KFAN’s Paul Allen likes quarterback Kirk Cousins, and he thinks that it benefits the Vikings to extend him.
Cousins’ contract is a $31 million dollar hit to the salary cap for 2020. Extending him could lead to Cousins taking less money this season, in order to sign other players that would otherwise enter free agency.
Here’s what Allen had to say for a segment called Pick 6 Mailbag, where he answered a fan’s question about Cousins:
“It seems like it behooves you to redo Cousins’ contract, extend the years, get yourself some salary cap money, and then you can thus dabble in free agency,” Allen said.
Extending Cousins makes sense regardless of whether you see him as the long-term answer to the Vikings’ quarterback problems. Doing so could potentially free up space in a year where a lot of solid players, like Anthony Harris and Everson Griffen, will require new contracts. It’s also important to sign rookies in the next draft class.