“The Kirk Cousins situation remains unsettled,” Albert Breer of Sports Illustrated reported. “He let the Falcons know he’d like to start somewhere in 2025. Atlanta has been steadfast saying they plan to keep him on the roster, through Monday’s vesting date and into the season.”

“Thus, Atlanta’s position here is that they’d rather pay $100 million for two years, and have quarterback insurance behind Michael Penix Jr., than just take the $90 million sunk cost for Cousins’s lost season of 2025, and sign someone else as a backup,” Breer continued. “So we have a standoff.”