The Pittsburgh steelers are in the mixture for several viable starting quarters that remain available via the trade or the free agency, mainly because they still do not have them.
Adam Schefter of ESPN wrote a report on Monday, April 21, connecting Pittsburgh to a business with the Falcons of Atlanta for the quarterrier of the Pro Bowl Kirk Cousins. Steelers are one of the two teams considered seriously interested in cousins, but not at the current price of Atlanta.
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“Atlanta asked any team to acquire $ 20 million out of the $ 37.5 million in guarantees left on the cousin contract. To date, none has been willing to do so, and no team should be willing”, ” Schefter wrote. “There is a feeling around the league that a team, whether the Vikings or the Steelers, could be ready to reimburse around $ 10 million.”
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The Falcons paid cousins $ 180 million before last season, but then replaced him in the departure formation with Michael Penix Jr., which they drafted in n ° 8 in total in a decision that shocked most of the league – not to mention the cousins.
Reports on the NFL indicated that Cousins, which has a clause without exchange, is looking for an opportunity to start in 2025. Minnesota cannot offer him, because JJ McCarthy is ready to take the reins of his second professional season.
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Pittsburgh, however, is in a different position with only Mason Rudolph and Skylar Thompson on the list only three days before the draft. The Steelers are a good bet to select a recruit QB at a given time in the procedure, although it is not clear which will be available for them on n ° 21 in the first round, which will dictate if they will spend such a precious choice on a callal signal in the first place.
Aaron Rodgers also remains an option in a free agency, which would be less complicated than negotiating cousins, although he has dragged his feet on a decision for weeks.
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