The FINAL Kirk Cousins Saga thread. 5.0

[Schneed10]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Redskins put the Redskins further behind the 8 ball...hence my original thought to why unlikely. Its pattern unfortunately.

That's a fair observation, and I agree they've been morons, but that's ultimately unhelpful on formulating the best go-forward path from here.

Hopefully through this thought exercise it's now apparent to everyone that trading Cousins somehow is extraordinarily unlikely. Trying to put yourself in position to do so (applying the tag) puts you at enormous risk. At worst, he signs the $34M deal and the money's guaranteed, and you're back in this position next year. At best, he plays along and agrees to help you find a trade partner, but does so during the first few weeks of free agency, meantime occupying $34M of your cap space which you then can't use in free agency.

You have to have it resolved by March 6 or let him go. That's our reality.