Falcons signed Kirk Cousins to 4-year/180M, $100 million guaranteed

44slayer said

Youre talking about a guy who has been in the NFL for 10 years, under numerous systems and is still 15 games under .500 as a starter. But we can keep talking about his upside until he is on Medicare.

He hasnt played in a communist system, maybe thatll be the one that works.

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He's been up and down his entire 10 year career. But, he has had some better years than others. For instance, he was much better in Gruden's system with Gruden calling the plays. He wasn't consistently at that level here last year. But, maybe KK can get him to play to his prior level on a more consistent basis and, in that sense, he has some small amount of upside.

I'm not saying he's suddenly going to become top 10. He is who he is, but in the right system he can be better than he was in the first half of last year. If Carr can get in the range of how he was for the last few games consistently then that will play and that is his upside. Regardless, he's a mediocre QB at best. Which is also true of Cousins and Mayfield. Although, Mayfield might have some real upside if last year wasn't a fluke. Cousins is who he is at age 35 soon to be 36.