Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins has turn into persona non grata inside and out of doors of Interstate 285. Nonetheless, he’ll stay on the roster at the least by way of 4:00 PM at the moment, when his $10 million roster bonus turns into due in 2026, in response to quite a few stories. Cousins made $62.5M in 2024. He’s due $27.5M in 2025. The additional $10M runs the whole paid to $100M.
Falcons Common Supervisor Terry Fontenot advised everybody Cousins could be on the roster in 2025, to the chagrin of many followers. Nonetheless, the cap hits Atlanta would take if Cousins is traded or launched outright are devastating. This yr, In 2025, Cousins carries a cap hit of $40,000,000 and a lifeless cap worth of $75,000,000.
Atlanta might half firm with the quarterback. Nonetheless, Cousins has a no-trade clause in his contract and should waive it if and provided that he generally is a starter elsewhere.
In the meantime, the vitriol lobbed towards Cousins has been nicely documented. Throughout Tremendous Bowl week, Cousins admitted to Jamie Erdahl of NFL Community he handled shoulder and elbow points after the Falcons suffered an inexplicable loss in opposition to the New Orleans Saints on Nov. 10.
“No one is ideal on this league. We’re by no means feeling 100%,” Cousins advised Erdahl. “[The achilles] didn’t actually have an effect on me an excessive amount of. However then in opposition to the Saints, received hit fairly good in my proper shoulder and elbow. From there, type of coping with that was one thing I used to be working by way of.
“Simply by no means might actually get it to the place I wished it. Now that the season is over, you’ve gotten the time and vitality to say, ‘Okay, let’s get the suitable ankle again, let’s get the suitable shoulder again, let’s get the elbow again.’ And if we will do this, really feel like I’ve a brand new life forward of me in professional soccer.”
It was evident Falcons Head Coach Raheem Morris would give Cousins ample alternatives to show he could possibly be efficient. Nonetheless, after Cousins struggled mightily within the win over the Las Vegas Raiders, his place as starter could be untenable. In a 5 recreation stretch Cousins threw just one landing and 9 interceptions. The Falcons received one recreation, misplaced 4, and fumbled management of their playoff future. At that time, Cousins led the NFL with 16 interceptions.
Michael Penix Jr. would ultimately be named the starter going ahead.
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