Thirteen years, one playoff win and $293,969,288 after being drafted 102nd overall, Kirk Cousins has fetched the Vikings the 97th overall pick in this year’s NFL draft. That’s what the league awarded the Vikings as a league-high compensatory pick for losing Cousins to Atlanta in free agency a year ago.

The Atlanta Falcons see the quarterback chairs running out, and they’re not in a hurry to help teams by releasing quarterback Kirk Cousins by Sunday. Here are three NFL nuggets after the first day of the NFL's new year:  Potential trading partners for Cousins: Browns,

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The Cleveland Browns made waves on Day 1 of the negotiating period, agreeing to a trade with the Philadelphia Eagles that landed the organization veteran quarterback Kenny Pickett. While Pickett certainly provides depth to a QB room that is in desperate need of it,

There is a reason why the Atlanta Falcons do not seem to be so flustered about Kirk Cousins' contract. All offseason long, there was a growing sense that Atlant

“Thus, Atlanta’s position here is that they’d rather pay $100 million for two years, and have quarterback insurance behind Michael Penix Jr., than just take the $90 million sunk cost for Cousins’s lost season of 2025, and sign someone else as a backup,” Breer continued. “So we have a standoff.”

The Browns seemingly are desperate to find a QB1 for 2025 after they convinced wantaway pass-rusher Myles Garrett to commit at least his short-term future to the franchise.