It was beforehand reported that Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins might wait “by way of the offseason” to make a closing name about his plans for the 2026 marketing campaign. That was earlier than quite a few golf equipment beforehand linked with Cousins went in different instructions concerning their quarterback conditions within the early days of the present league yr.
It now sounds as if Cousins will not be in a rush to signal with any crew this month.
What Kirk Cousins may be ready for
For a bit revealed on Friday, NFL insider Jason La Canfora of SportsBoom US shared that Cousins might now wait till at the least after the draft wraps up in late April to signal with a crew.
“Yearly,” La Canfora defined, “some crew suffers a devastating quarterback damage throughout spring practices or coaching camp, and a few groups that draft quarterbacks within the high few rounds additionally have a tendency to seek out out fairly rapidly that the prospect shouldn’t be going to be able to contribute early within the season. It’d require a type of conditions to emerge for Cousins to seek out his subsequent membership.”
La Canfora additionally stated that the Pittsburgh Steelers are “monitoring Cousins and consider him as a viable different if Aaron Rodgers opts to retire.” It has been reported elsewhere that the Steelers haven’t any actual curiosity in Cousins and that “there’s optimism within the Steelers’ constructing” that Rodgers will in the end signal a one-year cope with the membership for the second straight offseason.
Is that this crew the one actual beginning possibility for Kirk Cousins?
La Canfora added that “it appears unlikely” Cousins would settle for a job as a backup “with out exhausting any alternative to start out.” The Las Vegas Raiders are anticipated to make Indiana Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza the primary total decide of this yr’s draft, however Las Vegas could want to start out Cousins in order that Mendoza can develop as a backup.
“Las Vegas remains to be in search of a extra established quarterback to purchase them time in the event that they want it, if presumptive first total decide Fernando Mendoza shouldn’t be prepared to start out Week 1,” La Canfora wrote.
Based mostly on earlier feedback, Raiders minority proprietor Tom Brady may favor for Mendoza to take a seat and study behind an older quarterback akin to Cousins. Nonetheless, it seems like Cousins could solely signal with the Raiders this spring if he’s assured their Week 1 beginning job.
