Looking Ahead: Re-Signing Players Within The Next Year

[redskinsfan]

Outside of Kirk, who's playing on the tag, who might be possible candidates for an extension, possibly during the season? Two obvious ones are those on contract years, i.e., Chris Baker and D-Jax. The other two would be Bashaud Breeland and Morgan Moses.

This obviously depends on how they perform and/or how others may play out during the season next year. If all these guys are candidates, anyone want to venture a guess how much they'd get? Keep in mind that, based on a projected $166M cap, Over The Cap projects our 2017 cap space at just over $40M. But a large part of that may get eaten up by the potentially large payday Kirk may end up getting. Maybe we could simply re-sign those on contract years between now and next offseason and figure out people like Breeland and Moses later on. But that could be dicey if we let that play out and we've got to play the tag game again.

One other thing to consider are teams with cap space that will also be looking for a QB in 2017. These include the Cardinals ($62.9M), Bears ($62.4M), Niners ($44.5M), and Browns ($44.2M). Tagging Kirk would again gobble up cap space, which could make re-signing others less likely. Or if you don't tag Kirk and let him test the market, one of those teams may give him a deal that may bust our cap -- one one that we can't match. This all may have informed the team's decision to stick to its guns on taking a hardline in its talks with Kirk these past few months. But whether it was or not, the Redskins have some difficult choose to a make, some which they may want to address sooner rather than later.

 

[skinsdad62]

We have good cap space . Things will work out

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

I was thinking today that if Kirk had another good year even the franchise tag may not protect him. There are several teams desperate enough to make a huge offer with the understanding that they are giving up 2 firsts for their QB of the future. If the contract offer is too high the Skins will have a tough decision to make. There is no guarantee those 2 picks will turn into a long term answer at QB and even if you hit on the guy it will take a few years to get where Kirk would be after this year. Again assuming he has a repeat season as last year.

But back to that list I think Breeland could be a candidate to get a huge offer and move on. Considering our depth and other needs it may make sense not to put another huge deal for another CB on the books.

 

[skinsdad62]

KC would have to be the next Drew Bree's for that to happen

 

[SoCalWizFan]

KC would have to be the next Drew Bree's for that to happen

Yep & if that were the case it would be highly unlikely that Cousins would leave. The team would no doubt give him very big money at that time & he would get to continue his success with a very talented group of players who are all familiar with each other. The other suitors would likely mainly consist of teams struggling on offense. Why would anyone in that situation go elsewhere for a little more $$?

This in no way appears to be a situation where Cousins is miffed & appears to have any sort of beef with the Redskins. He appears to be more than happy to prove himself and make big money down the road.

 

[Darrell Green Fan]

Yeah I agree my scenario probably won't happen, just threw it out there to be a dick.