Kirk Cousins

Better Than 50 Percent Chance Kirk Cousins Leaves Washington This Year

... that now. He plays great within that system. Yes, [you’d like] more consistency, throughout the year, for an entire 16 games. And you want to see him put the team on his back at times and make certain throws and take over football games. Of course. “Look around the NFL; it’s not flooded with great quarterbacks,” Mc Ginest said. “Look at the draft. You can’t find a guy right now that you’d say you would probably take over Kirk Cousins in the draft. This is a guy that’s at home, he plays great within the system, he is continuously getting better. Give him a long-term deal. Don’t play around with it. Because you’re not going to keep paying him [under the tag]. Give him a long-term deal and just end the problem.”. Romo has a higher ceiling. Analyst Cris Carter said on FS 1 this week that if he were the Redskins, he would take Tony Romo over Cousins, at least in the short term. “If you ask me over the next three ...

Kirk Cousins Reacts To Franchise Tag In The Most Kirk Cousins Way

... much of a surprise, and the gifted passer had a funny reaction via Twitter. Only Cousins could have responded like this. Washington deployed the exclusive franchise tag on Cousins this year , a change from 2016 when the team used the non-exclusive tag on their QB. The exclusive tag still allows for the team to potentially work out a trade for Cousins, but it does make the move less likely. Cousins has repeatedly said that he is fine with the tag and views it as the organization wanting his services. He should be happy with the tag, it means a guaranteed $24 million salary for 2017, on top of the nearly $20 million he made in 2016. Most expect Cousins to sign the tag and sign it quickly. That does not preclude the organization from working on a long-term deal; the two sides have until July 15 th to work on a multi-year contract. Report: Redskins have no intention of trading Cousins. Speaking ...

Redskins, Kirk Cousins Still No Closer On Agreement

... a week before the tag deadline. But this year, the combine doesn’t begin until Feb. 28, giving Washington only one day to hammer out a deal if officials waited that long to meet with Cousins’s agent, Mike Mc Cartney. Last year, the Redskins waited until just hours before the 4 p.m., March 1 deadline to use the tag on Cousins, who signed his tender the next day. The sides engaged in some talks between then and the July 15 deadline for teams and their franchise players to agree to multiyear deals. But no progress was made, and league rules prohibited a resumption of talks until after the end of the regular season. Washington could again wait until March 1 to slap the tag on Cousins, and once again, the sides could negotiate up until July 15 to see if they can reach a multiyear deal. As was the case last year, the team would seem likely to use ...

Washington Redskins Place Exclusive Franchise Tag On Qb Kirk Cousins

... million under the tag next season, that would mean allocating nearly 15 percent of the expected $167 million salary cap. The team needs major upgrades on the defensive side of the ball and could end up losing top wide receivers De Sean Jackson and Pierre Garcon in free agency. Last season, Cousins broke his own franchise record for passing yards, nearly eclipsing 5,000, and set another team mark with more than 400 completions, throwing for 25 TDs and 12 interceptions with a completion percentage of 67. The Redskins lost four of their last six games - including 19-10 at home against the division rival New York Giants in the regular-season finale, a defeat sealed by his late interception - to end up 8-7-1 and miss the playoffs. After that game, asked what he expected to happen in the offseason, Cousins shrugged his shoulders and answered: "It's really not my ...

Stephen A. Smith Says Several Redskins Accused Kirk Cousins Of Padding His Stats

... position where his numbers look good even if it’s not necessarily the right play that could help us get stuff done.”. Smith then asked fellow panelist Merril Hoge if he had noticed “anything that could remotely come close to that being true.”. “No,” Hoge replied. [ Redskins place exclusive franchise tag on Cousins, keeping him from negotiating elsewhere ]. Look, you don’t need me to tell you this, but that’s quite an accusation to make, near the end of a debate program, two months after the season ended, based on anonymous sources, and not in a carefully worded and edited piece but rather in an extemporaneous TV show. If other reporters previously leveled this teammate-fueled accusation at Cousins, I believe I missed it. Seems like it would have been an interesting story though. (For the record: certainly many fans thought this about Cousins, particularly near the end of the Thanksgiving Day loss in Dallas, when Cousins passed for 449 yards and three touchdowns but ...

Qb Kirk Cousins Gets Exclusive Tag From Washington

... starter in place of Griffin two years ago under coach Jay Gruden. Follow the Daily News Sports on Facebook. "Like" us here. Still, even after his breakthrough 2015 season, including an NFC East title, Cousins was unable to reach an agreement on a long-term deal with Washington. If Washington ends up paying Cousins the roughly $24 million under the tag next season, that would mean allocating nearly 15 percent of the expected $167 million salary cap. The team needs major upgrades on the defensive side of the ball and could end up losing top wide receivers De Sean Jackson and Pierre Garcon in free agency. Last season, Cousins broke his own franchise record for passing yards, nearly eclipsing 5,000, and set another team mark with more than 400 completions, throwing for 25 TDs and 12 interceptions with a completion percentage of 67. Washington lost four of its last six games — including 19-10 at home against the division rival New ...

Kirk Cousins Reflects On His Time At 2012 Nfl Scouting Combine

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Of Course You Take Kirk Cousins Over Cam Newton

... after this year ]. Well, if Tiki Barber had a vote, and he sort of does in the form of the CBS Sports Radio show he co-hosts with Brandon Tierney, the former Giants running back would agree with Rodgers and take Cousins over Newton for many of the same reasons Rodgers laid out. (Rodgers essentially argued that teams eventually figured out how to defend Newton’s athleticism, but there’s no defense for quarterbacks such as Cousins, who go through their reads and complete a high percentage of their passes to a variety of receivers.). “Jordan Rodgers is basically stating the obvious, but he said it in a way that actually makes a lot of sense,” Barber said Wednesday. “Kirk Cousins is actually the more viable option, because Kirk Cousins will sit in the pocket and find his guy and read a defense and ...

Daniel Jeremiah Thinks Kirk Cousins Could Come To 49ers

... a strategy for finding their next quarterback. “We’re working on that tirelessly. I wouldn’t say 24 hours (a day), but we’re darn close,” Lynch said on KNBR this week. “There’s been many nights when I’ve been over in my hotel, waking up in the middle of the night thinking about that very thing.”. We wrote Thursday about former Patriots executive Mike Lombardi on a podcast saying he thinks the most likely landing spot for Patriots backup Jimmy Garoppolo is San Francisco – although he also said he thinks Garoppolo will stay in New England. Washington’s Kirk Cousins is another notable quarterback that could be on the move this spring. And another media member that runs in league circles thinks the Pro-Bowl signal caller may join the 49 ers. Jim Harbaugh quips that he deserves medal for lasting 4 years with 49 ers. Former NFL scout Daniel Jeremiah, now a draft analyst for NFL Network, in a radio spot in San Diego and on his “Move the Sticks” podcast this week indicated he thinks Cousins is bound for the Bay Area, this offseason or the next. “The more I talk to people around the league, the more sense I get that, not only is this thing not ...