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Schefter reporting that the Skins may still franchise Cousins


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If I’m the Redskins I’d settle for anything. They have Smith, no leverage, but are offering a guarantee to whomever acquired him that they get him. I’d spend a 3rd on that. Not like Nac does anything with his draft picks to begin. With

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I mean the whole purpose of getting Cousins is to allow flexibility during the draft. Plus the second Cousins signs his offer sheet they lose leverage and cap space. They’ll trade him for cap relief and a 6th rounder if they’re lucky at that point.

But if the jets can convince the Skins to pay a portion of Cousins signing bonus in exchange for a higher pick (max 3rd rounder) then I’d look into it 

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2 minutes ago, kdels62 said:

I mean the whole purpose of getting Cousins is to allow flexibility during the draft. Plus the second Cousins signs his offer sheet they lose leverage and cap space. They’ll trade him for cap relief and a 6th rounder if they’re lucky at that point.

The purpose to get Cousins is to get a pretty good qb who is still relatively young.jets haven’t had that in 40 years

 

Mac’s drafts have sucked.  If you think the difference between us winning a super bowl or not is whatever mediocre defensive player he takes with the 2nd round pick that’s a cool opinion

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8 minutes ago, NYs Stepchild said:

Would be a late pick I think.

Would serve them right if they got burnt though.

Depending on what else they do in FA, they have a 3rd round comp pick coming for him.  So trading him for less seems counter-productive.

Again, the leverage is not really tangible.  I'm going off what I believe is true so if there are additional facts that apply, please chime in.

Let's say DEN wants Cousins and Cousins wants DEN.  WAS puts the exclusive tag on him, committing them to $34.5MM in salary, which they pretty much cannot afford.  Cousins has to sign or he can't play.  So he signs and tells every team, I will not sign an extension with anyone but DEN.  No other team is going to touch that.  DEN says to WAS, we'll trade you a 7th rounder.  If the trade doesn't happen, WAS is committed to paying him, and now was a completely toxic locker room if he stays.  

How do you think that story ends?  Probably that WAS just gave up a possible comp 3rd rounder for a guaranteed 7th rounder.  If it wasn't WAS, I'd say 0% chance it happens, but with WAS, maybe I guess.

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3 minutes ago, nycdan said:

Depending on what else they do in FA, they have a 3rd round comp pick coming for him.  So trading him for less seems counter-productive.

Again, the leverage is not really tangible.  I'm going off what I believe is true so if there are additional facts that apply, please chime in.

Let's say DEN wants Cousins and Cousins wants DEN.  WAS puts the exclusive tag on him, committing them to $34.5MM in salary, which they pretty much cannot afford.  Cousins has to sign or he can't play.  So he signs and tells every team, I will not sign an extension with anyone but DEN.  No other team is going to touch that.  DEN says to WAS, we'll trade you a 7th rounder.  If the trade doesn't happen, WAS is committed to paying him, and now was a completely toxic locker room if he stays.  

How do you think that story ends?  Probably that WAS just gave up a possible comp 3rd rounder for a guaranteed 7th rounder.  If it wasn't WAS, I'd say 0% chance it happens, but with WAS, maybe I guess.

yep, i'm thinking the same thing although the redskins would be listening to any team.  one of the keys is when this would actually take place.  it could be pretty interesting if the redskins have to keep cousins after the draft.

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5 minutes ago, rangerous said:

yep, i'm thinking the same thing although the redskins would be listening to any team.  one of the keys is when this would actually take place.  it could be pretty interesting if the redskins have to keep cousins after the draft.

Macc needs to pull the trigger now.  Otherwise say bye bye to Cousins and hello to Johnny Manziel 2.0 Baker Mayfield and the next dark saga

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8 minutes ago, nycdan said:

Depending on what else they do in FA, they have a 3rd round comp pick coming for him.  So trading him for less seems counter-productive.

Again, the leverage is not really tangible.  I'm going off what I believe is true so if there are additional facts that apply, please chime in.

Let's say DEN wants Cousins and Cousins wants DEN.  WAS puts the exclusive tag on him, committing them to $34.5MM in salary, which they pretty much cannot afford.  Cousins has to sign or he can't play.  So he signs and tells every team, I will not sign an extension with anyone but DEN.  No other team is going to touch that.  DEN says to WAS, we'll trade you a 7th rounder.  If the trade doesn't happen, WAS is committed to paying him, and now was a completely toxic locker room if he stays.  

How do you think that story ends?  Probably that WAS just gave up a possible comp 3rd rounder for a guaranteed 7th rounder.  If it wasn't WAS, I'd say 0% chance it happens, but with WAS, maybe I guess.

As soon as they tag him they'll be up against the cap and lose their comp pick. He could just delay signing it through FA and the Skins would be unable to sign any FAs. If they pull the tag they still lose the comp. If it wasn't Schneider I would say there's no way they risk this. 

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Just now, TheNuuFaaolaExperience said:

If they do franchise him and then trade him, does the 34 million become the responsibility of the new team, or can they renegotiate and make a completely new contract? 

The 34 mil is our responsibility until we work out a new deal.  Actually, trading for the franchise rights to a Cousins ends up saving us money because we have exclusive rights to him

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I would have no problem trading a 2nd or 3rd for him but he would need to work out a long term deal with us before I pull that trigger. I think that goes for any team in his market. If Kirk wanted to screw the Redskins and say "I will play on the franchise tag" then what team is giving up at least a 3rd round pick for a 1 year rental at $34.5M?

 

oo and Kirk already said this offseason if tagged he is willing to play on the franchise tag.

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27 minutes ago, Philc1 said:

Not really, there are multiple teams interested that’s where the leverage comes from

The Redskins will be responsible for 34.5 Million for Cousins’ franchise tag. He doesn’t have to sign the franchise tag and even if he does, he can simply tell the team trading for him that he is NOT willing to sign long term. 

 

Would you trade for Cousins knowing there’s a good chance you’re going to be in a similar situation as the Redskins have been in the past 3 years?

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1 minute ago, Warfish said:

They have the tag.  That IS leverage.  

The Skins would be fools to not try and turn this into some kind of trade & sign situation.

What do you think his value would be if Kirk says he wants to play on the tag? I'm not sure a team wants to commit that much for a 1 year rental. The Skins need to net at least a 3rd round pick to make it worth it for them.

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I really hope someone else gets Kirk Cousins.  The premium we'd have to pay for this guy (assuming the stories are true) was already way too much before having to also surrender picks.   If it were Aaron Rodgers then yes sign me up.  But for Cousins?  No thanks!

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4 minutes ago, Warfish said:

They have the tag.  That IS leverage.  

The Skins would be fools to not try and turn this into some kind of trade & sign situation.

I disagree! What do they expect in return? They’re essentially guaranteed a 3rd round pick at this point based on the comp picks. No team is going to fork a day 1 pick or multiple day 2 picks + turn around and give Kirk 25 million per year. I’m sorry I cannot see it happening. 

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25 minutes ago, nycdan said:

Depending on what else they do in FA, they have a 3rd round comp pick coming for him.  So trading him for less seems counter-productive.

Again, the leverage is not really tangible.  I'm going off what I believe is true so if there are additional facts that apply, please chime in.

Let's say DEN wants Cousins and Cousins wants DEN.  WAS puts the exclusive tag on him, committing them to $34.5MM in salary, which they pretty much cannot afford.  Cousins has to sign or he can't play.  So he signs and tells every team, I will not sign an extension with anyone but DEN.  No other team is going to touch that.  DEN says to WAS, we'll trade you a 7th rounder.  If the trade doesn't happen, WAS is committed to paying him, and now was a completely toxic locker room if he stays.  

How do you think that story ends?  Probably that WAS just gave up a possible comp 3rd rounder for a guaranteed 7th rounder.  If it wasn't WAS, I'd say 0% chance it happens, but with WAS, maybe I guess.

This. 100%. Cousins has ALL leverage. 

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4 minutes ago, Ohio State NY Jets fan said:

with an endorsement from Fitz's agent - yes Mac will bid himself up, "hope to do business again"

I’m sort of hoping Snyder extracts the #6 pick out of Macc to get it done, too. Just blow the lid off the whole thing and out the enablers. 

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The real question needs to be: Is there a team willing to have a 1 year rental at $34.5M while giving up a 3rd or higher?

If the answer is yes then he'll be traded but I'm not sure there is a team that wants to do that...maybe the Browns and then they take Allen at #1 and give him a year to sit and let Kirk walk next year.

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