ANALYSIS/OPINION:
In the next four days, we will have a level of clarification concerning the relationship between Kirk Cousins and the Washington Redskins.
If the two sides reach an agreement on a long-term contract for the quarterback by the July 17 deadline to do so or play the 2017 season under a $24 million franchise tag, then we will know that there was, at the very least, a level of respect between the two sides that paved over what had been a rocky road toward a long-term relationship – or maybe at least enough money to ignore such issues as respect.