As a restricted free agent, retaining him wouldn’t cost the Browns much, but they may look to reset the quarterback room entirely in 2025. If the Browns are going to pass on a young quarterback in the draft,

As the NFL awaits the decisions of Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson in 2025 free agency, another veteran quarterback is itching for his own opportunity to test the market. Despite Kirk Cousins ' desire to pursue a starting gig, however, the Atlanta Falcons are firm in their plans to retain Cousins, according to ESPN.

“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.”