Eight reasons Kirk Cousins should pick the Denver Broncos

Championship Window/Contract Demands Match

Speaking of championship experience, Kirk Cousins doesn’t have any — yet.

The Broncos won nine games in 2016 with Trevor Siemian playing the quarterback position. Things really fell completely apart this past year and the defense simply wasn’t able to overcome the poor play of the offense.

This is certainly subjective, but in my opinion, the Broncos are a quarterback away from contention. Solid quarterback play can help cover up a lot of flaws, as we’ve seen over the past couple of seasons.

I’ve said it a million times this offseason, but when the Broncos get even decent quarterback play, they do not lose. It’s been proven as fact.

I still believe the Broncos are in a 3-4 year championship window with the roster they have currently constructed, and wouldn’t you know it — those are allegedly the terms Cousins wants on his new contract.

Cousins wants to sign for three or four years so he can maximize his value on the open market not once but twice in his post-Redskins career. I don’t blame him for that.

The Broncos can agree to this, while the Vikings having a chance of losing Cousins in three years might not fly with them. They will have to make major sacrifices on their roster in 2019 if they bring in Cousins, so the thought of losing key players on their roster and then risking losing Cousins two years after that as well is probably not super appealing.

Don’t get me wrong — the Vikings can make it work with Cousins and I’m sure they have a plan in place of players they would tag or whatever, but they will have to make some sacrifices on their roster in the future to get him.

The Broncos don’t really have to make many major sacrifices down the line. This year, they might have to get rid of a player or two, but the Broncos are in really good shape and set up well in the coming years on the cap. They have some contracts coming up that can free up space for them to be able to make new moves in free agency.

In my opinion, the Broncos are set up well over the next few years with some big contracts coming off the books where they can make Cousins an offer he will be pleased with coming up in free agency and also have flexibility moving forward.