{"id":291696,"date":"2025-08-16T03:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T03:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/291696\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T03:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T03:05:09","slug":"kirk-cousins-a-name-to-watch-before-trade-deadline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/291696\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirk Cousins a name to watch before trade deadline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trade rumors have been surrounding the Atlanta Falcons all offseason as Michael Penix Jr. is set to be the starting quarterback. All signs point toward <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nfl\/atlanta-falcons\/falcons-news-gm-terry-fontenot-kirk-cousins-dilemma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kirk Cousins staying<\/a> on the roster for now. However, rumors are swirling after one NFL Insider speculated the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nfl\/los-angeles-rams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Rams<\/a> could make a trade for Cousins before the trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>During a guest appearance on the NFL Network, Insider Tom Pelissero thinks the Rams could be <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/1956484530786689525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">a potential landing spot<\/a> for the 36-year-old quarterback. Although the Falcons seemingly claimed they have no intentions of trading Kirk Cousins, Pelissero believes things could change as the regular season proceeds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI&#8217;ve been told [Kirk Cousins] has had a great camp. He&#8217;s healthy again, coming off that Achilles [injury]\u2026 But Cousins has made it clear he wants to play. The Falcons did get calls on Cousins back in the spring. But it was nothing that really moved the needle\u2026 Now, if there is a coach and a scheme that Cousins knows well, for instance, the Rams and Sean McVay, it is certainly possible that Cousins could end up elsewhere at some point between now and November 4 trade deadline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Falcons?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Falcons<\/a> QB Kirk Cousins, who won\u2019t play tonight, is finally healthy again and has impressed in training camp. So could he see the field \u2014 somewhere \u2014 in 2025? The latest from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLGameDay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@NFLGameDay<\/a> Kickoff <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nflnetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@nflnetwork<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wp2qubVpiH\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/Wp2qubVpiH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/1956484530786689525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">August 15, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trading for Kirk Cousins would likely only occur if something major happened to <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nfl\/players\/aa980903\/matthew-stafford\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Matthew Stafford<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nfl\/los-angeles-rams\/rams-news-sean-mcvay-hopeful-take-next-matthew-stafford-workout\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Rams&#8217; quarterback has been dealing with<\/a> a back injury throughout the preseason and has yet to participate in training camp. However, Los Angeles seems positive that Stafford will be ready to go by the start of the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Falcons seem to like the idea of having Kirk Cousins play the backup role behind Penix. He brings quality insurance in case Penix falls to injury, as Atlanta is a team with playoff aspirations. With the <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/tag\/nfl-trade-deadline\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL trade deadline<\/a> in early November, there is plenty of time to see where both teams are in the standings before a potential trade falls through.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-tertiary italic text-secondary [&amp;_&gt;a]:text-link [&amp;_&gt;a]:underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/author\/benedettovitale\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benedetto Vitale<\/a> has nearly a decade of experience in sports journalism, with expertise in covering the NFL, NCAA Football, NBA, and UFC. The Oregon alumni resides in Corvallis, Oregon, and has previous bylines at BroBible and Athlon Sports.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Trade rumors have been surrounding the Atlanta Falcons all offseason as Michael Penix Jr. is set to be&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":291697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2079],"tags":[7,294,1014,58,2444,2611,32,6,832,24182,424],"class_list":{"0":"post-291696","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-rams","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-kirk-cousins","10":"tag-los-angeles","11":"tag-los-angeles-rams","12":"tag-losangeles","13":"tag-losangelesrams","14":"tag-matthew-stafford","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-nfl-rumors","17":"tag-nfl-trade-deadline","18":"tag-rams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115036233748452032","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291696","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291696\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/291697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}