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Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins is at Jammin Java in Vienna on Friday for a two-hour, question-and-answer session with fans hosted by 106.7 The Fan’s Grant Paulsen and Danny Rouhier. During the sold-out event, which will benefit the D.C. Dream Center, Cousins is expected to answer questions about his six years in Washington and his uncertain future. This post will be updated with Cousins’s comments throughout the afternoon. You can listen to Cousins’s Q&A here.

Shortly after Cousins was introduced to applause, Paulsen wasted no time asking one of the key questions that will factor into whether Cousins is in D.C. next season: Do you want to be a Washington Redskin?

“That has been the question, right?” Cousins said with a laugh. “That’s what we talked about last summer in July. The short answer is yes. I just feel that it’s been a very positive six years. Obviously, we don’t have Super Bowl rings to show for it, we don’t have playoff wins, but it’s a privilege to play here. I’ve felt that for all six seasons. I’d be foolish to say I don’t want to be here. It is truly a dream come true and a privilege to be here. Now obviously, it’s not that simple or that easy, and we have time to figure all that out, and work through all the circumstances that have to take place to feel really good about that, but I do feel the short answer is yes and let’s work through it.”

welch wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2018/01/05/id-be-foolish-to-say-i-dont-want-to-be-here-highlights-from-kirk-cousinss-fan-event/?utm_term=.9fceeec15c34

El Mexican wrote:

welch wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dc-sports-bog/wp/2018/01/05/id-be-foolish-to-say-i-dont-want-to-be-here-highlights-from-kirk-cousinss-fan-event/?utm_term=.9fceeec15c34

So basically, we're still at an impasse. He says he wants to be here but that there are lots of things to iron out if all parts agree.

Anyone has Alex Smith's cell phone?

langleyparkjoe wrote:I told Cousins to check out my sig..

He asked, what's a Hog Bowl?

langleyparkjoe wrote:I told Cousins to check out my sig..

He asked, what's a Hog Bowl?

welch wrote:

langleyparkjoe wrote:I told Cousins to check out my sig..

He asked, what's a Hog Bowl?

But the Tick Tock is a neighborhood place! Still there?

langleyparkjoe wrote:

welch wrote:

langleyparkjoe wrote:I told Cousins to check out my sig..

He asked, what's a Hog Bowl?

But the Tick Tock is a neighborhood place! Still there?

My friend, though the building is still there, they haven't been opened in years. The owner who owns (or owned) about 75% of the liquor stores in the area was arrested many years ago with charges including fraud, underage sales, and many other business crimes. Now it's just an old building that we may pass and remember the good ole days.

welch wrote:

langleyparkjoe wrote:

welch wrote:But the Tick Tock is a neighborhood place! Still there?

My friend, though the building is still there, they haven't been opened in years. The owner who owns (or owned) about 75% of the liquor stores in the area was arrested many years ago with charges including fraud, underage sales, and many other business crimes. Now it's just an old building that we may pass and remember the good ole days.

Sad, sad.

SkinsJock wrote:sounds like our franchise - the best memories are from the previous century

This saga is already ridiculous and the Skins have allowed it to fester in a way most organizations could never fathom. They're right back in the same spot for three straight years with a top-10 quarterback (top seven or eight, I would surmise). So at this point you have to try to think how Dan Snyder and Bruce Allen would approach this backward quandary, and not just let logic and reason be your guide. After giving Cousins $44 million for two years, and fostering a hostile climate with their fanbase in the process, they can't just let Cousins just walk now. Cousins won't entertain any offers until the tag window closes, and this owner will be destroyed in Washington if he doesn't at least retain Cousins' services then.
The transition tag saves them potentially $6 million and, with these sides nowhere close on Cousins' fair market value, it allows another team to set that market for them. Sure, if the Skins can't match an offer sheet they get no compensation (as opposed to a likely third-round comp pick in 2019 should they merely let him hit the market), but that's almost beside the point now. If someone else structures a deal in the way Washington deems too rich, then the team can leave the situation on its terms. And maybe a trade comes from a tag. As for the interested teams, the Browns' previous front office would have been at the head of the list, but I don't see that now with John Dorsey at the helm (more on him next). The Broncos and Cardinals might make sense too, but the team I believe will make the most concerted effort to land Cousins is the Jets. They have the want and the ability and more cap space than you would ever need, and they won too many games to have a top QB fall to them in the draft.

DEHog wrote:I think this is the best course of action for the Skins. With the draft having multiple QB’s and a good number of QB’s hitting the FA market, I think the price for Cousins is going to come down a bit this year. If you can get a Smith, Keenum, or Bridgewater for 5-10 mil less than Cousins, I think you do it??

DarthMonk wrote:I'd like to draft a few more stud defenders and go to a 4-3. This would have Kerrigan rushing the passer and run stopping more while covering less. It would have a slow LB in the middle instead 2 slow LBs at ILB and another slow one at OLB on the left. We already have better personnel for a 4-3. Let's get all the way there.

Gruden will scheme guys open and move the ball with just decent personnel on offense. I'd love to have a true dual threat RB and a solid game manager at QB with a killer defense.

Current 4-3 depth chart anyone???

DE Smith ?
DT Ioannidis
DT Hood
DE Kerrigan

OLB Gallette ?
MLB Spaight ?
OLB Brown

CB Norman
CB Breeland

SS ?
FS Swearinger

Seems like we could be aggressive with a group like this in a pass happy league.

El Mexican wrote:Well probably end up with a guy drafted with the "the best player available" philosophy. Seeing the huge holes we have practically everywhere on both Offense and Defense, that could end up being a good thing :p

One more thing: I wouldn't rule out a huge cache of picks by a late trade for Cousins. Most probably from Denver. Just my gut feeling.

DarthMonk wrote:I'd like to draft a few more stud defenders and go to a 4-3. This would have Kerrigan rushing the passer and run stopping more while covering less. It would have a slow LB in the middle instead 2 slow LBs at ILB and another slow one at OLB on the left. We already have better personnel for a 4-3. Let's get all the way there.

Gruden will scheme guys open and move the ball with just decent personnel on offense. I'd love to have a true dual threat RB and a solid game manager at QB with a killer defense.

Current 4-3 depth chart anyone???

DE Smith ?
DT Ioannidis
DT Hood
DE Kerrigan

OLB Gallette ?
MLB Spaight ?
OLB Brown

CB Norman
CB Breeland

SS ?
FS Swearinger

Seems like we could be aggressive with a group like this in a pass happy league.