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Report: Eagles up offer to Sam Bradford
I trust Scot to do what he thinks is best when negotiating with Cousins on a long term deal. But the longer he waits, there's a danger that other deals will push Cousins' stock higher. The Eagles, who apparently want to re-sign the broken-down, middling-at-best Sam Bradford, have offered him a deal “at the top of his expected range on the open market." I'm not sure what that means or how much that is, but one thing is pretty clear: Cousins deserves a better deal than Bradford.
If the Eagles and Bradford agree to something like an $18M a year deal, Cousins will definitely ask for more. And before you blanch at the idea of Bradford getting that type of a deal, remember that he was supposedly offered an four-year, $72M deal before the season started. As of right now, it's a good guess that the price of admission for any negotiations on Cousins part will be the $16M option the Redskins gave to RGIII. You can be sure that Bradford's camp is thinking the same thing, arguing that Bradford is clearly better than 'Bob.' If that's the case, and Bradford accepts around something like a $17M or $18M deal, Cousins' wife might be an awfully happy camper soon. Of course, the Redskins can always tag Cousins, which should obviously come via the franchise tag. Word is that Cuz will eat that up and all will be well for at least this year on his end.
The issue for Scot is whether he wants to negotiate for certainty or to take a calculated risk on Cuz's market value either this year or next year. If Scot is a great evaluator of talent, he should base those decisions on how he projects Cousins to play in the next few seasons. Presumably, he's doing that and we hope he's got that pegged.
I trust Scot to do what he thinks is best when negotiating with Cousins on a long term deal. But the longer he waits, there's a danger that other deals will push Cousins' stock higher. The Eagles, who apparently want to re-sign the broken-down, middling-at-best Sam Bradford, have offered him a deal “at the top of his expected range on the open market." I'm not sure what that means or how much that is, but one thing is pretty clear: Cousins deserves a better deal than Bradford.
If the Eagles and Bradford agree to something like an $18M a year deal, Cousins will definitely ask for more. And before you blanch at the idea of Bradford getting that type of a deal, remember that he was supposedly offered an four-year, $72M deal before the season started. As of right now, it's a good guess that the price of admission for any negotiations on Cousins part will be the $16M option the Redskins gave to RGIII. You can be sure that Bradford's camp is thinking the same thing, arguing that Bradford is clearly better than 'Bob.' If that's the case, and Bradford accepts around something like a $17M or $18M deal, Cousins' wife might be an awfully happy camper soon. Of course, the Redskins can always tag Cousins, which should obviously come via the franchise tag. Word is that Cuz will eat that up and all will be well for at least this year on his end.
The issue for Scot is whether he wants to negotiate for certainty or to take a calculated risk on Cuz's market value either this year or next year. If Scot is a great evaluator of talent, he should base those decisions on how he projects Cousins to play in the next few seasons. Presumably, he's doing that and we hope he's got that pegged.