Teams can qualify for compensatory picks by losing more qualifying free agents than they gain. Last offseason, the Vikings lost six qualifying free agents and signed five. NFL.com wrote last May that the Vikings "signed five but lost six, with Cousins' contract left as the unmatched deal."
And then, not long afterward, the 2025 offseason will get underway with what could be a big wave of big-name activity at the position. Several high-profile starters are on track to become free agents in March,
He's old and uninspiring with recent box scores and an injury history that scares you. But for the right price, a Cousins-Kevin Stefanski reunion could dig the Browns out of darkness.
The Vikings get a needed boost to their draft stock with the expectation they'll receive a third-round pick for Kirk Cousins' departure.
Bleacher Report's David Kenyon ranked the Atlanta Falcons' Kirk Cousins contract one of the ten worst in American professional sports this decade.
The Eagles are currently listed as slight underdogs against the Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX and have some work to do if they want to stop Patrick Mahomes
The Cousins Curse suggests any team that loses to Cousins in the regular season cannot win a world championship. It’s a trend that covers the entirety of the veteran quarterback’s 13-year career, but began in earnest in 2016.
There's a door open for Jones in Minnesota, according to general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah. In his end-of-season news conference, Adofo-Mensah openly admitted that the move to sign Jones midseason was to get a feel for his potential fit with questions surrounding Darnold and McCarthy.
The Minnesota Vikings have decided on head coach Kevin O'Connell staying with the team, as he has agreed to a multi-year extension.
O'Connell, who recently agreed to a multiyear contract extension with the Vikings, is the first head coach in Vikings history to have multiple 13-win seasons.
In three seasons with the Vikings, the 39-year-old O’Connell is 34-17 in the regular season and 0-2 in the playoffs.
The Minnesota Vikings were recently named as the best landing spot for future Hall of Fame quarterback Aaron Rodgers by an NFL analyst.