It remains unknown if Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins will re-sign with Minnesota or be part of a exceptional group in free agency. But ESPN’s Field Yates printed on Friday that he expects Cousins will get paid in a big way no be counted the place the veteran signal-caller signs.
“No need to overthink this one, as Cousins is going to cash in once again, despite being just 4.5 months eliminated from a torn proper Achilles,” Yates explained. “He used to be enjoying remarkable soccer at the time of his harm and is the best free-agent quarterback available in a thin market and in a league with a bunch of groups determined for an upgrade. If you informed me that Cousins winds up signing a two-year, $100M completely guaranteed contract, I would not be stunned.”
According to Spotrac, Cousins has earned over $231M from his NFL contracts considering the fact that the spring of 2012. That’s spectacular for a quarterback with a 1-3 profession postseason record.
There have been whispers this previous fall when Minnesota was 1-4 that counseled some inside the Vikings regarded buying and selling Cousins at that time due to the fact he was once set to hit free business enterprise this month. While he helped the membership get again to 4-4, the torn Achilles he suffered on Oct. 29 ended his season.
Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk stated before in the week that the Atlanta Falcons “have continually been the pinnacle alternative to the Vikings for Cousins,” in part due to the fact the 35-year-old’s wife grew up in nearby Alpharetta, Georgia. Florio introduced that he had acquired “very credible indications that Cousins is critically thinking about shifting his family to Atlanta.”
“…He was once leading the league in landing passes and 2d in passing yards via Week 7 (was injured in Week 8) and is the surest thing amongst the free agent quarterbacks this offseason,” Yates added about Cousins.
According to ESPN stats, Cousins completed this previous regular season ranked seventh in the NFL amongst qualified players with a 63.2 adjusted QBR and third with a 103.8 passer rating. Across eight games, he tossed 18 landing passes and five interceptions.
Per Hunter Hodies of The Spun, Tom Pelissero of NFL Network indicated during a Friday look on “The Rich Eisen Show” that Cousins needs “to see what precisely the marketplace is out there” and could signal with a group as soon as subsequent week. It sounds like Minnesota may have to come up with 100 million motives to keep Cousins from relocating to Georgia ahead of the Easter holiday.
