Official 2018 Other NFL News

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^ Nope.

No way does Washington tie up $45-50+ million on 2 QBs this offseason. Cousins will cost $34.5 mil. Neither Spotrac or OTC have Smith's new deal in cap terms, but his 2018 number was $20 million. Even if he cut that by a third, he's still at $14 mil for the year.

There is no way Cousins helps Washington by not signing the franchise tender.

The only way this is possible is if Washington pushed ALL of the cap hit into future years. Even then, teams will wait them out. No way does Washington let Smith and Cousins compete directly in camp.

[ThunderDan]

^ Nope.

No way does Washington tie up $45-50+ million on 2 QBs this offseason. Cousins will cost $34.5 mil. Neither Spotrac or OTC have Smith's new deal in cap terms, but his 2018 number was $20 million. Even if he cut that by a third, he's still at $14 mil for the year.

There is no way Cousins helps Washington by not signing the franchise tender.

The only way this is possible is if Washington pushed ALL of the cap hit into future years. Even then, teams will wait them out. No way does Washington let Smith and Cousins compete directly in camp.

Remember when we thought we could do that with Flynn. Ain’t going to happen.

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Remember when we thought we could do that with Flynn. Ain’t going to happen.

Yeah, its just too precious. You need a deal all lined up with someone when they know you will release him.

There is a chance it could work because teams do dumb things all the time with QBs, but you are taking an incredible chance and mucking up your cap and free agent acquisitions to get a 3rd round pick returned.

But most importantly, you have trashed your relationship with Cousins for 3 straight offseasons, including two bad contract offers and one trade for his replacement. Not only won't he help, he might sign the tender before the delivery guy leaves his driveway.