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has shown himself to be a capable NFL starting quarterback these last couple years, but he still has not received a long-term contract offer from his team. Instead, Washington has hit Cousins with the franchise tag in each of the last two offseasons.Cousins played out the 2016 season on the tag, which paid him just south of $20 million. He's during the 2017 season. There have Dan Hamhuis Men Jersey been a lot of rumors about his future, and whether he might play somewhere other than Washington after the coming season. San Francisco because of the presence of Kyle Shanahan, but coach Jay Gruden said he's not overly concerned because Cousins is ", and that's all I care about."As it turns out, Cousins may just be there beyond this season after all. ESPN is reporting that extension talks in recent days have taken on "an ."At last month's owners meetings in Chicago, president Bruce Allen Roman Josi Jersey and Cousins' agent, Mike McCartney, had their first face-to-face meeting in the two years since Washington first used the franchise tag on the starting quarterback, sources said. It was the first of two face-to-face meetings between the two sides, as they continue to negotiate a long-term deal.Now there is a belief that even if a deal doesn't get completed before the NFL deadline for franchise players next month -- and it still will be challenging, even with the thawing between the two sides -- that one could be struck after next season, keeping Cousins in Washington Filip Forsberg Kids Jersey long term.According to Adam Schefter, owner Daniel Snyder has become personally involved in negotiations, making it clear to Cousins that he wants the quarterback to remain in Washington long-term. The deadline for a long-term deal this season is July 15, and if no agreement is reached by then, Cousins will make that $24 million during the 2017 campaign. At that point, he'll have been paid close to $44 million in guaranteed money over two years, likely more than Ryan Hartman Kids Jersey Washington would have had to guarantee up front if they'd simply given him a long-term deal last offseason, considering his relative lack of track record at the time. If he has another strong season, they'll likely have to pony up at least that much more in guaranteed cash to reel him in on a long-term deal, based on the size of contracts for top-of-the-market quarterbacks. That fact is likely one of the things complicating any negotiations between the two sides, as well as the fact that Washington has only been a slightly above-average team with Cousins at Juuse Saros Kids Jersey the helm, and he looks more like a QB that is elevated by his excellent supporting cast rather than one that elevates the players around him with his own play.