Quarterback Kirk Cousins will turn 30 years old during training camp next summer.
Where he is when he blows out the candles will be one of the major NFL storylines after this season. Washington has held onto him the past two years with the franchise tag.
If Washington were to place the tag on him for an unprecedented third consecutive year, Cousins would earn $34.5 million next year.
“I know they like him,” former 49ers and Washington general manager Scot McCloughan said recently on the 49ers Insider Podcast. “I know he likes it there.