In a continuing and unrelenting effort to state the truth and not get caught up in this wave of incorrect hype coming from who knows where, I will once again — and hopefully, and mercifully, for the last time, at least for a while — try to sort out the NFL quarterback picture.
Yes, there are a lot of good ones out there, and yes, a lot of them — most of them, actually — are in the AFC, where, of course, the Browns reside. But no, Jimmy Garappolo and Kirk Cousins are absolutely, positively and definitely not among them.
I keep seeing their names mentioned along with those of Patrick Mahomes, Joe Burrow, Lamar Jackson, Josh Allen, Justin Herbert and now Russell Wilson in the AFC. Putting Garappolo and Cousins in that group is like linking a series of Bentleys with a bunch of used minivans with rusted-out fender wells, loud, roaring engines and brakes that squeal like greased pigs. Not legitimate. Not cool. Not ever.
As we’ve stated before, the San Francisco 49ers are divesting themselves of Garappolo because they want to win the Super Bowl and they know full well that he couldn’t help them do that even if his life depended on it.
And as for Cousins, the Minnesota Vikings paid a king’s ransom to get him, but he’s never won anything in his life and he continued to do so in Minnesota, eventually getting head coach Mike Zimmer and General Manager Rick Spielman, a Massillon High School product, fired at the end of last season.
So, if a team wants to fail miserably and have to clean house, then, yes, certainly, go get Cousins.
I would take Mayfield over both Cousins and Garappolo, and the Browns would, too, or else they would have made a move on one of those guys. Thank goodness, they didn’t. The Browns want to win.
By Steve King
Cleveland Browns:
- “Browns use franchise tag to keep TE David Njoku from hitting free agent market” (BrownsZone)
- Draft a QB? In a word, NO! (Browns Daily Dose)
- “Browns tender three exclusive rights free agents” (BrownsWire)
- “Stump Mitchell back as RBs coach, believes Browns’ arrow is ‘pointing up’” (Browns.com)
- “Following Russell Wilson trade to Broncos, how can the Browns compete in an AFC arms race?” (92.3 The Fan)
- Hardly a secret (Browns Daily Dose)
- “Andy Janovich to become free-agent” (BrownsDigest)
- “Browns Showing Significant Interest In Arkansas Wide Receiver Treylon Burks” (OBR)
- “Eight franchise tags handed out this year” (PFT)
