Former NFL quarterback and NFL.com analyst David Carr believes Kirk Cousins will experience more success with his new team, the Minnesota Vikings, while he believes Alex Smith will take a step back in Washington.
Carr wrote the following on Cousins:
"Now, Cousins joins an offense with much more talent and a new coordinator in John DeFilippo who ran a cutting-edge offense in Philly.
"Cousins can do everything the elite quarterbacks do, and with a supporting cast of Stefon Diggs and Adam Thielen (the NFL's top receiving duo in 2017), TE Kyle Rudolph and a healthy Dalvin Cook in the backfield, this should be his best season to date.