Kirk Cousins or Justin Fields? Stephen A. WEIGHS in 🔥 | First Take

On First Take, Stephen A. Smith, Dan Orlovsky and Shannon Sharpe join Molly Qerim to talk through the QB situations in the NFL.
0:00 Kirk Cousins or Justin Fields?
2:00 Playoff hopes?
4:00 How ready will Cousins be?
6:00 Stephen A.’s reaction to Shannon Sharpe’s sentence?!

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Would you rather have Kurt Cousins or Justin fields on your team who’s that question for Smith oh it would be Justin Fields um last time I checked Kurt Cousins isn’t he isn’t he coming off an Achilles injury is that me am I making that up no all right well

Well well guess what I don’t know how healthy he’s going to be for this upcoming season why would I pick her cousins who I don’t know if he’ll even be healthy enough to really really go ahead of a Justin field who everybody’s been telling me he’s really really

Improved and EA flu and them took a while to get things going and there’s a lot of things that they’ve got to do in Chicago but his development and his growth is coming along nicely now obviously Caleb Williams can ball and he can really really play and you’ve got

The number one overall pick so it’s just a question of the money because of the market value that comes associated with Justin Fields six years at approximately 282 million he might not be worth that but Stephen A I mean my goodness this guy is really showing a lot of potential

Well why would I pass on that for a dude coming off an Achilles te now if this was the 2025 season we were talking about you got me but we talking 2024 as in the next few months after this spring and summer expires and the NFL season

For 2024 takes shape why would I pick Justin I mean Kirk Cousins over Justin fields and I don’t know how healthy he’s gonna be I’mma roll with the young thorough bread especially if I got a coach and an offensive coordinator with some weapons around him that I think can

Be utilized effectively I’m a roll with the young blood there’s no way what because he’s not a better player he’s not a better player than a healthy Kurt Cousins what about the back from the Achilles uh I mean I’m not a doctor but I would imagine he’ll be

Healthy I mean the reality is Kurt Cousins is a true pocket passer so the only way you’re good in the NFL is a true pocket passer right now is that you have to be wildly obsessed with details and I would imagine he’s like that with his rehab

And and attacking it in that capacity so I’m banking on his health being relatively what it was in this past year Stephen A is coming off the best year of his career I mean he was playing in an MVP level Kirk you know up please oh

Please I mean I know you’re right I’m not I’m not refuting that you’re wrong I’m just saying regular season we all know there’s a difference between playoffs and regular season don’t get me started with that don’t start with me this morning do don’t start with me but

Then you put me in a bad spot because Justin Fields hasn’t been to the playoffs so no he hasn’t so we can’t we can’t knock kurk cousins for what your perceived lack of playoff performance is when the other guy in the conversation isn’t there KT cousins got the third

Most touchdowns in the NFL since 2018 Stephen A outside of Patrick Mahomes and ironically Russell Wilson so I mean what it’s not close right now right go ahead Stephen you said you don’t know if cousins is going to be healthy hell Aon Rogers was going to

Come back out at Achilles injury in two weeks I like to think Kurt cousin is going to be healthy in 10 months yeah yeah Stephen you got you got got he had surgery on a Monday and he was out there throwing on a Tuesday he like oh I’m coming back I’m going come

Back I’m going come back I say I say that tongue and cheat but in all in all sincerity give me cousins now here’s the thing but you said you made a very interesting point you said well give Justin Fields this give Justin fields that you tell me where the where

Minnesota cousins if you put him in Atlanta I would rather have Justin fields in Atlanta but if you say who’s the better player I mean what that’s not even close I mean c cousins currently is a better player than Justin Fields I’m but I never said that Justin Fields was

Better than Kurt Cousins I pointed out that just Kurt Cousins is coming off an injury we don’t know how ready he is going to be and everybody’s been talking about the situation that Justin Fields have been in and wherever he goes will likely be a better situation than the

One he’s departing from assuming Chicago does what we all think they’re going to do and moving him out of there so they’re going to draft Caleb Williams with the number one overall pick I’m looking at it from that standpoint I’m saying let’s take for example hypothetically because we know that

Russell Wilson is going to Pittsburgh and not Justin field let’s say for example Justin Fields was in in Pittsburgh okay we know with his wheels he can extend plays we know that you got pickings we know that you got frm we know that you got Harris and Warren in

The backfield in the backfield so I’m looking at it from the standpoint of having weapons around you with better coaching you got Arthur Smith there as an offensive coordinator and there were a lot of people that were speculating you all included about what Justin Fields could potentially mean to the

Pittsburgh Steelers I’m saying you look at a situation like that in terms of surrounding him around the right Personnel then there’s a lot to look forward to in terms of his upside and his potential down the line whereas with Kurt Cousins you coming off an injury I

Don’t know what to expect from you I don’t I think we could we could go to the bank with what cous gonna go ahead Shannon I think cousins because of his style of play will be less impacted because he’s not mobile to begin with and so that’s what helped Dan Marino

When when Danny had his Achilles tear because he wasn’t relying on his legs he was less impacted Sav by someone that’s mobile and more reliant on their legs but I say this in five fewer games Kurt Cousins had 230 fewer yards two more touchdowns and four fewer interceptions

Now that’s what cousins did in eight games compared to fields in 13 games look at sleep he’s to but but look I’m not Shan I’m not Benjamin Baner I’m Einstein Shannon Shannon Shannon sh don’t don’t don’t don’t let me come down there cuz you right down the hall for me

Don’t let me come down there and scream on you in your did you just mention Kurt Cousins in the same sentence as D Maro is that what you did is that what you did no no but I’m saying no no no what I’m saying is because guys thought Danny

Was a pocket passer had Dan been relling on his legs now that Achilles injury would have impacted him more than a pocket passer no I’m not comparing the two I’m just saying the style of play both had Achilles injury listen nobody’s ever going to mistake C Kur cousins for

Danny we know that but I’m just saying the similarities with the injuries and the similarities in the style of play that’s all I’m saying I’m not trying to compare the two far careerwise I just needed to make sure cuz Shannon will say some wild stuff [Applause] Sometimes [Applause]