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[Ari Meirov @MySportsUpdate]

#Packers HC Matt LaFleur on the Raiders trading QB Kirk Cousins to the Vikings:

"I was surprised they didn't get more for him, quite honestly. I was shocked when I saw what they traded him for. It was mind-blowing to me."

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@VanEeghen30 Wasted way too much time on this yesterday so will say this & leave it at that.

I would have been fine with getting nothing for Kirk due to the extra value he had this year. KK needs to be focusing on getting the team on track, a lot more responsibility now than he did as OC.

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Sounds like terrible negotiation by Spytek to me

[Jesse Merrick - Silver & Black Sports Network @JesseSBSN]

Per @Schultz_Report the #Raiders asked for a 2nd round pick, got rejected, then asked for the 3rd rounder Minnesota got from Philly, before settling on the Vikings’ 3rd round pick in exchange for Kirk Cousins.

So they tried, but the reality is that the market wasn’t better than a 3 for the 38-year old QB

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@VanEeghen30 The extra cap space, what they ended up paying etc doesn't really matter. The value that Kirk offered as a vet backup sitting on the sidelines while Mendoza plays so he can work through what he is seeing / doing is greater than a 3rd & 3% of cap space in my opinion.

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You got this King. 🥹

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@JustWindBaby It's not about him starting, in fact I think he offers even more value as the backup

[Sam Gordon @BySamGordon]

Kubiak on what Cousins modeled for Mendoza: “Work habits. Preparation. Ways to take care of your body. Ways to connect with your teammates. Progressions. Blitzes to expect. Things to expect from coordinators. We could go on and on. There’s a lot more to playing the position than just what your coaches tell you in the meeting room. Kirk embodied all the right things there.”

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Don't like it. A 3rd isn't enough in my opinion.

[Jordan Schultz @Schultz_Report]

Sources: It’s a third-round pick back to the Raiders for Kirk Cousins.

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@TheDukaJ It's very different coming from a player who has been on the field in those same situations

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@TheDukaJ Tom Brady isn't standing there on the sideline with him during the game going over what he is seeing on the field

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@jaYem1_ Doesn't sound like it was spoken about to prior. He has also said numerous times he expected to be replaced by Mendoza at some stage during the season.

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[Jesse Merrick - Silver & Black Sports Network @JesseSBSN]

#Raiders GM John Spytek said he hadn't spoken to Kirk Cousins about a potential trade because they didn't expect it.

He did say that after they decided to make the trade, he and Klint Kubiak talked it through with Kirk.

"We thought that it was important that he had a say in it, too."

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@VidaurriG It is different when Mendoza is starting though vs watching it from the sidelines.

[Sam Gordon @BySamGordon]

Kubiak on what Cousins modeled for Mendoza: “Work habits. Preparation. Ways to take care of your body. Ways to connect with your teammates. Progressions. Blitzes to expect. Things to expect from coordinators. We could go on and on. There’s a lot more to playing the position than just what your coaches tell you in the meeting room. Kirk embodied all the right things there.”

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@TheAutumnJu And trading away that mentor for him to have been able to lean on in thoae situations is a bad move when you only get a 3rd back in return

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@ben_shortridge @Mr_Raider_530 @fattestmal Agreed. Beyond Kirk thier options were Daniel Jones, who does nothing to help them try for a SB or stick with what they have now, which wasn't going to work either. I don't see any way 49ers were trading them Mac Jones without holding Vikings to a kings ransom plus some

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@Jimmy_3_Tech @fattestmal Always been willing to bet on himself

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@VidaurriG He is a rookie QB. Starting Mendoza & having Kirk sitting on the bench behind him so when he comes off the field after an error or a drive has stalled to analyze right then & there what he is or isnt seeing is worth not having a 3rd round pick.

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@ben_shortridge It's been a battlefield!

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To not have an expectation that a trade for Cousins may occur before the trade today is a lack of preparedness on Spytek.

[Sam Warren @samwarren83]

Raiders GM John Spytek said he did not have any conversations with Kirk Cousins before today about being traded because "there was nothing to speak about."

"We didn't have any expectation that this was coming."

Said he and Klint Kubiak talked him through the trade before they made the decision today.

"I think we owed him that respect. It wasn't the easiest conversation that I think either of us have ever had, but it was a very productive conversation."

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@RoseParkRaider @HelloMy68891723 @samwarren83 Spot on!

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@TheDukaJ A vet QB is different to lean to work on things he is or isn't seeing during the game is different to what a QB coach who doesn't have that in game experience

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@MidgetTamer I would be worried if he wasn't carving up the defense from what we have seen this season.