Alexander Mattison Sends Vikings Strong Message on Kirk Cousins
The Minnesota Vikings have yet to commit to a path at quarterback, and the situation could remain fluid for the next several weeks.
Minnesota can extend Kirk Cousins now if the franchise so desires and has until mid-March to do so before other teams can begin free-agent negotiations with the QB. Free agency or the NFL draft in late April remain pathways for the Vikings to add a new signal-caller to replace him.
Running back Alexander Mattison talked with FanSided’s “Stacking The Case” digital recording on Thursday, February 8, at Radio Line from the 2024 Super Bowl. During the meeting, Mattison made his sentiments about Cousins gem understood.
Mattison stated, “I just pray that we get Kirk Cousins back because I love that guy.” I’ve been playing with him since I got in, and he changes the game, without a doubt.”
Cousins is a four-time Star Bowl determination and was driving the NFL in passing scores with 18 preceding he experienced a season-finishing Achilles injury in Week 8 last season against the Green Sound Packers.
Kirk Cousins Prepared to Talk Augmentation in Minnesota
Like Mattison, Cousins is additionally restless for lucidity on his future in Minnesota. The quarterback talked with Sky Sports NFL on January 30 and said exactly that.
“Many individuals who ask, including loved ones, are astonished to discover that the discussions truly don’t start until Spring,” Cousins said. ” I couldn’t want anything more than to know where I’m going. I couldn’t want anything more than to get those discussions rolling at this point.”
Cousins is presently proceeding with his Achilles restoration and hopes to be completely sound come instructional course, be it with the Vikings or another association.
“I’m simply sitting at home watching the end of the season games,” Cousins said. ” I don’t have a lot happening with the exception of recovery, yet I truly need to hold on until the a long time of Spring to be in those discussions. So that is the very thing we’re doing. We’re just waiting for it to pass.
The dilemma the Vikings face with Cousins is a result of his age of 35 and the amount of money/years the team must offer him to keep him in Minneapolis. Bringing Cousins back likely to prove expensive for the Vikings. Spotrac estimates that a new three-year contract with Cousins will bring in $118.1 million. The QB will play next season at 36 years of age.
That is an extremely unsafe suggestion, taking into account there are a couple of quarterbacks in NFL history who have created significant level missions in their late 30s. Notwithstanding, the overall agreement around the NFL is by all accounts that cutting edge medication and prevalent preparation regimens will permit more sign guests to have achievement late in their vocations, with Tom Brady filling in as the main model.
One more issue for the Vikings is that Cousins has been great, however shy of perfect, during his six-year run with the establishment. He has acquired three Supportive of Bowl gestures over that stretch, while the group has made the end of the season games two times and oversaw only one postseason triumph.
Questions existed before Cousins’ latest $35 million expansion for 2023 (endorsed in front of the 2022 mission) about whether Minnesota could succeed at a Super Bowl level with Cousins under focus. Those concerns continue, notwithstanding the quarterback playing ostensibly the best football of his 12-year vocation last season — his second in lead trainer Kevin O’Connell’s framework — prior to experiencing the Achilles injury.
The fact that Cousins wants to stay with the Vikings for two years and $90 million with full guarantees will make it hard to make a decision. Further confusions include Minnesota picking at No. 11 in the impending draft, which is sufficiently high to get them in the discussion for a top QB prospect, however relinquishing significant resources in an exchange will presumably be vital on the off chance that the Vikings desire to land a tip top individual from the 2024 class.
