“This NFL offseason, there are two intriguing quarterback mysteries,” NBC Sports’ Peter King stated on “The Cook & Joe Show” on January 23. Kirk Cousins is the first. since he refuses to accept a one-year contract to return to Minnesota.
Many will remark, “Whoa, he’s going to be 36 [years old] next year, coming off an Achilles tear. King asked, “Do we want to commit to him for two years?” “If I were a team, I would. However, two years and $90 million is a lot of money. It’s also the market, though. Therefore, I’m not saying it’s a bad idea or deal.
Why it might make sense for the Vikings to extend Kirk Cousins, and why it might not
Goessling said to Paul Allen of KFAN on Tuesday, “If they’re going to take one, it’s going to be someone we love or we’re not doing it.” “I doubt they would blink an eye if you had to give up a couple first-round picks for later years.”
Goessling said, “They have definitely approached this with the mindset that ‘we need to get the guy that we can plant our flag with for the next 10 years, and if it costs a lot to do that, so be it.'” “I don’t believe they’re going to kind of limp into this and say, ‘Well, if it’s QB5 and we’re kind of OK with him let’s take him anyway.'”
The Panthers exchanged their first- and second-round picks in 2023.
“It is imperative that the compensation from the trade be sufficient to convince someone who shares your sentiments about those quarterbacks that this is an improvement,” Goessling went on. It’s necessary to offer a player enough so that either New England or Washington decide to pass on him even though they believe he has the potential to be a fantastic player for a very long time. It’s possible that they won’t perceive it in the same way, which would benefit the Vikings. However, you have to assume that someone else will. In order to get the Commanders or Patriots to say, “As much as we like this guy, it’s hard to pass up this kind of a package,” you must outbid them all. It would be very expensive, and you’re most likely going to
