catch rate (better than his career average), with a 10.6 YPC and 53 yards/game. Not terrible, but probably not worth the $11M APY contract.

OTOH, extrapolated out to 16 games healthy, those stats wok out to 80 catches for about 850 yds and maybe 5 TDs. Definitely his lowest output since leaving the Steelers after the 2013 season.

Even so, he still managed to hang 137 yards on the Pats.

Seems like there might be a decent chance he ends up in Indy with McD.

 

[maineman209]

Eh, I’d assume most people that are passionate enough fans to post on a fan forum would either follow guys like rap/schefty or enough guys that will retweet them. Could post the link to the tweet here, but just saying I’d expect everyone here to be able to see the validity of the rumor within a few seconds

Embedding a link to the news item you're reporting is a matter of common courtesy to your audience.

 

[RobertWeathers]

REPORT: Cleveland Browns Tried To Trade For Alex Smith, But Couldn’t Get Deal Done

They either left at 5pm or couldn't connect to WiFi to send an email...

 

[maineman209]

Jets are loaded with cap space. No brainer for them

Perfect fit then, since they have no brains.

 

[RobertWeathers]

Didn't we already try to get him and he didn't want to come here?

Yeah as an rfa when he was with Pitt.

 

[maineman209]

Heard rumors that Jags might stick with Bortles.

If that’s the case, I’d say Denver is one, but also Buffalo could be an option as well.

The Bills don't have a ton of cap space, though ... ~$29M.

 

[TinhWoodhead]

elway to overspend on cousins

lol

do the skins ever have intentions to try to win something under dan snyder?

this move will get under their fans skins

 

[TinhWoodhead]

If true, I wonder where Cousins ends up?

probably to the west/south, they like cousins

 

[Soliel]

I'm tired and buzzed. I finally finished the last of the V8 and my last Bloody Mary for a long, long, long time.

Same here until I wake up

 

[jah]

Didn't we already try to get him and he didn't want to come here?

Not sure what you're referring to. We signed him to a RFA deal before 2013 which PIT matched, so he had no choice in that matter.

I think the next year, we might have still wanted him, but he may have chosen Denver. I don't remember how that went down though. I do remember reading an article by Sanders himself saying the Broncos originally wanted LaFell, though.

 

[maineman209]

The only thing they'll regret is not giving him a long term contract when he got traded to them. Cousins will change the QB market again and they likely have to pay top end money to keep him. If they think he is too expensive they could get atleast the 2nd rounder back with franchise tagging and trading him.

49ers simply won that trade.

The Niners have nearly $116M in ca space for 2018. They could pay JG "top money" and still have $92M. I really don't think paying JG is going to be an issue for them.

 

[maineman209]

For the folks speculating about Cousins to the Jags, they have only about $16M in 2018 cap space.

 

[maineman209]

Jax: $16M cap space ... 18 free agents (several significant)
Denver: $27M cap space ... 20 free agents (not named "Osweiler")
Buffalo: $29M cap space ... 22 free agents (several significant)
Jets: $72M cap space ... 28 free agents (only a few significant)
Browns: $109M cap space ...12 free agents

EDIT to add Arizona...

$8.7M in 2018 cap space, 31 free agents

 

[Love The Drake]

Jax: $16M cap space ... 18 free agents (several significant)
Denver: $27M cap space ... 20 free agents (not named "Osweiler")
Buffalo: $29M cap space ... 22 free agents (several significant)
Jets: $72M cap space ... 28 free agents (only a few significant)
Browns: $109M cap space ...12 free agents

Arizona cap space?

 

[maineman209]

Arizona cap space?

Just edited the post to add them.

SPOILER ALERT: They're not even close to being able to sign Cousins.

 

[maineman209]

probably to the west/south, they like cousins

They love Cousins in West Virginia.