Quarterback Kirk Cousins is locked down with the Vikings for two more years. He signed a two-year, $66 million extension with the team, shaving off his cap hit slightly for 2020.
Bleacher Report not only called this extension massive, the outlet listed it under one of the worst offseason moves by an NFL team. Here’s what it said:
“The Vikings are in win-now mode and all-in on Cousins with this contract. He had a career year last season, setting a personal best in passer rating at 107.4 and posting 26 touchdowns and six interceptions.
Still, he’s being paid like one of the NFL’s five best quarterbacks, yet he doesn’t carry the offensive burden Lamar Jackson, Patrick Mahomes, Drew Brees or any other elite quarterback does.”
I don’t think it’s crazy to give Cousins the money the team did, especially when Ryan Tannehill signed a contract this offseason for an average of 29.5 million per year, according to Spotrac.com. Cousins contract isn’t that much more than a quarterback who’s fairly unproven.
If the team tries to wait for a quarterback like Patrick Mahomes or Lamar Jackson to walk through the door on a rookie contract, Minnesota will have to wait quite some time, and probably go through a couple rebuilds in the process. Overall, I think it was a good call to extend Cousins.
