Burner's Burning Questions: Free Agency, Mock Drafts, Camps, Roster Predictions, 2018
Greetings from BBQ. We hope your week is going well. Free Agency has arrived with a flurry of activity and that should continue for the remainder of this week.
OTAs, the draft, mini camps, and training camp will be here before you know it, but we're talking free agency now and all the trades, re-signings, tags, releases, new free agents, and re-worked contracts are becoming 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:
Paul Richardson, WR – (Signed Five Year Deal, 3/15/18)
Sam Irwin Hill, P – (Details To Come)
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)
Deshazor Everett, SS/ST – (Signed Two Year Deal, 3/6/18)
Dustin Hopkins, K – (Signed Three Year Deal, 3/12/18)
Brian Quick, WR – (Signed, 3/14/18)
Zach Brown, ILB – (Signed Three Year Deal, 3/15/18)
Trade:
Alex Smith, QB
Kendall Fuller, CB (Traded to the Chiefs)
Restricted Free Agents:
Ty Nsehke, OT – Tendered (Second Round Tender, 3/12/18)
Exclusive Rights Free Agents:
Contract Extension:
Alex Smith, QB (Four Year Extension, Five Years Total)
Pending Free Agents:
Kirk Cousins, QB – (Signed With Vikings)
Terrelle Pryor, WR – (Very Likely Walks)
Shawn Lauvao, OG – (Very Likely Walks)
Niles Paul, TE/ST – (Signed With Jaguars)
Spencer Long, OG/C – (Signed With Jets)
Ryan Grant, WR – (Signed With Ravens, Voided by Failed Physical)
DeAngelo Hall, FS – (Very Likely Retires)
Arthur Jones, DT – (Probably Walks)
Bashaud Breeland, CB – (Signed With Panthers)
Will Compton, ILB – (Very Likely Walks)
Trent Murphy, OLB – (Signed with Bills)
Junior Galette, OLB – (Unknown)
Chris Carter, LB/ST – (Unknown)
Tony Bergstrom, C – (Very Likely Walks)
Zach Vigil, ILB – (Possibly Re-signs)
Phil Taylor, DT – (Unknown)
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.
Kirk Cousins to the Vikings. Reports suggest he will received a fully guaranteed $84M contract for three years.
The new cap for 2018 is $177.2M.
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.
Luke Joeckel, OG
Preston Brown, ILB
Jon Bostic, ILB
Benson Mayowa, DE
Sheldon Richardson, DT/DE
Bennie Logan, DE/DT
Dominque Rodgers-Cromartie, 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).
Personal Thoughts:
While it is tough to lose Kendall Fuller, the quarterback position is now settled for the next few years.
BBQ believes that if Su'a Cravens is not traded, Bruce Allen will hold on to him until the final cuts.
See you as we go along.
Hail To The Redskins!
Da'Ron Payne, come on down!
