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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Washington Redskins are planning to place either a franchise or transition tag on quarterback Kirk Cousins, reports ESPN\u2019s Adam Schefter.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tagging Cousins will keep him under team control for one year, giving the Redskins time to negotiate a long-term deal with him.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Ian Rapoport of NFL Network reported Washington has also not ruled out trading Cousins.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The four-year, $2.6 million contract Cousins signed with the Redskins in 2012 expired after this season, making him a free agent after March 1 if the team does not negotiate a contract extension or tag him.&amp;nbsp;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;\u2022 &lt;strong&gt;Ravens place franchise tag on K Justin Tucker&lt;/strong&gt;\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In his fourth year with the team, Cousins assumed the full-time starting role over Robert Griffin III and turned in the best season performance of his career. He logged a 69.8% completion rate for 4,166 yards and 29 touchdowns.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Redskins have the No. 21 pick in this year\u2019s draft after finishing the season 9\u20137.\r\n\r\n&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;- Erin Flynn&lt;/em&gt;\r\n&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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