Pro Football Talk is reporting that the current plan for free agent QB Kirk Cousins is to not agree to terms with a team during the two-day negotiating period.
Instead, Cousins is expected to take “one or more visits” starting on March 14 to meet with prospective teams.
When it comes to the top available free agents, contracts are usually hammered out with agreements in place before the free agent market opens. However, it appears as though Cousins would like to make some face-to-face meetings to help him get a feel for the interested teams and want is ultimately the best move for him.
Recent reports have said that the Vikings are expected to make a serious push to land Cousins and he should have interest from the Broncos, Browns and Jets as well.
Many around the NFL have said that Cousins could end up securing as much as $30 million per year as part of a long-term extension, making him the highest-paid player in NFL history.
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.
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