Post by Danchat on Nov 19, 2021 23:41:33 GMT -6
I saw a blurb on this story that I found very interesting, but I didn't see it get passed around very much, so here it is:
The 49ers might have paid to pay a haul for a half season of Kirk, then pay him. Instead, they got Garoppolo for a 2nd rounder and went on a winning streak, which cemented him as their starting QB.
I find it interesting that Washington's #1 priority was to not let Kirk fall into the hands of Shanahan... but it is true that they were trying to extend him at the time, even if the writing was on the wall.
While Kirk Cousins has been the Vikings’ starter for four years now, his status came up constantly ahead of his 2018 free agency bid. Kyle Shanahan confirmed the 49ers would have been in play for Cousins in 2018 — for what would have been a reunion between he and the QB he coached while Washington’s OC — but San Francisco’s Jimmy Garoppolo extension preempted such a pursuit. Washington’s head coach at the time, however, believes the 49ers would have coughed up a considerable trade package for Cousins prior to October 2017’s Garoppolo trade. Jay Gruden said Washington could have obtained two first-rounders and perhaps two seconds for Cousins ahead of the 2017 deadline, and the then-WFT HC said — during an appearance on the Kevin Sheehan Show, via the Washington Post’s Jake Russell (Twitter links) — Daniel Snyder and Bruce Allen effectively killed such talks due to not wanting to reunite Shanahan and Cousins.
The 49ers might have paid to pay a haul for a half season of Kirk, then pay him. Instead, they got Garoppolo for a 2nd rounder and went on a winning streak, which cemented him as their starting QB.
I find it interesting that Washington's #1 priority was to not let Kirk fall into the hands of Shanahan... but it is true that they were trying to extend him at the time, even if the writing was on the wall.
... and neither is this Chris guy.