Broncos & Jets Likely To Battle It Out For Kirk Cousins In Free Agency?

January 31, 2018

According to Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports, many teams are high on QB Kirk Cousins, but when it comes to sending big money on him, the Jets and Broncos are likely to battle it out for his services.

Other teams such as the Browns, Jaguars, Cardinals and Bills have been tossed out as potential landing spots for Cousins. However, the Jaguars are reportedly prepared to move forward with Blake Bortles as their starter for the 2018 season and the Bills and Cardinals may have a tough time offering Cousins the kind of money he’ll be seeking as part of a long-term contract.

Cap space won’t be an issue for the Browns, who have nearly $110 million to work with this offseason. Although, if the money is comparable from other teams, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Cousins go with a team in better position to win now such as the Broncos.

The Redskins made the decision to move on from Cousins Tuesday night when they agreed to trade a 2018 third-round pick and CB Kendall Fuller to the Chiefs for Alex Smith and then quickly agreed to a new four-year, $94 million extension with Smith.

Cousins is now in position to test the open market and could end up being one of, in not, the highest-paid players in the NFL.

Cousins, 29, is a former fourth-round pick of the Redskins back in 2012. He played out the final year of his four-year, $2,572,688 rookie contract that included a $472,688 signing bonus when Washington elected to use the franchise tag on Cousins that paid him $19.953 million fully guaranteed for the 2016 season.

The Redskins franchised him for the second year in a row this last year and he made $23.94 million fully guaranteed for the 2017 season.

In 2017, Cousins has appeared in all 16 games and thrown for 4,093 yards while completing 64.3percent of his passes to go along with 27 touchdowns and 13 interceptions. He’s also rushed for 179 yards and four touchdowns. Pro Football Focus has him rated as the No. 20 quarterback out of 40 qualifying players.

We have him featured in our Top 100 – 2018 NFL Free Agents list.