That it's
the third franchise tag would mean a 144 percent increase in pay, which equals a franchise number in 2013 of more than $ 23 million.
Not exact matches
Cousins has gotten the
franchise tag from Washington the past two seasons, but won't likely get a
third after Washington just traded for Alex Smith.
It's far more convenient for Pittsburgh from a financial perspective to take this one year at a time until the
franchise tag jumps a
third time next year.
Kirk Cousins was set to be a free agent, and after getting the
franchise tag for two straight years,
tagging him a
third time would've cost an extraordinary amount of money.
A
third consecutive
franchise tag for Cousins would mean the quarterback is set to make a $ 34.5 million fully guaranteed salary in 2018.