“Tag! I’m it!,” Washington Redskins quarterback Kirk Cousins wrote on Twitter Tuesday afternoon, confirming what had become inevitable in recent weeks: He was getting the franchise tag for a second straight year.
Cousins, 28, received the “exclusive” version of the tag, meaning he is not allowed to negotiate deals with other teams as he would if he had gotten the the non-exclusive franchise tag. Washington, however, still can A) negotiate a long-term deal between now and July 15 with Cousins, who set a franchise record last year with 4,197 passing yards, and B) discuss a trade with another team.