An intriguing proposed trade idea has the Minnesota Vikings trading Pro Bowl quarterback Kirk Cousins to an NFC rival.
The Vikings notably decided not to extend Cousins’ contract this past offseason. The 35-year-old is a pending free agent, and with the Vikings off to a sluggish start (0-3), many wonder if Minnesota will trade the four-time Pro Bowler rather than risk losing him for nothing next spring.
At NFL Analysis Network, Matthew Schmidt proposed the idea of the Atlanta Falcons acquiring Cousins in exchange for second and fourth-round picks:
“The Falcons are rolling rolling with Desmond Ridder under center, and while he hasn’t been great thus far in 2023, he has been good enough to get Atlanta off to a 2-1 start.
However, whether or not Ridder is actually the Falcons’ quarterback of the future is debatable, and even if he is, Cousins would surely provide the club with a better opportunity to win this season.
Atlanta could send a 2024 second-round draft pick and a fourth-rounder to the Vikings in exchange for Cousins, providing Minnesota with the draft capital it would need to help facilitate a rebuild.”
The Falcons enter Week 4 in a three-way tie for first in the NFC South (2-1) with the New Orleans Saints and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. That’s a positive development considering that the Cincinnati product has completed 62.5 percent of his pass attempts, but he has just 553 passing yards and two touchdowns against one interception.
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Without a doubt, adding a player like Cousins would improve the Falcons chances of winning the NFC South and going on a deep playoff run. Though he wouldn’t have Justin Jefferson anymore, Cousins would be in a good spot with Bijan Robinson, Tyler Allgeier, Kyle Pitts and Drake London as his playmakers.
If Minnesota is well out of the playoff contention at the trade deadline, it only makes sense to trade Cousins. And a team like Atlanta definitely makes sense, given the question mark they currently have at QB in Ridder.
