I agree with you, but Kirk Cousins was the first guy to negotiate a fully guaranteed contract. He doesn't seem to get a ton of respect for his negotiation skills.
They are poor at evaluating offensive talent. Think about how long Cook and Kincaid sat before being utilized. I mean, Peterman won a QB competition over Allen under their system.
He's nowhere near the level of Burrow or Allen, and he's probably not as good as Herbert, Stafford, Hurts, Prescott, etc. The amount of praise he gets for routine competency is clearly out of hand.
The difference in how the media treats Jackson compared to Allen is so stark that it's truly comical. He's on pace for like 200 yards passing and they're talking about him like it's a Jordan NBA Finals game where he has 27 pts at halftime.
He's doomed to fail in the playoffs because he'll always run into a good defensive team that will take away the scrambling and make him pass...which leads to very few points for them.
"Lamar is just competing his tail off"
LMAO, every game where Allen doesn't put up 20 points in the first half is met with commentary about how he is struggling.
Bill Polian floated the idea of him playing WR, so now we have to rally around him and pretend that he's in the same league as Allen and Mahomes and Burrow. I think I'd much rather have Herbert and Hurts over than him too.
Going out on a limb and predicting an all-L.A. Super Bowl.
Chargers with a good coach will be dangerous, and I think Stafford has one more great year left.