Here's their entire statement, which reeks of desperation: Our goal was to sign Kirk to a long-term contract with the final objective of having him finish his career with the Redskins. Plus Tua Talk and the Fantasy Cops, Covering the impact of coronavirus on the sports world. A 1 p.m. Wednesday phone exchange between the front office and agent Todd France wasn't enough. Someone will pay Cousins in a quarterback-needy league. A legitimate starting quarterback hitting the open market in recent memory is as common as Ben Simmons hitting a 3-pointer: it has happened twice. That's a two-year total of $69 million. So $1M more than Transition Tag next year. I think it enables you to be well-compensated, and deservedly so, for the upcoming season. According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, Cousins is still open to signing a contract with the team after the season. Kirk Cousins was blessed with the perfect amount of talent. A third consecutive franchise tag would have cost Washington more than $34 million for 2018 and made Cousins the highest-paid player in the league. Sure, other quarterbacks have more talent than Cousins, but that's not the discussion. NFL free agents usually prefer not to get the franchise tag. In 2018, he signed a fully guaranteed three-year, $84 million contract with the Vikings, the first fully guaranteed contract in NFL history. Cousins collected $28 million from the Vikings in 2019 salary. However, no team since 1994 (start of salary cap) has won a SB if a team plays one player more than 13.4 of the cap. My best bet for Dallas vs. Washington pains me; will the Cowboys finally cover a spread? But neither side did "ultimately get it done.'' What no one can know, yet, is whether it's football-sound. If the NFL plays a full season, Prescott’s $31.4 million salary is guaranteed. Or ... "I believe the franchise tag can be your friend,” Cousins said this offseason. But Washington quarterback Kirk Cousins couldn’t wait to sign it. The first way is that Cousins is set up to earn a huge, long-term deal following the season. It’ll ultimately get done.”. It turns out Cousins' incredible ability to be a good-but-not-great quarterback might be a reason he's the highest-compensated player in the NFL. Cousins was healthy and relatively young and had all the leverage in the world, which he used to his advantage. So yes, you can imagine Dallas would've rather paid him $35 million APY (the five-year offer that was on the table that we reported also included more than $106 million guaranteed) than to pay him a tagged average of $34.5 million (for two years) and $41.11 million (for three years). In his first four years as a full-time starter, Cousins finished each season within one game of a .500 record. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: nfl | pageType: stories | I'm told the proposed deal (5 more years) by Redskins only guaranteed 1 more year beyond this. Dak himself jumping into the talks wasn't, either. He's a good quarterback, but few will anoint him as being great. The NBA is a star-driven league where the players have leverage. Last year, he made $19.9 million under the tag. Bruce Allen says WAS offered Kirk Cousins $53M gtd. Stephen and the Cowboys might have the first part right. It was thought Cousins' contract could possibly start a trend, but no other players have signed a fully guaranteed deal since. Trade Talk! Dak Prescott is going to be paid a lot of money in 2020, whether he’s on the franchise tag or not. Peyton Manning went to the Broncos in 2012 and Drew Brees went to the Saints in 2006, but both of those guys were coming off injuries. The other is Andy Dalton. As our Will Brinson noted, the Redskins' offer really wasn't great. For a player to be given the tag in two straight years — as could possibly happen to Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins — a team has to pay him 120 percent of his previous salary. But even if that happens, Cousins will still make his money. "Grateful and blessed,'' reflected Dak on Wednesday. 6-keys: media/spln/nfl/reg/free/stories, at Under the franchise tag, Cousins will make $23.9 million this year. FRISCO - Kirk Cousins showed that the franchise tag can "be a friend.'' He benefits in these rankings by essentially getting paid for two seasons within the same 12-month period, but it's more than just a fluke. Once he got to the Vikings, he got a three-year, $84 million deal - and the whole package was fully-guaranteed. section: | slug: bruce-allen-redskins-offered-kirk-cousins-53-million-but-he-prefers-franchise-tag | sport: football | route: article_single.us | MORE: Brian Flores, more athletes react to George Floyd death, Minneapolis riots. He made the Pro Bowl in 2016, but the sides still couldn't agree to a long-term deal, so the Redskins placed the franchise tag on him again, this time at 120 percent of his previous salary. Dallas Cowboys must use the franchise tag to extend Dak Prescott. But if an NFL team has a great quarterback, it's likely to do whatever it can to lock them into a long-term deal, and quarterbacks are likely to sign those deals thanks to the certainty and security they provide. A third consecutive franchise tag would have cost Washington more than $34 million for 2018 and made Cousins the highest-paid player in the league. And that's exactly how he became the highest-ranked NFL player on Forbes' 2020 list of the highest-paid athletes in the world. That trend WILL continue with the Chiefs. Locked On Cowboys Pod: Can This Dallas Season Be Saved? Get the day's big stories + fun stuff you love like mock drafts, picks and power rankings. 5:03 pm ET. He's been to the Pro Bowl twice and, believe it or not, has the second-highest career completion percentage in NFL history. Assuming Cousins can maintain his level of play from the past two seasons -- he's completed 68.3 percent of his passes for 9,083 yards, 54 touchdowns, 23 interceptions and a 99.3 passer rating since 2015 -- or even improve, someone might hand him an Andrew Luck type of contract.

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