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For the second straight season, Washington quarterback Kirk Cousins was unable to come to a long-term agreement on a contract by the start of free agency, and was instead given the franchise tag.  He played out the 2016 season on the tag, which was worth $19,953,000, all of it guaranteed. He clearly

Since we don’t know how the careers of the players picked by the Redskins yesterday will turn out we must dig in a little more to come up with a grade for the draft headed up by Bruce Allen. For the record, the trade (picks 201 and 220 from Washington to Minnesota in exchange for picks 199 and 230) was just about a wash on the Jimmy Johnson trade chart, with the Redskins giving up a statistically insignificant one point of value. Whether center Chase Roullier, the player they traded up to draft, makes the team and has an impact or not is not going to make or break the draft but it should be noted that they gave up something of value to get him so it was a player they wanted to make sure they got as his name was still on the board. The deals that got them up to 10 picks had already been made by Scot McCloughan on draft day last year as he added picks in the fourth, fifth, and sixth rounds with various trades.

Here is what you need to know on this Tuesday, April 24, two days before the April 27 NFL draft. Timeline Days until: —Redskins rookie camp (5/12) 17 —Redskins OTAs start (5/24) 29 —Training camp starts (7/27) 93 —Redskins opener vs. Eagles (9/10) 138 Let’s make a deal Even though the Redskins have 10 picks going into the draft, Scott Campbell, the team’s college scouting director, said that they will still be open to making deals to add more. Washington has one pick in each of the seven rounds plus additional selections in the fourth, sixth, and seventh rounds. Campbell said that the team will be happy to add picks if the right deal is on the table. He is not concerned about having too large