Love only lasts a year on the Atlanta side. ESPN reports Kirk Cousins is expected to be cut at the end of the season. And more precisely before March 17.
Why this date? Because this is the day scheduled for a $10 million bonus, which the Falcons obviously have no desire to pay him now that he has just been benched.
On the franchise side, we are procrastinating, and a manager assures our colleagues that it is too early to say if Cousins will be cut. A leader who even adds that Michael Penix's salary ($5.2 million) leaves a possible margin for Atlanta to keep the veteran.
Kirk Cousins untransferable?
If Atlanta is surely going to cut Kirk Cousins, it is because they have accepted that a “ no trade clause » is in the contract he signed last March. Concretely, this means that the quarterback can refuse any transfer that his leaders try to set up if the destination does not please him.
Still according to ESPN, no one thinks he would be ready to do a favor for his team, especially since he had very little appreciation for the selection of Penix last April.
If he wants to continue to bother the Falcons until the end, Cousins can take an example from Russell Wilson. Once cut, he will be able to sign for the minimum salary with another team. Because everything he earns next year will be deducted from what the Falcons will have to pay him. So you might as well make your new team spend as little as possible.
Obviously, there are still three matches left. And we can assume that Michael Penix would still have to show himself at least up to the task for Cousins to be pushed out.
