Per Spotrac, if the Falcons cut Cousins before June 1, they would take on $65 million in dead money on the 2025 salary cap.

By trading Cousins before June 1, the Falcons would only be held liable for the remaining prorated signing bonus of $37.5 ...

Nine months after making Kirk Cousins their prized addition of the 2024 NFL offseason, the Atlanta Falcons have benched the ...

NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reviews the various factors and the possible outcomes at play as the Atlanta Falcons proceed ...

Kirk Cousins was one of the prized free agents of the 2024 NFL offseason. The Falcons have benched the QB and may look to ...

Kirk Cousins' time as Atlanta Falcons quarterback is up after just 14 games, with the uneven NFC South squad turning to ...

The Falcons went 1-4 during that stretch ... will be dealing with how his contract affects their salary cap for the foreseeable future. Atlanta general manager Terry Fontenot has done a nice ...

and probably the most ideal for Atlanta, is finding a trade suitor for Cousins. By dealing him, the Falcons wouldn't be on the hook for his $27.5 million base salary, leaving them with a dead cap ...

If he was traded after June 1, Atlanta would split the dead cap over two seasons—$12.5 million in '25 and $25 million in '26—and save $27.5 million toward the 2025 salary cap. The Falcons are ...

When Kirk Cousins signed his four-year, $180 million contract with the Atlanta Falcons in ... another $25 million to Cousins' cap charge towards the Falcons' salary cap for next season.

The Falcons could release or trade Kirk Cousins after benching him in favor of Michael Penix Jr. But they don’t really have ...