The Minnesota Vikings seem to have their hands on every franchise in the NFL in some form or another. Perhaps it is through former players or coaches joining new teams, while others are former coaches who rose through the ranks and now find themselves as head coaches.
One of those is Las Vegas Raiders head coach Klint Kubiak.
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The former Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator has taken over in Las Vegas and has the first pick in the NFL Draft this month. Kubiak has stated he would like a veteran to be around for his potential top pick, Fernando Mendoza, to be around and learn from.
On Thursday, they made that possible when ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported the team was signing former Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins. The deal had some complicated financial terms as the ESPN insider explained, saying, “Kirk Cousins will sign a five-year, $172 million deal with the Raiders that in reality is a one-year, fully-guaranteed $20 million deal that also contains a club option for two years at $80M. The Falcons will pay Cousins $8.7 million this season, the Raiders another $1.3 million and Las Vegas also agreed to pay its new QB a fully-guaranteed $10 million roster bonus on the third day of the 2027 new league year. And maybe most notably, it also sets another new mark: this will be the 11th straight NFL season in which Cousins’ contract will be fully guaranteed.”
Cousins was once tied to the Vikings, but with the signings of Carson Wentz and Kyler Murray, it seems that ship has sailed. He will now be mentoring a young top draft pick with the second straight team after he was attached to Michael Penix Jr. after signing with the Atlanta Falcons in 2024.
This article originally appeared on Vikings Wire: Kirk Cousins signs with the Las Vegas Raiders in free agency