The FINAL Kirk Cousins Saga thread. 5.0

Loving the intelligent dialogue!

Marco, I agree with your thoughts. It would be necessary for Denver to pay a 3rd and Talib because the Redskins could trade him elsewhere.

There is a market for Cousins. I would argue that it's a stronger market than free agency because teams like the Jets, Bills, and Browns, who might not have had a realistic chance in free agency, can get him under the assumption that they can prove to KC that they'll be a long-term winner.

I do think the Eagles and Foles will be a factor. Foles is a Superbowl MVP, his price tag is less, and there will be a PR buzz for the team that takes him.

Foles said he wants to stay

I'm no Cousins fanboy, but let the man leave and get on with his life in FA. The juice isn't worth the squeeze.

We have plenty of cap space to sign a corner to replace Fuller or we can draft one. And we can acquire more picks in more traditional fashions.

Time for all sides to move on.

All Cousins has to do to blow this up is say that he won't sign the tag right away or sign tag immediately and tell all the other 31 teams he's leaving in FA in 2019.

Aqib Talib has a 12 mill cap hit but only 1 mill dead cap for 2018.
a. Is 12 mil too much to pay Talib or would there be a negotiated contract?
b. Could we pick up Talib for less than 12 mil if he gets cut by the Broncos? IMO we could.

Aqib Talib has a 12 mill cap hit but only 1 mill dead cap for 2018.
a. Is 12 mil too much to pay Talib or would there be a negotiated contract?
b. Could we pick up Talib for less than 12 mil if he gets cut by the Broncos? IMO we could.

I hope we do, that would be sick to have him and Norman together, I don't see Breeland coming back

None of this makes any sense.

As soon as they place the tag on Cousins, it counts against the salary cap. Cousins does not need to sign his tender for it to count. As soon as they tag him, it counts. The number for the tag is in the neighborhood of 34.5 million. And last check I saw was Washington is 32 million under the cap. Teams are required to be under the salary cap before the start of the new league year, March 14. Additionally, Cousins cannot be traded until he signs that tender. So tagging him would hamstring the organization in free agency.

Why would a team willingly enter into negotiations regarding a trade of a player they KNOW will be a free agent? They know that worst case scenario is they tag KC. If KC does not sign the tag, he is a Free Agent. If KC signs the tag, everyone knows Washington will rescind the tag at the start of the new league year.

None of this makes any sense.

As soon as they place the tag on Cousins, it counts against the salary cap. Cousins does not need to sign his tender for it to count. As soon as they tag him, it counts. The number for the tag is in the neighborhood of 34.5 million. And last check I saw was Washington is 32 million under the cap. Teams are required to be under the salary cap before the start of the new league year, March 14. Additionally, Cousins cannot be traded until he signs that tender. So tagging him would hamstring the organization in free agency.

Why would a team willingly enter into negotiations regarding a trade of a player they KNOW will be a free agent? They know that worst case scenario is they tag KC. If KC does not sign the tag, he is a Free Agent. If KC signs the tag, everyone knows Washington will rescind the tag at the start of the new league year.

They won't do it, for that reason alone

None of this makes any sense.

As soon as they place the tag on Cousins, it counts against the salary cap. Cousins does not need to sign his tender for it to count. As soon as they tag him, it counts. The number for the tag is in the neighborhood of 34.5 million. And last check I saw was Washington is 32 million under the cap. Teams are required to be under the salary cap before the start of the new league year, March 14. Additionally, Cousins cannot be traded until he signs that tender. So tagging him would hamstring the organization in free agency.

Why would a team willingly enter into negotiations regarding a trade of a player they KNOW will be a free agent? They know that worst case scenario is they tag KC. If KC does not sign the tag, he is a Free Agent. If KC signs the tag, everyone knows Washington will rescind the tag at the start of the new league year.

It's definitely something that the front office would've tried had they not gotten Alex Smith. However, at this point, unless a deal has already been agreed upon (wink, wink, nod, nod) the 'skins should be happy getting a 3rd in 2019 and being done with the Kirk Cousins saga.

If I'm Kirk I simply state that I'm not signing the FT until well after FA starts so you miss out on most of the FA's you are going to want. He wants to be a FA, let him go.

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Yeah as we should hear about something in March!