Kirk Cousins 365 thread

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by MTK

Well he did say 45% chance of a long term deal getting done.

My bad for getting the long-term deal part wrong. Still, how stupid would it be to Franchise Tag Cousins again? We've gone over the Franchise Tag pros and cons, so I won't get into that but I think the decision this season will be binary, i.e. "Do we sign him to a long term deal or trade him?". There are no other reasonable options, IMHO.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by KI Skins Fan

My bad for getting the long-term deal part wrong. Still, how stupid would it be to Franchise Tag Cousins again? We've gone over the Franchise Tag pros and cons, so I won't get into that but I think the decision this season will be binary, i.e. "Do we sign him to a long term deal or trade him?". There are no other reasonable options, IMHO.

I don't see the point in tagging him again either, it will only escalate his price or he walks away for nothing once we can't use the tag anymore. But you can't say it's off the table as an option.

[KI Skins Fan]

Originally Posted by MTK

I don't see the point in tagging him again either, it will only escalate his price or he walks away for nothing once we can't use the tag anymore. But you can't say it's off the table as an option.

I said it wasn't a reasonable option which, of course, doesn't preclude Redskins management from doing something stupid. I don't think Redskins management is stupid and so I concluded that the only two options that make sense are a long-term contract or a trade.

[MTK]

Bruce Allen says Redskins decision makers support Kirk Cousins | CSN Mid-Atlantic

Per Rich Tandler:

Is this Cousins deal really going to happen? You always have to be wary of anything coming out of Redskins Park. But by my count Bruce Allen has expressed confidence that the team will get a long-term deal done with Cousins three times now. Once on SiriusXM NFL Radio, once at the Senior Bowl with JP Finlay and now here on ESPN 980. This seems to have a different vibe than last year, when everyone seemed to be resigned to Cousins playing on the tag. I checked my saved notes and I've racked my memory, I don't recall one instance of the team president coming out and saying that he was sure that there will be a long-term deal. That's a significant difference.

That doesn't mean that a deal is inevitable. From the sound of things negotiations are in the early stages if they've started at all. It's not at all clear if Allen intends to get a deal done by the March 1 franchise tag deadline or by the July 15 deadline for a tagged player to reach a deal. There is a long way to go. But the vibe seems to be there and that's something that never seemed to be present a year ago.

[Schneed10]

It's all part of the dance.

[SFREDSKIN]

With all the cap space money, one alternative is to give him a nice chunk of guaranteed $$$ and break the rest of the $$$ into future years. I don't like it, but it could be an alternative, I'm sure they will figure it out.

[sdskinsfan2001]

Man, I'm so glad I backed out of making an opinion till there is an actual announcement on this thread. Mock drafting is way more relaxing.

[diehardskin2982]

If Cousins intends to be paid like the #1 QB in the league, he will be non-exclusively tagged. They are willing to pay him but it won't be outrageous. So it's up to both sides to meet in the middle.

[Meks]

Hows cousins in madden? He should be paid what he's worth give im a 7 year max out contract so we don't lose.cap space 😂😂

[SolidSnake84]

Originally Posted by Meks

Hows cousins in madden? He should be paid what he's worth give im a 7 year max out contract so we don't lose.cap space 😂😂

It's funny that you say that because when I was playing Madden over the summer, my first offseason obviously Cousins was one of the guys to re-sign. He absolutely WOULD NOT take a penny less than 24.8 million or something close to that. Very interesting because i believe the first "suggested" offer that the game makes for you was around 22 or 23 million, and the Kirk Cousins avatar said flatly "You need to come up with a higher yearly amount". I thought it was funny at the time never believing that we were going to be in this shape today

[mooby]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

It's funny that you say that because when I was playing Madden over the summer, my first offseason obviously Cousins was one of the guys to re-sign. He absolutely WOULD NOT take a penny less than 24.8 million or something close to that. Very interesting because i believe the first "suggested" offer that the game makes for you was around 22 or 23 million, and the Kirk Cousins avatar said flatly "You need to come up with a higher yearly amount". I thought it was funny at the time never believing that we were going to be in this shape today

It's funny you would say that because everyone knows the baseline for contract negotiations is Madden.

[Meks]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

It's funny that you say that because when I was playing Madden over the summer, my first offseason obviously Cousins was one of the guys to re-sign. He absolutely WOULD NOT take a penny less than 24.8 million or something close to that. Very interesting because i believe the first "suggested" offer that the game makes for you was around 22 or 23 million, and the Kirk Cousins avatar said flatly "You need to come up with a higher yearly amount". I thought it was funny at the time never believing that we were going to be in this shape today

Lmao thats gold

[CRedskinsRule]

The Skins FO is officially on the clock. Jay Gruden's most important offseason as a head coach. Hope he is up to the challenge.

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[SolidSnake84]

Saw another article just today that said Cousins is still on Kyle Shanahan's list and is considered a top priority. Rumors that he will also obtain Matt Schaub, to be Cousins' veteran backup, or spot starter until they get their long term guy

[CRedskinsRule]

Originally Posted by SolidSnake84

Saw another article just today that said Cousins is still on Kyle Shanahan's list and is considered a top priority. Rumors that he will also obtain Matt Schaub, to be Cousins' veteran backup, or spot starter until they get their long term guy

Shanahan can get Garrappolo (sp?) cheaper and he likes him too.

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