Kirk Cousins has made a ton of money since moving on from the Washington Commanders and to the Minnesota Vikings.
Chad Graff of The Athletic mentions that QB Kirk Cousins isn’t going to offer the Vikings any sort of discount to stay in Minnesota beyond the 2022 season.
He wants to maximize his value as he’s always done throughout his career.
Graff added that either signing Cousins to an extension or trading him to another team are the two options that make the most sense for Minnesota this offseason. Cousins is going to want to be paid at market value which is somewhere around $40 million per year, and at that price, the Vikings wouldn’t get much in terms of cap flexibility to add players at other positions.
Cousins finished the 2021 season with 33 touchdowns and seven interceptions on 4,221 yards through the air. It still wasn’t enough for the team to make the playoffs.
This was the sixth time in the last seven seasons that Cousins has gone over 4,000 yards passing.
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The Vikings have made it clear that they plan to build around Cousins, but his expected salary will make it entirely difficult to do so.
