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With Kirk Cousins scheduled to enter the final year of his contract with a fully guaranteed salary of $35 million and a cap number of $45 million, the quarterback’s future appeared in doubt. The uncertainty prompted multiple teams to reach out to the Vikings about a possible trade.
Cousins, though, was certain he would return to Minnesota in 2022, and he hoped for longer.
He said on KFAN Radio that if he was a “betting man” he would have bet he would remain with the Vikings.
“I was very confident that I was going to be a Minnesota Viking,” Cousins said, via Chris Tomasson of the Pioneer Press.
Cousins ended up signing a one-year extension through the 2023 season, and it includes a no-trade clause.
“It was a positive back and forth over a few days,” Cousins said on KFAN. “(General Manager) Kwesi (Adofo-Mensah) was outstanding. Was really strong communicating to me. Was up front.”
