What happens if Kirk signs the tag?

[PhillyGreen]

If Kirk Cousins signs the franchise tag the Skins are fucked. It would be a plan that backfired on them and Cousins still holds all the cards. Tagging Cousins is just under $29 mil and that entire amount goes against the Cap. The reason his tag amount is that high is because he had been tagged twice previously and there is 20% increase for each additional year a player is tagged. I think that is more than half of the Skins 2018 free agency/rookie pool money. They could give him the transition tag which is much cheaper at $19 million but it is a very bad strategic move because everyone in the NFL knows that the Skins will not pay $19 mil for a backup QB especially since that entire amount counts against the cap. The Skins have a lot of holes and can't afford to play salary cap chicken with a QB they have no intention of keeping on the roster

 

[gkekoa]

If Kirk Cousins signs the franchise tag the Skins are fucked. It would be a plan that backfired on them and Cousins still holds all the cards. Tagging Cousins is just under $29 mil and that entire amount goes against the Cap. The reason his tag amount is that high is because he had been tagged twice previously and there is 20% increase for each additional year a player is tagged. I think that is more than half of the Skins 2018 free agency/rookie pool money. They could give him the transition tag which is much cheaper at $19 million but it is a very bad strategic move because everyone in the NFL knows that the Skins will not pay $19 mil for a backup QB especially since that entire amount counts against the cap. The Skins have a lot of holes and can't afford to play salary cap chicken with a QB they have no intention of keeping on the roster

Incorrect sir. If the Skins FT him, he will cost 34 million for a season. It is the transition tag that yields 28 transition tag isn’t really an option because we won’t match a contract on the open market having just given AS a contract. Theoretically, they could take back the trade and the contract offered to AS after matching any contract offer on the transition tag but how much Ill will has the Redskins organization done to KC.

To Summise, it would be lunacy to tag KC.

 

[PhillyGreen]

Incorrect sir. If the Skins FT him, he will cost 34 million for a season. It is the transition tag that yields 28 transition tag isn’t really an option because we won’t match a contract on the open market having just given AS a contract. Theoretically, they could take back the trade and the contract offered to AS after matching any contract offer on the transition tag but how much Ill will has the Redskins organization done to KC.

To Summise, it would be lunacy to tag KC.

Holy Shit! $34 mil franchise tag? That is insane. If the transition tag truly is $28 mil there is no way the Skins can afford to play that game. If I was Cousins and they put either tag on me I would sign it immediately because that is guaranteed money. I don't think the Skins are going to do any of them becuase just as you said... It is lunacy to tag him.

 

[gkekoa]

Holy Shit! $34 mil franchise tag? That is insane. If the transition tag truly is $28 mil there is no way the Skins can afford to play that game. If I was Cousins and they put either tag on me I would sign it immediately because that is guaranteed money. I don't think the Skins are going to do any of them becuase just as you said... It is lunacy to tag him.

I am with you. I run all the way to the bank.

 

[Stymietee]

Everyone is saying that it's crazy to tag Kirk, that the original hole would only get deeper, that there's no way Washington does this, it's time to move on, a move like that leaves D.C. fucked and on and on and on. However, what you're all really saying is, that possibility remains closer to reality because, we have.....