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QB-Needy Teams, Listen Up: Beware the Next Kirk Cousins

The Vikings, Broncos and Redskins held a three-way swap meet with their quarterbacks this offseason.

Not happy with your mid-tier starter, they asked each other? Take ours! Don't want your journeyman? Send him our way!

The Vikings signed Kirk Cousins as a premium-priced upgrade over Case Keenum after the Redskins traded for Alex Smith to replace the social-climbing, commitment-phobic Cousins. Then the Broncos scooped up Keenum because they were tired of fooling around with fresh-outta-college types and wanted someone more responsible and mature.

As often happens with swap meets, everyone ended up with regrets.