Pro Football Talk’s NFL expert Mike Florio believes the Pittsburgh Steelers could bring in quarterback Kirk Cousins if Cousins doesn’t re-sign with the Minnesota Vikings.”If the Steelers want to do something at quarterback, they’re going to get a veteran,” Florio explained, as Tony Calderone of Steelers Depot and Noah Strackbein of Fan Nation told Pittsburgh sports radio station 93.7 The Fan. Stiller. “They’re not going to roll the dice on a first-round draft pick in the bottom third and hope that guy develops.
I’ve talked to a lot of people over the last week who are interested in the potential of the Steelers,” Kirk Cousins said. action against s. These guys were very close to the Kirk Cousins camp. “It was recognized that this could happen,” he said.The Steelers were previously linked to Justin Fields of the Chicago Bears and Kenny Pickett of Pittsburgh last season after temporarily losing the QB1 gig to Mason Rudolph. Chicago is expected to trade Fields with the No. 1 pick. 1 in this year’s draft.ESPN’s Dan Graziano reports that Cousins’ contract expires after the team uses the franchise tag, meaning Minnesota could prevent the signal-caller from reaching free agency by signing Cousins to an extension before March 12 . I said I would.
The 35-year-old seemed set to stay home in the NFL until 2018, but when the Atlanta Falcons spoke with Bill Belichick, there was a suggestion that Cousins could join Belichick in Atlanta.Atlanta ended up hiring Raheem Morris for Belichick. New Falcons offensive coordinator Zach Robinson told reporters Wednesday that “all options are on the table” regarding the club’s quarterback situation.”I think the Falcons and the Steelers are the two teams that the Cousins camp is going after,” Florio added on the radio show.
Florio reiterated that San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan could replace Cousins atop the depth chart this spring with Brock Purdy. Shanahan was Cousins’ offensive coordinator in Washington in 2012 and 2013, and Purdy’s poor playoff performance may have prompted his coach to seek an upgrade after Shanahan tried to sign Tom Brady in the last season. Simply put, Minnesota has less than a month to convince Cousins to stay, and interested teams can call him on March 12.
