Deadline passes, Cousins will play on franchise tag in 2016

[mastdark81]

UNRESTRICTED FREE AGENTS 2017
Tyrod Taylor
Blaine Gabbert
Mike Glennon
Ryan Nassib
Matt Barkley

POSSIBLY AVAILABLE THRU CUTS OR TRADE 2017
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Sam Bradford
Chase Daniels
Jay Cutler
Matt Stafford
Drew Stanton
Nick Foles
Colin Kaepernick
Josh McCown
AJ McCarron

[DarthMonk]

Or we could take the words of Scot McCloughan over those of others:

Seems like the logical thing to do.

[SkinsJock]

Or we could take the words of Scot McCloughan over those of others ...

isn't it great to finally have someone that tries to be as upfront as possible ...

until recently, people connected to this franchise and the DC area in general have shown a propensity for lies and misdirection

[Prowl33]

Franchise tag was best for both sides. We don't gamble a big contract on a guy with only 1 proven year. Kirk gets to bet on himself, and if he wins that bet, he is set for life, in Washington or elsewhere. There was pretty close to a 0% chance of a deal happening.

[Prowl33]

Oh and when it comes to inflated contracts, you can't look at it like things were even 5 years ago. Salary cap is jumping around 10m a year. So by the end of a 5 or 6byear deal, the team may have 30-40% more cap space than they do today, so you gotta look at the average of a 5 year or 6 year deal vs the average of the teams salary cap over that time period, then the numbers don't look as big, actually percent of salary cap wise, qbs are Maybe making less

[SkinsJock]

Oh and when it comes to inflated contracts, you can't look at it like things were even 5 years ago. Salary cap is jumping around 10m a year. So by the end of a 5 or 6byear deal, the team may have 30-40% more cap space than they do today, so you gotta look at the average of a 5 year or 6 year deal vs the average of the teams salary cap over that time period, then the numbers don't look as big, actually percent of salary cap wise, qbs are Maybe making less

[riggofan]

We do know that. His agent was demanding $44MM guaranteed in the first two years of the contract. That's more than $18MM a year.

That still doesn't mean that he "would have rejected $18mm a year". The team never offered him that much so you have no idea whether or not he and his agent would have accepted it or not. Right?? You're free to assume whatever you want, but you're stating something as fact that is not prove able.