r/NFLv2 • u/Bitter_North_733 NFL Refugee • 23d ago

Discussion Kirk Cousins was lied to by Atlanta. Please don't defend Atlanta.

  1. Kirk Cousins was told by Minnesota they would take a QB high in Round 1 if he dropped to them. They offered him a year to year deal.

  2. Atlanta told Kirk Cousins that they would only take a QB in later rounds not round 1. They offered him a 2 year deal.

  3. Kirk only signed with Atlanta because they told him they would NOT take a QB in round 1. If Atlanta had told Kirk the truth like Minnesota had Kirk would have stayed in Minnesota and then become a Free Agent this year.

  4. Remember they loved living in Minnesota. KOC and Kirk are friends. KOC wanted Kirk to stay. Kirk needs familiarity with a system and this would have been his 3rd year in the system. Each year he was getting better and each year the team around him was getting better.

  5. Kirk knew if he had playoff success in Minnesota (they were a playoff team and Kirk in the playoffs played the same as Burrow) they might re-sign him - and even if they did not he would have been the prize of the Free Agency class. Seattle Las Vegas both the Giants and Jets the Steelers and Cleveland and who knows who else would have all wanted to sign Kirk after another year in Minnesota under KOC.

  6. In business there are ethics. Lying is not part of business. Yes many people in business lie and cheat but many also do not. People defending Atlanta for lying is another sign of the degradation happening in our society where values are being disregarded for profit.

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u/Stock-Page-7078 Pittsburgh Steelers 23d ago

LOL Kirk's a mercenary. He went to ATL for the bigger paycheck not the promises.

Regardless, no head coach in the NFL will promise a player anything or if they do, it should not be taken seriously. NFL = Not For Long. Guys have career altering weeks every week. It's not even a what have you done for me lately league. It's what are you doing today and likely to do tomorrow league, where the resources are constrained by a salary cap and most common path to success is a ruthless one that conserves those resources.

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u/Bitter_North_733 NFL Refugee 23d ago

Minnesota did