Kirk Cousins

The Philadelphia Eagles narrowly defeated the Minnesota Vikings 34-28 despite Kirk Cousins finishing 31-of-44 for 364 yards and four touchdowns. Colin Cowherd explains why is time for the Vikings to move on from Cousins.

Dave Helman reacts to the Philadelphia Eagles' 34-28 victory against the Minnesota Vikings on Thursday Night Football. Is the Eagles' defense worrying? Can D'Andre Swift continue this high-level performance for the rest of the season? Can Kirk Cousins, the Minnesota Vikings bounce back after an 0-2 start to the season? Check out everything Helman said here!

The Browns promoted TE coach Tommy Rees to OC. The 32-year-old becomes the youngest OC in the league. Rees was Notre Dame's starting QB just 12 years ago. He quickly flamed out in the NFL before getting into coaching. He most recently served as Notre Dame's OC from 2020-2022 and Alabama's OC in 2023 before joining the Browns last year. According to NFL Network, HC Kevin Stefanski is expected to take back over as the play-caller after giving those duties to former OC Ken Dorsey last year. The biggest question in Cleveland, of course, is who will be under center in 2025. QB Deshaun Watson is expected to miss most, if not all, of the season after re-tearing his Achilles. QB Jameis Winston is a free agent. We've already heard QB Kirk Cousins connected to Cleveland after he spent two seasons under Stefanski in Minnesota. Cleveland.com's Mary Kay Cabot, meanwhile, notes that Rees coached QB Jalen Milroe at Alabama. Milroe is expected to be a first- or second-round pick in this spring's draft.

We'll see how long the Falcons stick by this stance, but it's highly unlikely the team will stick with Cousins, who carries a $40 million cap hit, in 2025. This feels more like a bluff by Fontenot and the Falcons, who would benefit most from trading Cousins to a team interested in taking on some of his salary cap. The veteran cornerback carries a pre-June 1 dead cap hit of $65 million and a post-June 1 dead cap hit of $40 million per Over the Cap. Fontenot later indicated that the team is open to trading Cousins but that there are "a lot of layers to that," including Cousins' thoughts on the matter, as well as his guaranteed contract.

The Falcons are comfortable moving forward with Kirk Cousins as their backup quarterback behind Michael Penix Jr. next season, general manager Terry Fontenot said Thursday.