The most important offensive chip to fall throughout the first wave of free company this offseason is certain to be Minnesota Vikings QB Kirk Cousins. Along with his contract having a no-trade clause and no-tag clause, the Vikings and Cousins have to return to a deal or his time in Minnesota is up. The foremost holdup within the Minnesota and Cousins talks is the assured cash. Final offseason, the Vikings and Cousins had a chance to get a long run deal finished however the assured cash is the place the talks ended.
One crew that repeatedly pops up as a possible Kirk Cousins vacation spot is the Atlanta Falcons. Mike Florio of Professional Soccer Discuss, amongst many others, has reported that the potential of a Cousins transfer to Atlanta is on the horizon for each events.
We’re choosing up very credible indications that Kirk Cousins is planning a possible transfer of his household from Minnesota to Atlanta. https://t.co/ZSlTq9tnMc
— ProFootballTalk (@ProFootballTalk) March 5, 2024
After hiring former Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris and former Rams passing recreation coordinator Zac Robinson to be Atlanta’s offensive coordinator, the potential for a Shanahan-style QB to enter Atlanta and have immediate success is there. Atlanta already has younger weapons like RB Bijan Robinson, WR Drake London and TE Kyle Pitts make the sport simple for any QB. For Cousins, the match is extremely easy.
Whereas he has the Achilles damage that took him out of 2023, Cousins had one of the best 12 months of his profession whereas taking part in below Vikings head coach/playcaller Kevin O’Connell, who got here from the Los Angeles Rams. In Atlanta a few of the verbiage would stay the identical as what Cousins would have in Minnesota, and he would have the chance to immediately contend in a division that’s as soon as once more, up for grabs. As well as, Cousins would greater than doubtless get the safety that Minnesota may not give him, contract-wise. The assured cash Atlanta may provide might exceed the quantity Minnesota offers, and that might make it tough for Minnesota to match something. His spouse is from Alpharetta, GA which is about half-hour exterior of Atlanta. That is also a significant component right here.
On the flip facet, the prospect of signing Cousins for the Falcons may carry some danger. At 35 years outdated, Cousins is coming off a significant Achilles damage. Whereas sports activities science has made main strides lately, the premise of signing an older QB to main assured cash coming off a significant damage at all times carries some danger. Cousins is a good QB who can instantly elevate the ground of an offense, however it’ll be tough to pay that cash to Cousins if he doesn’t totally get better from the damage. As well as, whereas Cousins has improved his play quite a bit below O’Connell, it’s value asking how excessive the ceiling is for a Cousins-led Falcon crew. Signing Cousins means the purpose is to be severe contenders, and may Cousins do this at this age coming off an damage?
If the rumors are actual, then the Falcons appear to have the within observe to signing Cousins. The place that goes, we’ll have to attend totally free company to start to see.
