NFL Extends Franchise Tag Deadline

June 20, 2017 Posted by Matt Pencek Featured Sports, National Sports

If the Redskins want to get a long term deal finalized with quarterback Kirk Cousins, they now have some extra time. The NFL has extended the franchise tag deadline from July 15 to July 17. It was mainly a result of the calendar. July 15th falls on a Saturday. The 17th is a Monday.

Dan Snyder and Bruce Allen have expressed their interest in keeping Cousins in burgundy and gold. That interest has not equated to action. Cousins has set the team’s single season passing record in each of the last two years. Yet instead of committing to Cousins franchise quarterback status, the Redskins have opted to apply the franchise tag.

If a deal is not agreed upon by the 17th, Cousins will be on a year contract that will pay nearly 25 million dollars.

About Matt Pencek

Matt joined WBOC in October 2015 as a Sports Broadcast Journalist. He is a native of Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. Matt graduated from Penn State where he received a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He started his broadcast career as the news/sports director of WEMR AM 1460 in his hometown of Tunkhannock. Matt held that same position for WALI/WROG radio in Cumberland, MD. His first television position was as the weekend sports anchor at WHAG-TV in Hagerstown, MD where he eventually became the Sports Director. Matt then moved to Florence, SC to become a sports reporter/anchor for WPDE-TV In 2011 along with his brother David, Matt co-authored The Great Book of Penn State Sports Lists. From 2012 – 2015 he was the lead radio play-by-play voice for The Friday Night High School Football Game of the Week for DE FOX Sports 1290 in Wilmington, DE. The last 2 years at the radio station Matt was the studio host during the University of Delaware Football radio broadcasts. He has also called the action for the both the Blue Hens men’s and women’s basketball teams. Outside of work, Matt is married to his wife Shannon and has two sons; Jack and Connor. E-mail Matt Pencek at mpencek@wboc.com and follow him on Twitter @mattpencek_wboc. Check out all stories by Matt.