Kirk Cousins leaving Minnesota?

[QuadCityHawkeye1976]

Sounds like he will tell the Vikings his plans tonight.

Cousins expected to tell Vikings about free-agency decision Sunday

Cousins, 35, is expected to have a competitive market that includes the Atlanta Falcons.

theathletic.com

I say move on. Sign Sam Darnold as a bridge guy and trade up for Drake Maye.

Skol!

 

[QuadCityHawkeye1976]

Just saw Baker Mayfield’s deal. 3 years 100 million.

 

[Bonerfarts]

Sounds like he will tell the Vikings his plans tonight.

Cousins expected to tell Vikings about free-agency decision Sunday

Cousins, 35, is expected to have a competitive market that includes the Atlanta Falcons.

theathletic.com

I say move on. Sign Sam Darnold as a bridge guy and trade up for Drake Maye.

Skol!

 

[NoleATL]

Sounds like he will tell the Vikings his plans tonight.

Cousins expected to tell Vikings about free-agency decision Sunday

Cousins, 35, is expected to have a competitive market that includes the Atlanta Falcons.

theathletic.com

I say move on. Sign Sam Darnold as a bridge guy and trade up for Drake Maye.

Skol!

Rumor has it he's been house hunting in Atlanta. His wife is from here, apparently.

 

[Dr. Spaceman]

Sounds like he will tell the Vikings his plans tonight.

Cousins expected to tell Vikings about free-agency decision Sunday

Cousins, 35, is expected to have a competitive market that includes the Atlanta Falcons.

theathletic.com

I say move on. Sign Sam Darnold as a bridge guy and trade up for Drake Maye.

Skol!

Can’t go wrong with a UNC QB..

 

[win1forthe]

Rumor has it he's been house hunting in Atlanta. His wife is from here, apparently.

Heard that his house in Minnesota is close to going on the market, that came from a reporter in Chicago

 

[NoleinATL]

Just saw Baker Mayfield’s deal. 3 years 100 million.

Good for Baker, but it is crazy that 33 million per is considered a team-friendly deal for a QB

 

[SolarHawk]

Good for Baker, but it is crazy that 33 million per is considered a team-friendly deal for a QB

Yeah, I was expecting him to get less than $20mil a year. I think $33mil/year is overpaying quite a bit for him. He’ll give them a shot at the playoffs, but that’s his ceiling imo.

 

[bojihawk44]

Love Kirk, but the days of him getting fully guaranteed contracts should be over. As a Vikings fan, I'd love to move up and get one of the top 3 QB but that doesn't seem very realistic right now.

Back to QB purgatory we go, ugh

 

[Bonerfarts]

Vikings dodges a bullet.

 

[torbee]

Vikings dodges a bullet.

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Call me a commie if you want, but I honestly think it’s gross for one person to have that much damn money.

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

Vikings dodges a bullet.

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That is the same amount per year as Pat Mahomes.

To be fair it wasn't probably the wisest decision of Mahomes to sign a full 10 year contract. At least if his intention was to maximize his income.

 

[Eburghawk]

darn. At least we have all those playoff wins to remember him for.

 

[IAFB2021Champs]

Love Kirk, but the days of him getting fully guaranteed contracts should be over. As a Vikings fan, I'd love to move up and get one of the top 3 QB but that doesn't seem very realistic right now.

Back to QB purgatory we go, ugh

Yeah I was kinda hoping he’d be over the days of getting max amount of dollars and want to come back to a team he was familiar with and try and save them some money to get other players.
Guess I was wrong and he’s still all about the Benjamin’s.

I’m scared about what they are going to bring in to replace him. It was clear last year that it wasn’t someone on last years roster.

For some weird reason I wouldn’t mind seeing them go after Justin Fields. I don’t think the bears got the most out of his potential. Plus he’s still only 25.

 

[BrunoMars420]

Call me a commie if you want, but I honestly think it’s gross for one person to have that much damn money.

Commie scum

 

[BrunoMars420]

The Vikings are going to be TRASH next year

 

[cfbfan23]

Vikings dodges a bullet.

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I am not shocked that a storied franchise, like the Falcons, would make this move.

What could go wrong?

 

[Bonerfarts]

Call me a commie if you want, but I honestly think it’s gross for one person to have that much damn money.

Kirk is devout Christian. How dare you question god's will? He is just following the scripture's teachings.

 

[HawkeyeHitman]

Call me a commie if you want, but I honestly think it’s gross for one person to have that much damn money.

I think it’s gross when little flick and yourself have sexual relations.

 

[sober_teacher]

Call me a commie if you want, but I honestly think it’s gross for one person to have that much damn money.

In terms of what he’s gotten paid versus his career accomplishments Cousins might be the most overrated quarterback I’ve ever seen.

At some point I keep think this salary cap bubble for the NFL has to burst, right?

 

[NoleinATL]

Damn, that is a lot of money to pay for Kirk coming off an Achilles injury.
That said, he is probably the best QB in the division, admittedly not a high bar, so playoffs are possible next year.

 

[jasonrann]

if I were a Vikings fan, I would volunteer to pay for his plane ticket to Atlanta. The guy sucks. People are sh!tting on the Steelers for signing Russell Wilson, but it is a zero risk move. Steelers only have to pay him $1.2 million and it's a one-year deal. I would take him over Cousins all day, even if he is a diva.

 

[sober_teacher]

Damn, that is a lot of money to pay for Kirk coming off an Achilles injury.
That said, he is probably the best QB in the division, admitablyt not a high bar, so playoffs are possible next year.

It’s just an astounding amount for 1) guy coming off injury, 2) turns 36 before next season and 3) has 1 playoff win?

 

[NoleinATL]

It’s just an astounding amount for 1) guy coming off injury, 2) turns 36 before next season and 3) has 1 playoff win?

agreed, and while the cap increased this year, the Falcons, with this signing, will likely find themselves in the worst position in the NFL, becoming a mediocre team. That leads to no high draft picks and somewhere between 7 and 10 wins and maybe a playoff bid to get drilled by really good teams.

 

[TennNole17]

Rumor has it he's been house hunting in Atlanta. His wife is from here, apparently.

Good call

 

[Obviously Oblivious]

if I were a Vikings fan, I would volunteer to pay for his plane ticket to Atlanta. The guy sucks. People are sh!tting on the Steelers for signing Russell Wilson, but it is a zero risk move. Steelers only have to pay him $1.2 million and it's a one-year deal. I would take him over Cousins all day, even if he is a diva.

^This. I cursed to the heavens to Kirk’s God the day I heard the Vikings picked him up. I’ve never liked the guy one bit. Now I’m happier, even if the Vikings don’t sniff the playoffs for years to come, at least we are rid of Cousins.

 

[onlyTheObvious]

Crazy money. Even Kirk backers seem to think that’s too much.

 

[RayRay3454]

if I were a Vikings fan, I would volunteer to pay for his plane ticket to Atlanta. The guy sucks. People are sh!tting on the Steelers for signing Russell Wilson, but it is a zero risk move. Steelers only have to pay him $1.2 million and it's a one-year deal. I would take him over Cousins all day, even if he is a diva.

I've seen nothing but A grades for the Steelers signing of Wilson.

 

[OutbackBowl2017]

First it was Cleveland that said hold my beer, then it was the Jets that said hold my six pack, now it’s Atlanta saying hold my case of beer!

That’s crazy money for a guy on the backside of his career coming off of a serious injury where they don’t know if he will be able to play like he used to or with any mobility which has regressed as he has gotten older. This move should age well.

 

[SolarHawk]

In terms of what he’s gotten paid versus his career accomplishments Cousins might be the most overrated quarterback I’ve ever seen.

At some point I keep think this salary cap bubble for the NFL has to burst, right?

Eh, when’s the last time a QB on the cheap won a Super Bowl? It’s been a while….

 

[onlyTheObvious]

Eh, when’s the last time a QB on the cheap won a Super Bowl? It’s been a while….

Mahomes

 

[sober_teacher]

Eh, when’s the last time a QB on the cheap won a Super Bowl? It’s been a while….

I’m just referring to the salary cap just going up and up. That just can’t continue.

Cousins is a good quarterback, he’s not winning Super Bowl.

 

[Thunderlips71]

Kirk Cousins is like Kirk Ferentz: parlaying slightly above-average results into top dollar salary. Glad the Vikings are rid of him.

 

[Jimmy McGill]

Both Falcons and Steelers are going to regret their decisions.

 

[Bonerfarts]

 

[mnole03]

Kirk Cousins is like Kirk Ferentz: parlaying slightly above-average results into top dollar salary. Glad the Vikings are rid of him.

The Bears could have gotten peak Kirk Cousins for $10 million back when they decided to pay Cutler. That was the only time he made sense.

I’d rather have Jameis on the Vikings for $15m/1 and use the money elsewhere.

 

[QuadCityHawkeye1976]

The Vikings used that money they saved by not signing Cousins and crushed it today by signing some stud defensive guys.

Also sounds like they are going to sign former Packers RB Aaron Jones.

Now get Sam Darnold as your bridge QB and trade up for Maye or McCarthy!

Cousins was a twit who needed everything around him to be perfect. 6 years and 1 playoff win that’s not good. He has inflated passing numbers in a pass happy league but wasn’t a winner. Glad to move on and see what O’Connell can do with his QB.

 

[QuadCityHawkeye1976]

Sounds like he will tell the Vikings his plans tonight.

Cousins expected to tell Vikings about free-agency decision Sunday

Cousins, 35, is expected to have a competitive market that includes the Atlanta Falcons.

theathletic.com

I say move on. Sign Sam Darnold as a bridge guy and trade up for Drake Maye.

Skol!

Yep

 

[QuadCityHawkeye1976]

There it is. Darnold gets a 1-year deal worth $10M with Minnesota.

 

[EvilMonkeyInTheCloset]

Eh, when’s the last time a QB on the cheap won a Super Bowl? It’s been a while….

Umm.............outside of Mahomes and his contract, you must not be aware of the QB salary/Super Bowl stat