Kirk Cousins - Extension?

that's the scary part.  if kirk were willing to go 20 to 25 mil to let the team add pieces around him i'd have no issue with keeping him, but with his contract history i just don't see him doing that.  at this point i hope we can just ride out the last year of his deal and start over at qb next season.   the only other scenario i might could see would be a team like san fran maybe trading for him and dumping jimmy g.  that might be the only team he would waive his no trade clause for.  wishful thinking on my part but that would be a way out of this mess

Let's break this up into the component parts:

Q: "why would Kirk take an extension that isn't fully gtd like his original contract was?"
A: a) because he might receive more guaranteed money by accepting a more conventional long term extension and/or b) because he doesn't have the leverage at this point that he did when he was a full blown FA with multiple bidders

Q:  "why would he accept an extension which isn't a raise?"
A: He likely won't, but that doesn't rule out an extension that is structured to lower his 2020 cap hit.

These are not mutually exclusive.  It is possible that Kirk could get a long term extension, with more guaranteed money than his last contract, at a higher annual average pay, while STILL lowering his 2020 cap hit.

I certainly realize that this is an unpopular thought for many here, however that doesn't mean it can't happen.  That was all I was trying to say in that earlier post about that article author who either didn't understand this or didn't want to acknowledge this.

I probably wouldn't extend Kirk for the purpose of "signing more free agents." Trying to build a team through high priced free agents is a fools errand. I would like to extend him to ensure continuity and continued high performance at the QB position. I don't want to go back to first round reaches and exploding knees. Been there, done that.

And how do you come up with $40 million a year?  Even Prescott isn't being offered that.

He isn’t being offered that but early reports last offseason was that’s what he wanted.

It’s just my guess. But if the CBA gets approved with an extra game and the players getting a larger share of the revenue, there will be a significant jump in the cap. QBs are going to want the same percentage of the cap they were getting before.

Top QB contracts right now are averaging 34-35M. It’s just an educated guess. But that’s what I’m expecting.

it would save us cap space for this season, but after that probably more of 30 mil a year type cap hits.