according to mike florio of pro football talk, cousins wanted a deal of 40 million guaranteed.e stirred the pot saying they were never willing to match his asking price, saying they could hire somebody else if needed. he thinks the team is risking it, not cousins. >> he has to come out of this with 20 million. for the team, the risk is cousins is going to be great and you're going to have to pay him a gigantic contract next year based under the franchise tag, or you let him go to market and let the market set his value, and he decides he's going to go with someone else and you don't have a replacement who ends up being capable and cousins goes on to be a star with other teams. there is more risk for the team, i think, than for the player at this point because the team never put enough money on the table that created the kind of risk that would make the player >> mike florio of football talk. i wish i could say that wraps up the kirk cousins contract discussion, but deal after deal probably continuing -- >> for many months, right? >> you said it, yeah. >> we're very familiar wit

our next story has redskins fans talking today thanks to mike florio today reporting that the team lowrk cousins prepared along to let him play under the franchise tag and redskins officials feel that he's replaceable. >> the core issue here washington believe -- specifically does the gm believe he can find somebody comparable to cousins who would be cheaper under a slotted rookie contract than what it would cost to give kirk cousins what he wants. he wanted 44 million a year fully guaranteed now. they weren't willing to do that. next year stakes are higher. will they do 24 million? will they sign him to a long-term deal or will they move on? he'll come out of this with 20 million which has to be more than he thought he would earn in his career. the team, cousins is going to be great and you have to pay him a gigantic contract or let him go to the market and let them set the value and he'll sign with someone else and you don't have a replacement who ends up being capable and cousins goes on to be a star with another team. there's more risk for the team than player at this point because