‘Kirk’s our dog. Kirk’s our freaking dog.’

Welcome aboard. 
I would only add that Cousins has been here 4 years so maybe counting only 2 leaves an incomplete picture. 
Was Kirk responsible for that egg laying in 2018 at home in the final against the Bears? Win and we are in that year.
Followed that win a 8 win season. We have not won a division since he came. We won more spending elsewhere on the team and a $3 million dollars QB.
It was decided after 2017 that the missing piece was a great QB. We haven't won 11 or 13 games since they made that choice. Kirk was supposed to be more then good enough. He was supposed to be the missing piece.
I do understand it's a team sport angle. It not all on Kirk but whatever is now happening isn't working either. 
New coach. New chance. Let's go!
Appreciate your comments glad you jumped in. 

I read something like this about Cousins while he was in Washington and there was a Cousins vs RG3 controversy. It went that RG3 was the vocal guy who talked a lot about being a winner, while Cousins quietly came in every day and prepared: film study, game plan study, mechanics, weight room, etc. The take was basically that football is a business, and the locker room will support a guy that does the non-glamerous work of being prepared day in and day out.

Cousins will never be the emotional leader on the team, but he can be doing stuff like this to make the team better.

Holy...I'm a senior citizen and even I know the use of the word dog in that context has nothing to do with a chihuahua...

It also makes no sense to look at games from years ago to determine whether Kirk is the right quarterback for THIS team...it's not the same one in the locker room now.

Has he shown himself to be a top 10 QB? I'm not arguing yay or nay there other than to point out that there can only BE 10 quarterbacks in the top 10...math! And not every playoff team has one.

You have to be careful with stats like that if not given any context. There are very few QBs who would not have a great record if their team never gave up more than 23 points.

Given the context of wanting to see this useless franchise win a championship, my "take" is perfectly aligned with that goal. I'm done with moral victories and following individual players. I've had my fill of it, and the only thing left is a championship. Kirk Cousins might throw for 5000 yards and 40 TD's this year and it's not going to matter if he's not still playing in February, which he won't be. So why are we wasting our time? Cool, remember that time Kirk Cousins won MVP at 9-8?

Now we have to wait 2 years before we can get on with what needed to be done to put us on a championship path because some moron gave Cousins back his no trade clause. I was perfectly fine with extending him, thinking it would buy us more time to shop him around for the best deal, until I heard about the no trade clause and nearly had an aneurysm. KAM's first firable offense.

And why not? And try to explain it like you don't have stockholm syndrome this time.

There's nothing wrong with being 3-14 if it gets you on the right track, like the Bengals. The Vikings have been on this path of mediocrity for a very long time, it hasn't worked out, and it's getting old. We're constantly applying just enough duct tape to remain afloat ... in our biannual run at the 7th seed. Time to try something new, like burning it all down. When's the last time the Vikings tried that? Never! We've never burnt it all down, and we have ZERO championships. Smells like a clue to me.

I would have traded Cousins for whatever I could get for him. Wentz got what, two 3rd round picks? So there's the floor. Take it! Because now you're not going to get anything for him when he hits free agency in 2 years. What's better, two 3rd round picks or jack squat? With the added bonus of not being 2 years behind.

Then you prepare for 2024 when Rodgers is most likely gone and the Packers begin their rebuild. You're now 2 years ahead of your rival. Instead, we're just applying more duct tape with Cousins, and we're not going to win a championship. So again, what's the point? In 2024, we're going to be right where we would have been right now, so why not do right now, RIGHT NOW?! We bring in an entirely new regime, with a rookie GM/HC, just to run everything back for 2 years? What the actual hell?

I get rid of everyone else too. Thielen, Smith, Kendricks, Pierce, Barr, PP, anyone over 30 is gone, and Bradbury. Gut it like a fish. I probably keep Hunter because he's still young enough. And I try to trade Cook. Accumulate as many picks and as much cap space as I can. I find a decent stop gap QB, like a Mariota, or Minshew who can hold down the fort for a couple of seasons, because I wouldn't draft any of the QB's coming out this year. And I bring back Kyle friggin Slooter over Timmy Mannion. Seriously what the hell? 2nd firable offense.

That would give us time to restock the cupboards and let O'Connell establish his program, with players he chooses. What sense does it make to force him to work with all the previous regimes crap, AND then make him start over in 2 years? That's so bafflingly stupid I still have a headache. But maybe I don't even hire Kevin if he tells me he thinks he can win with Kirk. Game over! Thanks for coming in.

If the plan was to win a Super Bowl in these next 2 years, which it clearly seems to be, then it makes ZERO sense to hire KOC over Harbaugh to begin with. A rookie HC over a proven winner? What the hell is this franchise doing? It's like it's just throwing sh*t at the wall and hoping something sticks, which Kwesi all but admitted to when he said this was a "competitive rebuild". What kind of oxymoronic crap is that? This 2 year plan reeks of a desperate hail mary, from a desperate ownership that only cares about squeezing as much money as it can from it's low expectation fan base, and it's not going to end well because your QB is still Kirk friggin Cousins.

Cousins is 3-0 against this useless franchise when it comes to contract negotiations, so let that sink in. Those are the same people running this franchise while we all sit here wondering why the trophy case is still empty. If I couldn't find a trade partner for him, I'd eat the $45m and send a message by making him ride the bench as a 3rd string inactive every week. We could afford it because it'd be the first year of a rebuild. I wouldn't even send him a playbook.

I must say that even though you pretty much repeat yourself in every post, I do appreciate all the time and effort you put in and your willingness to remain steadfast in your beliefs.

Although every time I read one I can't help but feel like Detective Somerset from Seven when he finds John Doe's collection of journals.