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Redskins president says Cousins could play under third-straight franchise tag

Related Topics: Kirk Cousins, Andrew Luck

  • Team president Bruce Allen said, “Yes,” when asked by CSN Mid-Atlantic if he was willing to tag QB Kirk Cousins for a third consecutive year. A third tag would mean Cousins would earn $34 million in 2018; right now, Indianapolis’ Andrew Luck is slated to be the highest-paid NFL quarterback in 2018, with a cap hit of $24.4 million.
  • Cousins has improved his play in each of the past three years, and in 2016, he cracked the top-10 in highest QB grades, at 85.9, ranking eighth out of 34 eligible QBs.