QB Cousins likely won’t negotiate deal until March
Kirk Cousins said he is likely to wait until March for any possible negotiations with the Redskins, indicating he would first make the team decide whether to apply a transition or franchise tag on him for the third year in a row.
Appearing at a fan forum aired live on the local radio station on which the quarterback makes weekly regular-season appearances, Cousins said Friday he believes the Redskins are “all in” on trying to sign him to a long-term contract.
“I see us taking our time. I see us waiting and being patient,” Cousins said.
“Let’s see what they do,” he added later during the nearly two-hour question-and-answer session. “I don’t need to force anybody’s hand.”
BEARS: Chicago interviewed the offensive coordinators in Minnesota and New England for their coaching job on Friday. The Bears met with Pat
Shurmur in Minnesota in the morning before meeting Josh McDaniels in New England.
RAVENS: Baltimore hired James Urban as its quarterbacks coach and gave running backs coach
Greg Roman the additional title of assistant head coach.
Urban spent the past seven seasons as wide re- ceivers coach of the Bengals. Before that, he was quarterbacks coach of the Eagles. ALL-PRO: Antonio Brown was one of four repeaters from last season on the Associated Press 2017 NFL All-Pro Team, and the only unanimous choice.
The brilliant Steelers wide receiver drew all 50 ballots Friday from a nationwide panel of media members who regularly cover the league.
He was among four players to make a fourth All-Pro squad, joining New England tight end Rob Gronkowski, Carolina linebacker Luke Kuechly and Rams punter Johnny Hekker. DOLPHINS: Receiver Jarvis Landry has been fined $48,620 by the NFL for unsportsmanlike conduct, but he avoided a suspension for his role in a brawl with the Bills.
MEDIA: ESPN, the current employer of former NFL Network analysts Don
ovan McNabb and Eric Davis, fired the two radio hosts and ex-NFL stars Friday after a month-long investigation into allegations of sexual harrassment at the old network. McNabb and Davis had been suspended indefinitely since last month, when their names first surfaced in the lawsuit.