Kirk cousins He clearly indicated that he wanted to get out of Atlanta, but the Falcons did not let him go without compensation after giving him $ 90 million in full guarantee.
The situation of cousins has been the subject of an in -depth examination of this offseason, and the team and the team disagree on the best resolution. Cousins, which has a clause without exchange, would prefer to be released; Falcons prefer to exchange it to recover a capital project and lose as much salary of $ 27.5 million as possible.
A post-projection trade has always logical. Cousins does not want a rehearsal of the 2024 season with a very written quarter-arre recruit which breathes the neck, and a post-June trade would allow Atlanta to spread dead money over two years.
However, recent comments from the owner of the Falcons Arthur empty Indicate that facilitating a business will not be as simple as the team accepting an offer and cousins renouncing its clause without exchange.
“Kirk understands his situation. It understands our own situation. He understands that we have brought a lot of funds towards him. Blank said in the League meetings earlier this month (via Jonathan Jones of CBS Sports). This reflects the main desire of Falcons to withdraw the salary from the cousins from the books. If they have to absorb most of his 2025 salary, they will need more than just day choice 3 to facilitate an agreement.
“I said (cousins) that we will be as thoughtful and sensitive as we can be”, “ continuous empty, “But we have a responsibility for the franchise – what we do.”
But Cousins also has a responsibility for himself and his family. On the football side, he wants to start without the threat of being replaced during the season. On the personal side, he has two basic children who moved three times last year, which will be a “huge consideration” for cousins to allow a job later in the year, according to Jones.
This sets up a precarious chronology for Falcons. It is difficult to see them obtain a relief from the desired ceiling or a remuneration of the project in a trade unless another team suddenly needs a quarter-Arrière, which is unlikely to occur until the season occurs. But if the children of cousins start another year of school in Atlanta, it can be less inclined to give up its non-exchange clause unless it is in the perfect situation.
According to Jones, that hawks are able to move cousins, they should sign a cheap veteran passer in the coming months. This QB would serve as an additional depth during the training camp and could potentially replace cousins as Michael PenixSafeguarding this season.
