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In a perfect world the wouldn't be trying to salvage one of their two remaining pieces from the 2012 NFL Draft to create a quarterback of the future. But the world is hardly perfect, and it means the Redskins are doing their best to figure out Eric Hosmer Jersey a way to make their long-term solution.If he is their long-term solution anyway. GM Scot McCloughan said he is -- the i sue is no one knows for absolute certain if Cousins is a true "franchise" quarterback. He led the league in completion percentage last year, the Redskins won the division and ... he also didn't beat a single team with a winning record. Debates about quarterback wins aside, there is still some concern about Cousins' long-term viability.Which brings us to contract negotiations. Washington placed the franchise tag on Cousins, meaning he's going to make almost $20 million next year on a one-year deal.The Redskins Johnny Manziel Jersey have until July 15 to work out a long-term deal under CBA rules, but the team, , realizes there may be an impa se already reached on contract talks. From Robinson:Multiple league sources have told Yahoo Sports that Washington has come to Ozzie Smith Jersey the realization that it's going to take a "legitimate" franchise quarterback deal to make that happen.The difference we're talking about here? 's contract with the versus 's contract with the . Cutler's deal is chockful of guaranteed money and guaranteed years, while Kap has been playing on a year-to-year contract ever since he signed.Worth noting: Teams probably aren't bailing on guys with the year-to-year deals, because the alternative is to have no quarterback at all! But it's still betting on yourself instead of securing guaranteed money that cannot be taken away at any point no matter what. Guaranteed money is good.You could also, as Robinson does, compare Kap deals and the contract got from the , with $37 million guaranteed. There is no Wil Myers Jersey freaking way Cousins -- with a full year under his belt -- is taking le s than Osweiler, who has six career starts.And because of the franchise tag number, the guaranteed for Cousins starts Tony Gwynn Jersey at $20 million. So the starting point in these negotiations is $19 million a year and $40 million guaranteed.It's dumb because Cousins shouldn't be getting that kind of money given his production. But it's also the reality of the quarterback market today, which means at some point Kirk Cousins is going to receive millions and millions of dollars. If it's not from the Redskins, it will be from someone else.