Washington Redskins

Despite rumors and educated guesses that quarterback Kirk Cousins will head to the Bay Area to play for his former coach next season, talk keeps coming out of D.C. indicating the dart-throwing QB will remain in our nation’s capitol in 2018.

The veteran QB is set to be a free agent in 2018 and has been linked to the San Francisco 49ers

Pro Bowl quarterback Kirk Cousins and the Redskins have seven days to knock out a longterm deal for beyond the 2017 season. If they do not come to an agreement by 4 pm on Monday, July 17, Cousins will officially be franchise tagged for next season only, and there is a strong possibility that the quarterback will become an unrestricted free agent next offseason.

“It’s important to remember in America our freedom of speech and expression is granted to us not only for warm and popular ideas, but also – and just as importantly – for unsavory and distasteful ones such as the Washington Redskins name and logo,” Ortiz said. Personally, I’m relieved that the supreme court has reiterated our freedom of expression without consequence from the government.”

The 49ers will hope the summer deadline passes without Cousins signing a new deal. Hoping, and coming up with a Plan B, is really all they can do at this point.

We have 10 more months of this. I know it’s a little early to be pondering about Kirk Cousins, but he really could end up becoming the most important decision Lynch and Shanahan ever make in San Francisco. Dealing with his agent is going to be anything but an easy task.

Kirk Cousins has finally signed the franchise tag offered to him by the Washington Redskins worth $23.9 million in guaranteed salary for the 2017 season, as first reported Adam Schefter of ESPN.

The 49ers won’t be signing Kirk Cousins to a deal in 2017 after the Washington Redskins chose to use their franchise tag on the Pro Bowl quarterback.

The speculation that Kirk Cousins may not want to return to the Washington Redskins, and that he could end up as San Francisco’s quarterback next season, continues to ramp up as we get closer to the NFL Combine on February 28.

Redskins general manager Scot McCloughan’s problems with alcohol abuse helped cost him his job as the San Francisco 49ers’ GM in 2010, after being a member of the organization’s front office for five years. Personal issues also led to his resignation from the Seahawks front office three years later.