{"id":298290,"date":"2023-11-05T11:25:12","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T11:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=298290"},"modified":"2023-11-05T11:25:12","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T11:25:12","slug":"all-options-on-table-for-kirk-cousins-in-2024-including-re-signing-with-vikings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/nfl\/all-options-on-table-for-kirk-cousins-in-2024-including-re-signing-with-vikings\/","title":{"rendered":"All options on table for Kirk Cousins in 2024, including re-signing with Vikings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When Kirk Cousins was lost for the rest of the 2023 season due to a torn Achilles on Oct. 29, it brought not only a crushing reality to the Vikings but also a question: Was this the end of their partnership?<\/p>\n

Perhaps not.<\/p>\n

General manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah said this past Wednesday — three days after Cousins’ injury — that “every option is still available with Kirk.” That includes a return to Minnesota to finish what Cousins, head coach Kevin O’Connell and the rest of the organization have started.<\/p>\n

Cousins is a free agent after the season, as the two sides agreed for him to play out his most recent extension after earning $30 million this year. Cousins also has a no-trade clause and cannot be franchise-tagged.<\/p>\n

All of which led to the assumption — notably from QB-needy teams — that Cousins would leave the Vikings after 2023, at which point Minnesota would draft a QB.<\/p>\n

The Vikings, who will start rookie Jaren Hall today against the Falcons,\u00a0could still select a quarterback in the 2024 draft. But that move could be coupled with a Cousins return, sources say.<\/p>\n

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