Denver Broncos Kirk Cousins option just got more real
With the Minnesota Vikings firing GM Rick Spielman and Head Coach Mike Zimmer, the likelihood of Kirk Cousins coming to the Denver Broncos just grew
As a Kirk Cousins truther, I am obligated to hype him up every chance I get.
On Monday, the Minnesota Vikings fired General Manager Rick Spielman and Head Coach Mike Zimmer. Minnesota is undergoing a total house cleaning, and the status of many veteran Vikings players just became that much more uncertain.
This would also include quarterback Kirk Cousins, who was signed by the Vikings by Rick Spielman, surely approved by Mike Zimmer, and Broncos’ General Manager George Paton.
Spielman served in the role since 2012, and Zimmer was the team’s head coach since 2014. Now Broncos GM George Paton was with the team since 2007 as well.
Those three men made up the most of the brain trust for the Minnesota Vikings for nearly a decade working together. They surely consulted each other on free agent signings, draft picks, and everything in between.
One of the most valuable pieces on that team currently is Kirk Cousins. While his contract is large and he is over 30, he presents an option that many teams do not have–a quality quarterback.
Since the Vikings’ brain trust is no longer there, his future remains in large doubt. There will be teams calling about the availability of many Vikings players, and Minnesota ownership cleaning house indicates that they may be willing to move on from some or many of those players.
With the obvious connection between George Paton and Minnesota, it makes a lot of sense for Paton to try and make some deals with the new Vikings General Manager who is likely to be a first-time GM hire.
Kirk Cousins would bring stability to the position and would afford the Broncos the chance to try and develop a potential successor.
The Denver Broncos have the financial ability to fit him under the cap, and he would have a great offensive core at his disposal.
With a new regime from top to bottom set to overtake Minnesota, they might not see a need to keep Kirk Cousins and his giant contract on their roster.
As I have written many times, trading Cousins would save the Vikings over $30 million against their cap.
The other side of this argument is that the new administration might have a specific plan at quarterback, and they may view Kirk Cousins as a stabilizing force while they try and land their long-term signal-caller.
Kirk Cousins won’t plan for 10 more years, so it’s easy to see why a team like the Vikings would want to keep him and want to trade him.
With the statuses of Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson unknown, Kirk Cousins now becomes a prime target for the Denver Broncos to bring efficiency to the quarterback position.