One variable in Kirk Cousins’ contract negotiations has been the status of other quarterbacks — namely Raider Derek Carr and Lion Matthew Stafford — expected to get hefty, market-setting new deals.
On Thursday, Carr signed a five-year contract extension worth $125 million according to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. The deal makes Carr the highest-paid player in NFL history.
In football, the highest-paid quarterback is usually the most recently paid one. Now, Cousins’ representatives can use Carr’s new deal as a benchmark in his negotiations.
The Redskins can use the deal, too, though. In reality, it doesn’t do all that much for Cousins’ case to drive up his price.