3. Kirk Cousins
At his best, Kirk Cousins was a borderline top-10 quarterback who wouldn’t elevate bad teams to contention, but could guide a good team to the playoffs. Nobody knows if that version of Cousins is still around, as the quarterback looked like a shell of himself last year before ceding the starting job to rookie Michael Penix. Now a full year removed from his season-ending Achilles injury, it stands to reason the veteran may improve now that he’s completely healthy.
While Cousins has a decent amount of upside, the Bengals probably won’t trade for a quarterback with his contract. Cousins is in the second year of a four-year, $180 million deal that is already one of the worst in football. Unless the Falcons are willing to eat most of the money on his contract, Cousins isn’t going anywhere.
