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When all the dust settles, the\u00a0Atlanta Falcons<\/a>\u2019 partnership with\u00a0Kirk Cousins<\/a>\u00a0just might go down as the worst NFL free agent signing in recent memory.<\/p>\n There were already a ton of red flags when the Falcons decided to hand the 36-year-old quarterback a four-year, $180-million\u00a0contract<\/a>\u00a0with $100-million in guaranteed money back in March. For starters, Cousins was coming off a torn achilles that he had suffered less than five months earlier while playing for the Vikings.<\/p>\n Atlanta was also scrutinized for refusing to make a run at\u00a0Lamar Jackson<\/a>\u00a0during the previous offseason because they were unwilling to may him because he was \u201cinjury prone\u201d \u2014 only to give a much older Cousins a very similar contract despite his own history of injuries.<\/p>\n And then, to top if all off, just a month after singing Cousins, the team went as used their eighth-overall pick in the draft on Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr.<\/p>\n Critics were going hard at the Falcons for their questionable decisions, and now it appears as though all the scrutiny was justified as Atlanta is now set to release Kirk Cousins before his $10-million roster bonus kicks in on March 17.<\/p>\n Kirk Cousins’ divorce from the Falcons is expected to be finalized before his $10 million roster bonus is due March 17, with executives across the league fully expecting Atlanta to have to release him by then.https:\/\/t.co\/pUBOJ03BXi<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) December 21, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n