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

Cousins is set make $23.94 million under the franchise tag in 2017 if no long term deal is signed by mid July. If Cousins refuses to play (unlikely), the tag would roll over to 2018 and 2017 would not count as a tag year. Cousins has to play for Skins in 2017 since he signed the franchise tag today. The Skins could use the transition tag in 2018 which would be a 20% increase to 2017 or $28.78 million. The transition tag would allow Cousins to get offers from other teams but the Skins can match any deal and Cousins would have to sign it regardless. If he plays under the transition tag, he would be a free agent in 2019 as the Skins are unable to tag him the 4th time under the CBA. I am fully aware of his disdain for Allen/Snyder but minus the cap ramifications the Skins do have control the next 2 years although Cousins has the leverage financially. The caveat here is that if the Skins don't match offers in 2018 under the transition tag, they would receive no compensation for losing him. This is not an ideal situation but having Cousins under control for 2 years and no future cap hits is not as bad as it seems especially if the cap continues to increase annually.

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good post, keep at it.

Cousins is set make $23.94 million under the franchise tag in 2017 if no long term deal is signed by mid July. If Cousins refuses to play (unlikely), the tag would roll over to 2018 and 2017 would not count as a tag year. Cousins has to play for Skins in 2017 since he signed the franchise tag today. The Skins could use the transition tag in 2018 which would be a 20% increase to 2017 or $28.78 million. The transition tag would allow Cousins to get offers from other teams but the Skins can match any deal and Cousins would have to sign it regardless. If he plays under the transition tag, he would be a free agent in 2019 as the Skins are unable to tag him the 4th time under the CBA. I am fully aware of his disdain for Allen/Snyder but minus the cap ramifications the Skins do have control the next 2 years although Cousins has the leverage financially. The caveat here is that if the Skins don't match offers in 2018 under the transition tag, they would receive no compensation for losing him. This is not an ideal situation but having Cousins under control for 2 years and no future cap hits is not as bad as it seems especially if the cap continues to increase annually.

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According to this article he can still be traded.

Report: Kirk Cousins signs franchise tag, can now be traded (http://was.247sports.com/Bolt/Report-Kirk-Cousins-signs-franchise-tag-can-now-be-traded-51701289)

Ricky Jean on the radio today basically backed up Cousins and in a nut shell said the Redskins are a mess. RJ is a respected guy and a stand up solid guy, not a disgruntled employee. That says a lot...

Lends credence to the idea that this organization is a freakin' circus. Why in the world would anyone (player, coach, GM, ball boy) ever want to be a part of this crap? The entirety of the rest of the NFL is either laughing their asses off, or shaking their heads in disbelief at the shenanigans going on here.

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Lends credence to the idea that this organization is a freakin' circus. Why in the world would anyone (player, coach, GM, ball boy) ever want to be a part of this crap? The entirety of the rest of the NFL is either laughing their asses off, or shaking their heads in disbelief at the shenanigans going on here.

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Well Jay Gruden just got an extension for two years, so he seems to be okay here.

The NFL is shaking her head at us, they are laughing at Houston for having to give up a 2nd round pick to get rid of the QB they gave $37 million dollars last year.

Agreed. He can be traded once he signs the franchise tag. My argument was based on the report Snyder told him not to get his hopes up regarding a trade and the Skins have no intention of ever trading him.

KC is probably just trying to make Allen mad enough so that he just wants KC gone and will get it past Snyder's veto.

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I gotta believe this has Allen pretty annoyed and we cant have Cousins in the locker room ever again.
I would expect him to get traded toot sweet.

Well Jay Gruden just got an extension for two years, so he seems to be okay here.

The NFL is shaking her head at us, they are laughing at Houston for having to give up a 2nd round pick to get rid of the QB they gave $37 million dollars last year.

Well at least Houston has a defense and won a playoff game. They might have been wrong on Osweiler, but they aren't the shit show that this is...

Cousins is set make $23.94 million under the franchise tag in 2017 if no long term deal is signed by mid July. If Cousins refuses to play (unlikely), the tag would roll over to 2018 and 2017 would not count as a tag year. Cousins has to play for Skins in 2017 since he signed the franchise tag today. The Skins could use the transition tag in 2018 which would be a 20% increase to 2017 or $28.78 million. The transition tag would allow Cousins to get offers from other teams but the Skins can match any deal and Cousins would have to sign it regardless. If he plays under the transition tag, he would be a free agent in 2019 as the Skins are unable to tag him the 4th time under the CBA. I am fully aware of his disdain for Allen/Snyder but minus the cap ramifications the Skins do have control the next 2 years although Cousins has the leverage financially. The caveat here is that if the Skins don't match offers in 2018 under the transition tag, they would receive no compensation for losing him. This is not an ideal situation but having Cousins under control for 2 years and no future cap hits is not as bad as it seems especially if the cap continues to increase annually.

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Good post, Whale. I was wrong about the transition tag. I thought we got compensation (outside compensatory picks) for the transition tag. I think this situation gets really interesting if KC gets hurt this season...

Well at least Houston has a defense and won a playoff game. They might have been wrong on Osweiler, but they aren't the shit show that this is...
They fucked pretty royally and their only hope is Romo. I wouldn't call them a model franchise and it is pretty laughable what they did.

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