Overview

• NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports Atlanta would move Cousins only for a premium draft pick with the acquiring team absorbing a significant portion of his 2025 guarantees.
• Despite several Week 3 quarterback injuries, Rapoport says no team has contacted the Falcons about a deal.
• Of the injuries, only Joe Burrow's is considered long term and the Bengals are proceeding with Jake Browning rather than exploring a trade.
• Cousins holds a full no-trade clause, and Atlanta values him as insurance behind rookie starter Michael Penix Jr., which informs the steep terms.
• Now in year two of a four-year, $180 million contract, Cousins is making $27.5 million this season while the trade deadline sits about six weeks away after Week 9.