The long shot - go after Kirk Cousins in Free Agency

Well for one he got treated badly in Wash in spite of getting franchised and his last two years have really been what I call top 10 QB quality. Chicago has a need as do a lot ofmteams but he could step into a good situation with a new coach, O Coodinator, and a team flush with CAP space. A lot of things could be fixed this offseason to accelarate the rebuld. Anything can happen but 99% of the time it doesn't.

True but as noted a lot of things (I mean all the stars would have to align perfectly for this to happen) can happen in one off season. We have an interesting mix of veterans and young players who comprise the nucleus (Albeit many are injured) of a team that can accelerate it's rebuild with maybe 2-3 Free Agency signings (Young players like QB and CB as examples). Look I realize this is a koolaid thread at best but there is always that .01% chance Pace will hit home runs on all his dealings. Cousins could be a great target if he makes it to FA. And by cutting Cutler before June 1st you already have about 55% of his projected yearly salary and CAP hit (14M of 25M).

Redskins have already said that they're working on a long-term deal and they'll FT him again if necessary.

The bottom line is if the Skins come up with the cash Cousins will stay despite how he feels about management....cash is always king. Further as has been mentioned the Skins said they would franchise him again...talk about a bet on yourself that has paid off. Even if he doesn't come to a long term deal he will still make 24 million in 2017. That means between 2016 and 2017 he'll make a combined 44 million guaranteed. Thats also why he isn't going to come cheap at all.