Tag Time For Cousins

February 28, 2017 Posted by Matt Pencek Featured Sports, National Sports

LOUDOUN COUNTY, Va. – The Washington Redskins announced today that they have placed the exclusive franchise tag on quarterback Kirk Cousins.

Last season, Cousins completed 406-of-606 passes (67.0 percent) for 4,917 yards with 25 touchdowns and 12 interceptions for a passer rating of 97.2. He finished the year with single-season team records in attempts, completions and passing yards and matched his team record for 300-yard passing games (seven).

Cousins is entering his sixth NFL season after originally being selected by the Redskins in the fourth round (102nd overall) of the 2012 NFL Draft. For his career, Cousins has appeared in 46 regular season games with 41 starts, completing 1,025-of-1,556 pass attempts for 12,113 yards with 72 touchdowns and 42 interceptions.

(from the Washington Redskins)

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