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Redskins president says Cousins could play under third-straight franchise tag

LANDOVER, MD - OCTOBER 2: Quarterback Kirk Cousins #8 of the Washington Redskins celebrates after throwing a first quarter touchdown pass to tight end Jordan Reed #86 (not pictured) against the the Cleveland Browns at FedExField on October 2, 2016 in Landover, Maryland. (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)

By Brett Whitefield
Posted May 23, 2017 10:23 am EDT • Washington Commanders

Team president Bruce Allen said, “Yes,” when asked by CSN Mid-Atlantic if he was willing to tag QB Kirk Cousins for a third consecutive year. A third tag would mean Cousins would earn $34 million in 2018; right now, Indianapolis' Andrew Luck is slated to be the highest-paid NFL quarterback in 2018, with a cap hit of $24.4 million.

Cousins has improved his play in each of the past three years, and in 2016, he cracked the top-10 in highest QB grades, at 85.9, ranking eighth out of 34 eligible QBs.

Cousins has been one of the most accurate QBs in the league over the past two seasons, ranking second in 2015 with an adjusted-accuracy-percentage of 78.5 percent, and eighth in 2016 at 76.3 percent.

His accuracy translated on deep passes, ranking eighth in adjusted accuracy percentage on throws 20-plus yards downfield (50.0 percent), and also when under pressure (67.1 percent).

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