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

I saw Vinny Cerrato this morning at the rink. I asked him if we sign Kurt by the deadline and he simply said "no".

I saw Vinny Cerrato this morning at the rink. I asked him if we sign Kurt by the deadline and he simply said "no".

That sounds ominous.

Fuck Vinny

I know hindsight is 20/20 and with the current CBO deal the player contracts game has to be played.
But we grade players by their history of what they do on the field. We have do the same to grade our Front Office.
When you look back at the history of the Kirk Cousins rookie contract and how little we paid him, including his successful 2015 season. In 2015 Kirk was our starter and he earned a measly $660,000. If he was not the lowest paid starter in the NFL in 2015, we certainly got a great deal.
Before the 2015 season instead of signing him to an extention, our FO challenged Cousins and played a BIG poker hand thinking Cousins could be a bluff.
Our FO lost that poker hand with the Cousins. Our FO didn't just lose the poker game, they got schooled.
Before 2016 season, instead of saying we got a great deal 2015 by paying our starting QB $660,000 last year and got a long term contract done, they made him put his livelihood on the line a second season to play on another one year contract. If Cousins had a serious injury during the 2015 or 2016 season, Cousins could have been another RGIII situation who is currently out of football.
Bottom line, Captain Obvious observation, Our FO has not handled this situation well.
To think of what we could have signed Cousins to a long term $11M to $12m per/season contract BEFORE the 2015 season is mind blowing. Especially knowing then we knew the NFL Salary cap was going to skyrocket in the next two years. Bad gamble. We knew other teams valued and wanted Cousins. He was not a complete unknown, but we treated him like one.

ha, that a fair point. meanwhile...

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Griffin is better than EJ Manuel, Sanchez, Geno Smith and probably Gabbert. I've never even heard of Austin Davis. His issue is he literally can not finish a damn game w/out getting hurt.

I saw Vinny Cerrato this morning at the rink. I asked him if we sign Kurt by the deadline and he simply said "no".

Did you ask him why he was the dumbest front office executive in the history of the NFL?

Griffin is better than EJ Manuel, Sanchez, Geno Smith and probably Gabbert. I've never even heard of Austin Davis. His issue is he literally can not finish a damn game w/out getting hurt.

Yeah...but Im beginning to think now attitude and behavior has something to do with it as well.

But your right, he never learned how to protect himself.

The way things are presently, here are the options available. Just figure the over/under for each possibility:

1. Deal gets done and signed before July 16th. Drama is over. KC gets his contract. Washington gets their franchise QB.

2. July 16th comes and goes. KC plays under current tag. 2018 gets the Transition Tag. Which means KC can take other offers, but Washington has the option to match. If they match. KC gets his contract. Washington gets their franchise QB. If Washington does not match offer, KC is gone. More importantly, Washington gets NOTHING in compensation.

3. Plays under tag in 2017. Becomes FA in 2018

4. KC gets traded before July 17, 2017

I think if option 1 does not transpire, than KC will not be in Washington next year. But the 2018 draft is supposed to be deep at QB.

If option 2 or 3 occurs and KC signs with another team, you need to get a new GM. If KC leaves and the Skins get ZERO in return, that is a criminal act in the NFL and the GM should be shot.

I mentioned this before, I truly believe that the market for Cousins and his salary demands might dry up. You have a handful of teams that would probably make a run at him, but at what price? Some of the teams that might want him may look at what Prescott has done, decide to draft Rosen or one of several talented guys coming out, coach them up and have them play on their rookie deals. That's probably a savings of 20 million or so.

Did you ask him why he was the dumbest front office executive in the history of the NFL?

No he is a very nice guy. I see him there quit a bit. He sucked at his job for the Skins but from what I can tell he is a nice guy.

I'm sure there are worse out there in the history of the league than Vinny, plus it's only fair to say he was GM when Snyder was much more involved.