The Atlanta Falcons have restructured quarterback Kirk Cousins' contract, introducing a vesting guarantee for the 2027 season, potentially leading to a decision on his future before March 13. The new deal reduces his 2026 base salary while the team could also explore a post-June 1 release to gain cap flexibility. Cousins has expressed a desire to return but acknowledges his future is uncertain.
As part of Cousins’s reworked deal, Yates reports that there is now a vesting guarantee in the $67.9 million owned to Cousins for the 2027 season. This will vest on March 13, meaning a decision on Cousins’s future and whether he will be traded could come before that date.
Along with the vesting guarantee, his new deal reduces his base salary in 2026 from a non-guaranteed $35 million to $2.1 million but will not affect any guaranteed money he is already owed. According to Yates, the Falcons could also look to move on from Cousins before March 13 by designating him for a post June 1 release, which would then divide the dead money from his contract over 2026 and 2027 and create more cap flexibility for Atlanta.over the Saints on Sunday that it’s “hard to know” if that was his last game with Atlanta. “I would love to be back here,” Cousins said. “We’ll see how things play out. At this point, just see how it goes.” Cousins started seven games for the Falcons in 2025 after Penix suffered a torn ACL. He went 5-2 as a starter and threw for 1,721 yards, 10 touchdowns and five picks over 10 total appearances during the season.Eva Geitheim is a contributor to the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. Prior to joining SI in December 2024, she wrote for Newsweek, Gymnastics Now and Dodgers Nation. A Bay Area native, she has a bachelor's in communications from UCLA. When not writing, she can be found baking or re-watching Gilmore Girls.
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