Woodman
03-11-2024, 01:39 PM
The veteran quarterback has agreed to a four-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons, his agent, Mike McCartney, announced (https://twitter.com/MikeMcCartney7/status/1767255685094318334) on Monday.
Cousins' move is equally shocking because he's departing Minnesota, where he'd made a comfortable home for he and his family with consistent play over the last six seasons, and because of the destination.
Most had expected Cousins to return to Minneapolis, primarily because the Vikings had just received a firsthand lesson in how difficult life in the NFL can be without a franchise quarterback following Cousins' season-ending Achilles injury (https://www.nfl.com/news/vikings-qb-kirk-cousins-sustained-torn-achilles-will-miss-remainder-of-season). Instead of running it back with the known commodity, the Vikings allowed Cousins to test the open market, leading him to accept Atlanta's offer and pack up his family to move south.
Kirk Cousins agrees to four-year contract with Atlanta Falcons (https://www.nfl.com/news/kirk-cousins-agrees-to-four-year-contract-with-atlanta-falcons)
Cousins' move is equally shocking because he's departing Minnesota, where he'd made a comfortable home for he and his family with consistent play over the last six seasons, and because of the destination.
Most had expected Cousins to return to Minneapolis, primarily because the Vikings had just received a firsthand lesson in how difficult life in the NFL can be without a franchise quarterback following Cousins' season-ending Achilles injury (https://www.nfl.com/news/vikings-qb-kirk-cousins-sustained-torn-achilles-will-miss-remainder-of-season). Instead of running it back with the known commodity, the Vikings allowed Cousins to test the open market, leading him to accept Atlanta's offer and pack up his family to move south.
Kirk Cousins agrees to four-year contract with Atlanta Falcons (https://www.nfl.com/news/kirk-cousins-agrees-to-four-year-contract-with-atlanta-falcons)