Cousins 3.0, he's going to sign the franchise tag

[metalskins]

Originally Posted by rocnrik

Lets play GM....I Ask Cousins a simple question BEFORE DRAFT..Do you intend to play for us long term??? and if so how much is your asking price..WE NEED TO KNOW! ..if the skins believe that He wants to be here long term and his price is realistic then we plan our draft ..If we don't believe he will be here past next year then we draft a QB with top pick and let him learn a year behind Cousins..Is this asking to much???

Cousins has said (in so many words) that the tag is kind of dictating what his agent is asking for, which means it's somewhere around $24k-$25M a year. I'm not sure on the guaranteed part of the deal though. I don't think our front office is too dumb to know what it will take to get Cousins signed long term. I think they're merely playing the game and will wait until the very last to sign him to a long term contract.

I'm not really sure what the strategy of not signing him long term accomplishes. You've already paid him $44M guaranteed for two years. Last year, I could understand. This year, not so much.