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

[MTK]

It's pretty easy to determine his price, the team needs to move closer to $25 per year and up the guaranteed. $20 per year just isn't a realistic offer.

[Chico23231]

Bruce needs to get it done or its another failure for him and Snyder period.

[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.

[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Bruce needs to get it done or its another failure for him and Snyder period.

This really isn't about Bruce. If Snyder wanted to get a deal done then this would be water under the bridge. Think about it, Snyder had no problem overpaying for numerous players through the years. He wouldn't let certain guys leave the building. They totally overpaid is Norman. He only had one good year. Frankly I never even heard of the guy until the blowup with Beckham. Gave Fat Albert 40 million. Yet he refuses to get a deal done with someone that's drafted and earned it the hard way. The only reason I can come up with is it's personal. He doesn't like Cousins.

[Chico23231]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

This really isn't about Bruce. If Snyder wanted to get a deal done then this would be water under the bridge. Think about it, Snyder had no problem overpaying for numerous players through the years. He wouldn't let certain guys leave the building. They totally overpaid is Norman. He only had one good year. Frankly I never even heard of the guy until the blowup with Beckham. Gave Fat Albert 40 million. Yet he refuses to get a deal done with someone that's drafted and earned it the hard way. The only reason I can come up with is it's personal. He doesn't like Cousins.

effing insane. Its completely ass backwards way of doing things

[jamf]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

This really isn't about Bruce. If Snyder wanted to get a deal done then this would be water under the bridge. Think about it, Snyder had no problem overpaying for numerous players through the years. He wouldn't let certain guys leave the building. They totally overpaid is Norman. He only had one good year. Frankly I never even heard of the guy until the blowup with Beckham. Gave Fat Albert 40 million. Yet he refuses to get a deal done with someone that's drafted and earned it the hard way. The only reason I can come up with is it's personal. He doesn't like Cousins.

There is definitely something going on.
IMO I think Snyder wants a glamour boy QB.
Some one he can party and pull some hot ass with(lets not pretend married billionaires are faithful).
Kirk isn't that guy.

[Ruhskins]

There is nothing going on.

Denver low-balled their Super Bowl MVP (Von Miller) and did not make a long-term deal until the July deadline last year. And there was plenty of drama from leaked details of the negotiation to Von Miller taking shots at Elways in social media.

This is how deals typically happen in the NFL. It is annoying as hell for us fans, but people need to quit acting like this doesn't happen elsewhere.

Honestly, I'm more concerned at the fact that the team has been very frugal in its spending, than any other drama stuff.

[mredskins]

Originally Posted by jamf

There is definitely something going on.
IMO I think Snyder wants a glamour boy QB.
Some one he can party and pull some hot ass with(lets not pretend married billionaires are faithful).
Kirk isn't that guy.

Seriously?

[53Fan]

On a lighter note...

Joe Gibbs throws epic troll at Cowboys fan

[btfoom]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

There is nothing going on.

Denver low-balled their Super Bowl MVP (Von Miller) and did not make a long-term deal until the July deadline last year. And there was plenty of drama from leaked details of the negotiation to Von Miller taking shots at Elways in social media.

This is how deals typically happen in the NFL. It is annoying as hell for us fans, but people need to quit acting like this doesn't happen elsewhere.

Honestly, I'm more concerned at the fact that the team has been very frugal in its spending, than any other drama stuff.

Thank goodness for (a) post on topic and not about how much the guys here like to swallow meat and (b) very reasoned and thought out. This is how deals get done - there really isn't ANY reason for either side to sign now, kinda like when each team takes the entire 10 minutes to make the draft pick that everyone knows is coming, you never know if someone will come in with an insane deal that you can't pass up.

Also, I'm going to try this:

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[FlyerSkin]

I don't think Snyder is stupid or vindictive enough about RG III, to blame Kirk or hate the guy. After all it was the Kirk issue that cost Scot his job. Snyder needs stability now more than ever. Seriously, if he messes this up, the franchise is back to square one, not to mention after Gruden gets canned, who the hell will want to even be seen in Redskins Park, let alone be the Skins HC? Fans are already at the breaking point, and with DC now a winning sports town, the moderate fans can go elsewhere for sports entertainment whether it is the Caps or Nats. Even the Wizards aren't all that bad anymore. Skins fans need to be way more proactive in the event Snyder botches the rebuild. I don't think he will, but if he does, they need to stay home or show up with the paper bags over there heads like Lions fans did in the Matt Macmillan days. Snyder needs to take his cue from Mr. Cooke and just sign the damn checks and enjoy the football.

[FlyerSkin]

Originally Posted by jamf

There is definitely something going on.
IMO I think Snyder wants a glamour boy QB.
Some one he can party and pull some hot ass with(lets not pretend married billionaires are faithful).
Kirk isn't that guy.

Snyder you would think needs stability or else fans will start to ditch the team in droves. But who knows. There is another possible logical explanation a signing hasn't been done already that hasn't been mentioned for awhile, and that is a trade indeed is being planned or is on the table for further discussion. I don't think that will be the case, because of the stability issue I mentioned above, but we are talking about Dan Snyder.

[Brody81]

Originally Posted by Chico23231

Bruce needs to get it done or its another failure for him and Snyder period.

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[skinsfan69]

Originally Posted by Ruhskins

There is nothing going on.

Denver low-balled their Super Bowl MVP (Von Miller) and did not make a long-term deal until the July deadline last year. And there was plenty of drama from leaked details of the negotiation to Von Miller taking shots at Elways in social media.

This is how deals typically happen in the NFL. It is annoying as hell for us fans, but people need to quit acting like this doesn't happen elsewhere.

Honestly, I'm more concerned at the fact that the team has been very frugal in its spending, than any other drama stuff.

This is a totally different issue. Cousins beat out the guy that the owner basically had a man crush on. Gave him special treatment and mortgaged the future for. After 2015 a deal should have gotten done but it didn't. Why?

Also in the end Denver signed Miller and a deal got done. Not the case here.

Again, I put this on Snyder. It's personal with Cousins. He can overpay low quality human being like Haynesworth, or overpay Norman, who's a good player but not a great one, but can't get a deal done with his franchise QB. Seems pretty obvious what's going on here...

[Ruhskins]

Originally Posted by skinsfan69

This is a totally different issue. Cousins beat out the guy that the owner basically had a man crush on. Gave him special treatment and mortgaged the future for. After 2015 a deal should have gotten done but it didn't. Why?

Also in the end Denver signed Miller and a deal got done. Not the case here.

Again, I put this on Snyder. It's personal with Cousins. He can overpay low quality human being like Haynesworth, or overpay Norman, who's a good player but not a great one, but can't get a deal done with his franchise QB. Seems pretty obvious what's going on here...

Yes, because the deadline has not come yet. You make it sound like we are the only team with a franchise tagged player which has dragged out negotiations on a long-term deal.

This is how the NFL is run, this is how teams deal with negotiations period. This is all business, both sides are looking for a number and they have NO REASON to budge at the moment.

And yes this is the same situation, just a different player position.