Former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins.
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Former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins has made his first big move since joining the Las Vegas Raiders.
Former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins is in the news, after inking a deal with the Las Vegas Raiders to join the team in the quarterback room for the 2026-27 season. Now, Cousins is packing his bags, and he and his family are moving to Nevada, following his two-year run with the Atlanta Falcons.
Now, Cousins has made his first big step towards leaving Georgia and moving to Las Vegas. He has the bag to get his family a comfortable place out there, of course. Cousins’ deal with the Raiders is a five-year, $172 million deal, but functions as a one-year, $20 million fully guaranteed deal for the 2026-27 season, according to statistics from ESPN.
Specifically, it includes “a club option for two years at $80 million and could be worth up to $172 million over five years, the source told (ESPN’s Adam) Schefter, although only the $20 million this year is fully guaranteed.”
Cousins’ career earnings, according to research from Spotrac, rank third all-time in NFL history at a massive $321.6 million.
Ex-Minnesota Vikings Quarterback Kirk Cousins Is Officially Out of Atlanta
Know anyone who would be interested in a $3 million mansion in Georgia? Cousins, according to research from Realtor, has officially listed his mansion for sale at that price.
Realtor’s report states that the future Raiders quarterback has “listed his sprawling Atlanta-area mansion for $2.99 million two days before he was officially released by the Atlanta Falcons.”
“Though the team is widely expected to select Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza with the first overall pick in this year’s NFL draft,” Charlie Lankston of the site added, “Kubiak noted that he would prefer not to throw the 22-year-old quarterback straight into the mix and instead give him a chance to train alongside someone older.”
Lankston adds that the timing means Cousins knew he wouldn’t be staying in Atlanta even before he took the Raiders position. “While news of Cousins’ exit from the Georgia-based team was not announced until March 11, it would seem the writing was on the wall for the 37-year-old NFL veteran, who put his enormous six-bedroom abode on the market on March 9,” according to the Realtor report.
Kirk Cousins Believes in the Development of a Rookie Quarterback Over Time
Cousins has already talked about the importance of having a veteran quarterback on the roster. Appearing with Kevin Clark on This is Football, Cousins was asked what he would change about quarterback development.
“Well, I do think that there was a time when Aaron Rodgers got drafted and sat for three years. Carson Palmer got drafted and sat for a year,” he said on the show, referring to vets. “There have been teams that have said that was the plan, and then Week 4, 5, 6, the guys playing. So, I also think there was a time when coaches stuck around and a quarterback learned a system and played in that system most of his career.”
Elsewhere, he said that having a player who’s been on the field for 15 years brings “the better quarterback play,” so he sounds like he’s ready to hit the ground running in Vegas.