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

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Originally Posted by MTK

I think Cousins is just maximizing his value. Nothing more than that. I know everyone wants to read into things but at the end of the day he just wants what he would be due under the tags. The Skins started this mess, KC is just playing the game the team started.

I agree with this. I really don't think KC fears a career ending injury, and so why shouldn't he play this year and use next year's tag as the starting point for negotiations. I think both sides had their specific concerns, and views, and in the two views don't align enough to get a deal done. I don't think it has a lot to do with where he wants to end up.

One last consideration, is a 6 year deal next year takes him to being 36. So it's going to cover his prime playing years. He simply wants to maximize that.