Stats since 2012:
Career Cousins:
G Comp% Yards TD Int Fumble Rating
75 66.5 19,904 123 64 27 94.6
Career Wilson:
G Comp% Yards TD Int Fumble Rating
109 64 24,964 190 62 39 100
How would Cousins have done with Seattle and that Defense?
How would Wilson have done with Washington.
The stats are pretty comparable.
My point: IT ISN’T JUST ABOUT QB
Otherwise Aaron Rodgers would have more than just 1 Super Bowl Title.
How would Cousins have done if he were a good QB. Notice Cousin’s TD to INT ratio is 2::1 compared to Wilson’s 3::1. Notice Cousins is getting $6 million a year more than Wilson for never even having sniffed a SB. He is quite simply not that good.
Interesting that you chose Wilson to compare him to. Keep in mind, Wilson was without a running game from the last year of Marshawn Lynch up until this year, and because of the spending on the Defense, no O-line player rated over 29th best in the league at their position. In fact, last year, Wilson accounted for all but 1 of Seattle’s touchdowns, and was their leading rusher. In spite of that, he lead the league in touchdowns, and set the NFL record for most 4th qtr touchdowns at 18 … 3 higher than the previous record. Yes, Seattle ended up 9-7 last year, but they were 8-4 at one point and suffered season ending injuries to Richard Sherman (game 10), Kam Chancellor (game 10), Cliff Avril (game 4), and Michael Bennett played the season with Plantar Fasciitis. How he was not league MVP baffles me. Even with Minnesota’s Oline, Wilson probably would have won, because he is actually a franchise QB, and won last year with a worse line. Sometimes, it is about the QB, because when you have a franchise QB, they can make up for inadequacies of the rest of the team. Cousins is not close to Wilson, regardless of what your stats say.
Draft a QB, buy him some premium toys and an aggressive defense and give him the 5 years to deliver. Once you pay the second contract, your future is limited.