00:00Kirk Cousins
00:01going to Vegas.
00:04I really think it's a good move
00:06because in this situation
00:08you can say what you want about
00:10Kirk. He's a guy
00:12who can be very, very
00:16he'll be a great
00:18what you call it, bridge
00:20for Mendoza.
00:22I believe that
00:24if you straight up with him and tell
00:26him up front, listen, we're
00:28bringing you here, we're going to pay you but we
00:30want Mendoza to be our guy eventually
00:32so you know, you're not coming here
00:34to be the starter forever. You're getting
00:36to the point where you're going to be out the league anyway
00:37but we want you to be here but he's going to be our
00:40guy eventually and we plan on to get
00:42him some play this year. I think
00:44Kirk can go along with that. What I
00:46remember from Kirk is this, I think
00:48Kirk is a damn good dude
00:50he's a fair dude
00:52but if you
00:54kind of lie to him or
00:56screw him
00:58he's malicious
00:58enough to get you back
01:00because when they started to call him
01:02Kirk and play all them little games
01:04with him and he went and
01:06tried to walk past him after all the stuff
01:09I talked to him at the Super Bowl
01:10in Minnesota. Yeah.
01:12After that conversation, I knew he wasn't
01:14signing back here.
01:16He wanted out. Yeah.
01:18And why wouldn't you?
01:20You know, the people that basically are supposed to be
01:22there for you, when you go do something
01:24they're like, to hell with you, let me go talk to this other dude.
01:27So, if you do that, but if you're
01:29honest and upfront, I think he'll go out there
01:30and be a good, damn good team player.
01:32If you're not, he'll
01:34play that game with you.
01:36Because he's at
01:38$327 million.
01:39He's going to get his money.
01:41He knows how to get his money.
01:44What's crazy
01:44about this, we were having this conversation
01:46in Arizona. I can't remember who I
01:48was talking to.
01:53If you want to include
01:55Jaden and Dan Quinn,
01:57you can.
01:57I think the sample's pretty small.
02:00Two years in.
02:01Into what?
02:02Of the last 20 years,
02:06Kirk's the best quarterback
02:07Washington's had.
02:09Yeah.
02:09And I honestly think
02:11even including
02:12Jaden at this point,
02:14just the sample's too small.
02:15He had one incredible year.
02:16One year, he played four games.
02:18You know?
02:21I think
02:22Kirk going to Vegas
02:25sets up
02:26pretty well.
02:28I think it gives
02:30the
02:4224 when he eventually
02:44got benched.
02:45Started hot,
02:46then maybe there was
02:47an injury.
02:48They certainly say
02:49there was an injury.
02:51But threw a lot of picks.
02:53Last year,
02:53in eight games,
02:54the Falcons went
02:54five and three
02:55that he started.
02:56Yeah, yeah.
02:57Completed.
02:57His completion percentage
02:58was way down.
02:59Yardage was down.
03:00But like,
03:03I like that they might
03:04not have to
03:05throw Mendoza
03:06in right away.
03:07See,
03:07sometimes when your team
03:09is just
03:09god-awful
03:11and you
03:12get a young guy
03:13and JT,
03:14John Thompson
03:15always say,
03:16the best players
03:17go to the worst team.
03:19Right.
03:19So,
03:19if the best players
03:20go into the worst team,
03:22you think he gonna
03:23just make them
03:23automatically good
03:24or
03:24the percentages
03:26would be that
03:26that player
03:26gonna end up
03:27being bad
03:27for a while too.
03:29But,
03:29if you give him
03:30a guy who's
03:30been through it
03:31before,
03:31understands it,
03:33Kirk could probably
03:33manipulate and operate
03:35some things better
03:36than what Mendoza
03:36would be able to.
03:37But eventually,
03:38you want Mendoza
03:39to be able to be
03:40that guy though
03:40that can help you out.
03:41But if you don't have
03:42to throw him in there
03:43immediately,
03:44why?
03:45You know,
03:46I also have the feeling
03:48when you draft somebody
03:48for number one,
03:49you believe that they
03:50could just go in there
03:51and get it done.
03:52But why not let
03:53somebody else go out there
03:54and figure it out
03:55for you a little bit?
03:57Because this,
04:00unlike 15 years ago
04:02and farther back,
04:04players today,
04:05the mental aspect
04:07is not like it was
04:08in the back of the day.
04:09Everybody got something
04:10they're dealing with,
04:11get over the hump,
04:12whatever.
04:13So you might not want
04:14to get a person
04:15into such a rut
04:16because he may never
04:17get out of it.
04:18Back in the day,
04:19guys fought through stuff.
04:21This day and age,
04:21they got an excuse
04:22for everything.
04:23And listen,
04:24I'm not saying,
04:24I totally believe
04:26there are a lot
04:26of mental health issues.
04:28But I think
04:29people are smart enough
04:30also to tell you
04:32something that they know.
04:33just like back in the day
04:34when you say
04:35your spine was hurt
04:37and you say
04:38you had a concussion,
04:39guess what they couldn't do?
04:40Find a solution.
04:41So they had to deal
04:42with how it was.
04:43Today,
04:44it's about concussions
04:45and mental aspects.
04:47You can't say much.
04:48Right.
04:49And you think
04:49some guy who think
04:50I'm about to get cut
04:51and not smart enough
04:52to say what he needs to say
04:53to keep you off his back.
04:55So,
04:56I believe
04:56if you can
04:58hinder that
04:59and help them
05:00to stay
05:00more in the positive
05:01mind frame,
05:03you'd be good.
05:04And Kirk Cousins,
05:05Kirk is a,
05:07he's been through
05:08the mental aspect of it.
05:09He understands
05:10what the hell's going on
05:11and knows how to play
05:12the game too.
05:13And I think the times
05:14Kirk has gotten,
05:15I think
05:16Kirk signs with Atlanta,
05:18then they draft Pennix.
05:20I think that threw
05:21everything
05:22out of orbit
05:23to borrow a lunar term.
05:25Right?
05:25Like,
05:26I think Kirk thought
05:27he was going to Atlanta
05:28to be the guy.
05:29Yes.
05:30they take a first round,
05:31a top 10 quarterback
05:32and it's like,
05:33what the hell's going on here?
05:34Right.
05:34I think,
05:35I think that
05:37he was
05:39somewhat warranted
05:39to at least be confused
05:41and frustrated.
05:43Yeah.
05:44But then again,
05:46like I said before,
05:47only thing I think
05:48is when they,
05:49when he went in
05:50and they found out
06:03I'm sure they had
06:04real conversations,
06:05but I,
06:05I would think
06:07Kirk and Brady talked
06:08to,
06:09for him to sign there
06:10at some level
06:11of conversation.
06:12And I think
06:14when you get to be
06:15a veteran quarterback,
06:17a player of some regard
06:18that has options.
06:20I mean,
06:21Sean McVay said
06:21on the record,
06:22Kirk,
06:22come check us out.
06:23Like,
06:24I think McVay happily
06:25would have had Cousins
06:26be Stafford's backup.
06:27Yeah.
06:29I think
06:30Kirk going into
06:31this relationship,
06:34joining this team,
06:36understands,
06:37yo,
06:37we're about to draft
06:38this kid number one.
06:39He's the plan long term,
06:41but we're interested in you,
06:43whether you start this year,
06:44maybe it's,
06:45maybe it's a real competition,
06:46maybe it's a fake competition,
06:47I don't know.
06:48But like,
06:49I think like any human,
06:52you just want to know
06:53the truth
06:54when you walk into
06:55a situation.
06:56Yeah,
06:56yeah,
06:56that's it.
06:56And that's what
06:57I was saying earlier.
06:59If you just tell him
07:00exactly what it is,
07:01but let's be real now.
07:03My little saying,
07:04here I tell him
07:04I read the writing
07:05on the wall.
07:06Don't just read it,
07:07understand what the hell
07:08it means.
07:09So,
07:09if Kirk Cousins
07:11at this point
07:11in his career
07:12don't understand
07:13that youth
07:15is the potential
07:16in the future,
07:17they're not bringing you
07:18here to be the guy
07:19forever.
07:19There's no damn way
07:20possible.
07:21They're bringing you
07:22here to help bridge
07:22the gap between you
07:23and this young guy.
07:24And they're trying
07:25to make it
07:26as easy
07:27of a transition
07:28for the young guy
07:29so when he comes in
07:30he's not lost.
07:32And if you come in here
07:33thinking,
07:34oh yeah,
07:34I'm the answer.
07:35They're bringing me
07:35to be the long-term man.
07:37Something wrong
07:37with your thought process.
07:39He has,
07:40especially after
07:41the experience
07:42that he had
07:43in Atlanta,
07:44he has to know
07:45what this is.
07:46No matter what
07:47the hell they say,
07:48he has to know.
07:49Is it bad
07:50the thing I'm
07:51most curious about?
07:52Because I think
07:53surface level
07:54football decision,
07:55it makes sense.
07:56We're about to
07:56draft the kid number one.
07:57We'd love to have
07:58a veteran to pair him
07:59with.
08:00Kirk does football
08:01stuff the right way.
08:03He's going to watch
08:03a ton of film.
08:04He's going to show
08:05how to prepare
08:06for defenses.
08:07The only interesting
08:09thing with Kirk
08:10is that Tuesday
08:11is the off day
08:12in the NFL.
08:12Most players
08:13still go in.
08:14Kirk at this stage
08:15of his career
08:16is like,
08:16I don't go in.
08:17Tuesday I'm home
08:18with my family.
08:19Maybe that'll be
08:20helpful for a young
08:20quarterback.
08:21Maybe it won't.
08:22Maybe Mendoza
08:22will do his own
08:23thing.
08:24But I think
08:25from a football
08:26perspective,
08:26this all makes sense.
08:28There's no weird
08:29layer to this.
08:30No, I don't think
08:31it is.
08:31But the thing
08:32I'm most curious
08:32about,
08:33how much money?
08:34Because there's
08:35one thing Kirk
08:35is damn good at.
08:37He's pretty good
08:37at football.
08:38He's damn good
08:39at the business
08:40of football.
08:41McCarthy,
08:42his agent,
08:42is damn good at it.
08:43And I think
08:44that's his job.
08:45But listen,
08:46bro,
08:48there's a beginning
08:48and an end
08:50of this cycle
08:51of the NFL.
08:53And the sooner
08:54you understand
08:55how the game
08:56is played,
08:56the less stress
08:58you have,
08:58the less strife
08:59you have.
09:00I started watching
09:01when things started
09:02happening with
09:03Art Monk,
09:04okay,
09:04and Riley McKenzie
09:05and all these guys
09:06were leaving,
09:07going other places.
09:08And the first thing
09:09I started to say,
09:10oh, okay,
09:10this is how this game
09:11worked.
09:12So I never stressed
09:13over when my moment
09:15was going to come.
09:15You get what I'm saying?
09:16Because I know
09:17it's going to come.
09:19And if you don't,
09:21if you don't make
09:22the sacrifices,
09:23you normally are going
09:24to be the one
09:24that's shifed it.
09:25Shifed it.
09:26And I wasn't,
09:27so when it came time,
09:29I knew it was coming.
09:31But that's what I said
09:32when fans start saying,
09:34why did you do so-and-so?
09:35You don't understand
09:36the whole concept of it.
09:37So mind your business.
09:38And if...
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