The Minnesota Vikings announced Thursday that they’ve officially signed QB Kirk Cousins to a three-year deal.
- Albert Breer reports that Cousins receives a three-year, $84 million contract fully guaranteed from the Vikings.
OOOOOWEEEE!@KirkCousins8 is officially a Viking! pic.twitter.com/aMDPMtqFq1
— Minnesota Vikings (@Vikings) March 15, 2018
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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