The Facts: When he was asked about his desire for a long-term contract recently, Cousins said that he's in a "good place" right now and noted that many players are on one-year contracts without anyone making a major fuss. It was team president Bruce Allen's turn to talk about Cousins' contract status on Monday and cited Cousins' comments when saying the team was comfortable going into the season with Cousins playing on the franchise tag.
Diehards Line:Allen also said that the team remains interested in extending Cousins’ deal because the quarterback has gotten “better and better” and that he’s “always an optimist” about things working out. If a deal is going to be struck, it sounds like it might not come until the deadline for tagged players to sign multi-year deals. "It’s ongoing,” Allen told Master Tesfatsion of the Washington Post. “I really believe July 15, the league deadline, is really going to be the driving point to it. ..." As it always is. Stay tuned.