Burner's Burning Questions: Free Agency, Mock Drafts, Camps, Roster Predictions, 2018
Greetings from BBQ. We hope your week is going well. The combine starts today and we will have periodic updates as needed.
Free agency, the draft, and training camp will be here before you know it. March 14 will be here quickly and all the trades, re-signings, tags, releases, new free agents, and re-worked contracts will be known.
Who will we target in free agency? Who will we re-sign? Who will we not re-sign? Who will get released? Feel free to offer your opinions and predictions.
We take the latest chatter from Redskins Park and media pundits as BBQ tries to formulate what could happen in the coming days, weeks and months.
Free Agents Obtained:
Free Agents Re-signed:
Quinton Dunbar, CB/ST – (Signed Three Year Deal, 1/1/18)
Mason Foster, ILB – (Signed Two Year Deal, 1/25/18)
Trade:
Alex Smith, QB
Kendall Fuller, CB (Traded to the Chiefs)
Restricted Free Agents:
Ty Nsehke, OT – (Very Likely Tendered)
Deshazor Everett, SS/ST – (Very Likely Tendered)
Exclusive Rights Free Agents:
Tyler Catalina, OG – (Very Likely Tendered)
Contract Extension:
Alex Smith, QB (Four Year Extension, Five Years Total)
Pending Free Agents:
Kirk Cousins, QB – (Sayonara)
Terrelle Pryor, WR – (Very Likely Walk)
Shawn Lauvao, OG – (Very Likely Walks)
Niles Paul, TE/ST – (Unknown)
Spencer Long, OG/C – (Probably Walks)
Ryan Grant, WR – (Probably Re-signs)
DeAngelo Hall, FS – (Very Likely Retires)
Arthur Jones, DT – (Probably Walks)
Zach Brown, ILB – (Unknown)
Bashaud Breeland, CB – (Possibly Walks)
Will Compton, ILB – (Unknown)
Trent Murphy, OLB – (Unknown)
Junior Galette, OLB – (Unknown)
Chris Carter, LB/ST – (Unknown)
Tony Bergstrom, C – (Very Likely Walks)
Brian Quick, WR – (Likely Walks)
Zach Vigil, ILB – (Possibly Re-signs)
Phil Taylor, DT – (Unknown)
Dustin Hopkins, K – (Very Likely Re-signs)
Possible Release Candidates:
Keith Marshall, RB – (Cap Savings, $33K – Dead Cap, $538.6K)
Byron Marshall, RB – (Cap Savings, $630K – Dead Cap, $0)
Jordan Reed, TE – (Cap Savings, $5.2M – Dead Cap, $5.4M)
T.J. Clemmings, OT – (Cap Savings, $705K – Dead Cap, $0)
Arie Kouandjio, OG – (Cap Savings, $705K – Dead Cap, $0)
Demetrius Rhaney, C – (Cap Savings, $705K – Dead Cap, $0)
A.J. Francis, DE – (Cap Savings, $705K – Dead Cap, $0)
Su'a Cravens, SS – (Cap Savings, $1.36M – Dead Cap, $1.7M)
Offseason Updates:
Multiple reports suggest that the Redskins are looking to trade Su'a Cravens.
Redskins beat reporter J.P. Finlay of NBCS Washington says that the tag and trade stance that the Miami Dolphins for Jarvis Landry considerably weakens the Kirk Cousins stance of tag and trade.
The Green Bay Packers are reported to have an interest in adding pending free agent Trent Murphy.
The current cap stands at $167M and the expected 2018 cap could be $179M, possibly more.
As you know we ended the process of listing free agents from other teams, but this offseason is full of unpredictability. We will list some players of interest this year, but it won't be a comprehensive list and there is no way we can sign all of them.
Carlos Hyde, RB
Dion Lewis, RB
Isaiah Crowell, RB
Sammy Watkins, WR
Marqise Lee, WR
Paul Richardson, WR
Donte Moncrief, WR
Josh Sitton, OG
Greg Robinson, OT/OG
Luke Joeckel, OG
Jeremiah Attaochu, OLB
Barkevious Mingo, OLB
Dee Ford, OLB
Demario Davis, ILB
Jon Bostic, ILB
Sheldon Richardson, DE
Brent Urban, DE
DaQuan Jones, DT
Daniel McCullers, DT
Bennie Logan, DE/DT
Beau Allen, DT
Aaron Colvin, CB
Kyle Fuller, CB
This list will grow, shrink, and change quite a bit. Feel free to produce a list of your own – we look forward to it.
With the new extension for Alex Smith as he joins the Redskins, we have learned that the total deal is for five years (four year extension).
Rich Tandler believes Bennie Logan is a primary target in free agency.
Personal Thoughts:
While it is tough to lose Kendall Fuller, the quarterback position is now settled for the next few years. Kirk Cousins never had any intention of signing a long term deal here. It is time to move forward.
BBQ believes that if Su'a Cravens is not traded, Bruce Allen will hold on to him until the final cuts.
Even if it is a longshot for Kirk Cousins to be tagged and traded, we still can't fully rule it out (based on the speculation from J.P. Finlay). Strongest candidates to land him are still the Jets, Broncos, and Vikings.
BBQ believes that a quarterback will be selected by the Redskins in the middle rounds of the upcoming draft.
See you as we go along.
Hail To The Redskins!
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