NFL1000: Is It Time for Washington to Give Kirk Cousins Franchise QB Money?

November 22, 2016   ·   Doug Farrar   ·   Jump to comments


The bill is about to become due for the Washington Redskins. Figuratively and literally.
When the 2016 season ends, if the team hasn’t signed quarterback Kirk Cousins to a new contract or franchise-tagged him, Cousins would become the hottest commodity at the position, and certainly a high-dollar target for those franchises currently in quarterback purgatory. The team took that discussion off the table by placing Cousins on the franchise tag for the 2016 season, costing them a fully guaranteed $19.953 million. Another tag in 2017 would up the ante to nearly $24 million.
Such a cap hit could be alleviated by giving Cousins a multi-year contract, but that would cost the team something in the area of $20 million per year total by most accounts and if you are in the camp that believes general manager Scot McCloughan will endeavor to find someone he thinks is better, the second tag would make sense.
Here’s the problem: Right now, Cousins is maxing out the ab...

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