The Kirk Cousins saga could not final all that lengthy ultimately—it has been lower than a 12 months since he signed, and he could possibly be moved within the coming weeks—nevertheless it definitely feels prefer it’s dragging on for some time.
The newest chapter comes with a Tom Pelissero report that Cousins met with Atlanta Falcons proprietor Arthur Clean on Wednesday, a report fellow insider Albert Breer echoed on Friday. As Breer places it, this was about Cousins’ future, and presumably whether or not he’ll be launched, traded, or saved in 2025.
Sources: QB Kirk Cousins requested for, and bought, a gathering with Falcons proprietor Arthur Clean on his future. Clean and Cousins had that assembly Wednesday evening—the QB desires to go to a spot the place he can begin in 2025.
The Falcons brass has stated it’d do what’s finest for the crew at QB.
— Albert Breer (@AlbertBreer) March 7, 2025
Maybe Cousins gained some readability in that assembly concerning the crew’s plans for him, however as Pelissero stories, there’s no sense that Atlanta is budging on maintaining him or buying and selling him as an alternative of releasing him. Whereas the crew has been vocal about that, the looming March 17 deadline for that $10 million roster bonus has made many throughout the NFL panorama imagine it’s solely a matter of time till he’s reduce.
However with a handful of beginning quarterback vacancies on the market and the crew taking a 2025 tub on his contract a method or one other, the Falcons are clearly nonetheless hoping they’ll have the ability to commerce him, and Cousins could also be keen to waive his no commerce clause if he can land with a crew the place he can begin. These discussions haven’t occurred but, per insider Dianna Russini, however Atlanta’s clearly banking on it down the road in the event that they wish to maintain on to him. Whereas Cousins would undoubtedly prefer to be launched outright so he can select his touchdown spot and luxuriate in a extra sturdy market given the tiny wage he’d command whereas nonetheless being paid by the Falcons, the crew has stated all alongside that they don’t see any upside in slicing him and seem prepared to face by it.
Groups have reached out to the Falcons to see if they’ve any plans to chop him and so they’ve been instructed no…for now.
No commerce discussions have been introduced up. https://t.co/aUpWeJ3zAw
— Dianna Russini (@DMRussini) March 7, 2025
There’s nonetheless just a little over per week to go till that roster bonus is due—and it’s value noting that it hits the 2026 cap—and the early waves of free company ought to assist make clear the quarterback image throughout the league in a means which may profit each Cousins and the Falcons. Atlanta might be watching carefully to see what groups—the Giants, the Seahawks, the Jets, and many others.—with main wants on the place are left and not using a potential veteran starter forward of the draft, particularly if these groups aren’t enamored with the primary spherical quarterbacks. Which may be the place Cousins’ slender market materializes, and if there’s an opportunity to go to a crew the place he’ll be the unquestioned starter for at the very least a short while, maybe the veteran quarterback will bounce on the likelihood to make sure he’s not holding a clipboard by means of your entire 2025 marketing campaign.
All we actually know is that the crew is inclined to carry on to Cousins for now except they will commerce him and Cousins desires to go someplace the place he can begin; whether or not each side can get what they need will stay an open query for at the very least just a little bit longer.
