Michael Penix Jr. and won’t turn back.

So, onlookers have wondered this offseason where Cousins might land, and according to some recent reporting from SI.com‘s Albert Breer, the Pittsburgh Steelers could be a dark-horse suitor for Cousins.

The Steelers Could Enter the Kirk Cousins Sweepstakes

For starters, Cousins’ 2025 options have dwindled and are not improving. Most teams have quarterback solutions on their rosters or will draft a rookie in 10 days.

He wrote this week, “So where could Cousins go? I think Cleveland is a lot less likely now, but not completely impossible. The other team I’d pay attention to is the Pittsburgh Steelers, if Aaron Rodgers decides not to go there. How he fits there, with the strong personalities in that locker room, and on offense in particular, is a fair question. But you don’t have to squint too hard to envision a marriage of convenience between two sides who, once the dust settles on Rodgers, may need each other.”

“And it’s not like there isn’t some level of risk for the Falcons in handling things like this. If they hold on to Cousins into the summer with the idea of trading him, he could decide, with his family now rooted in Atlanta (his wife is from the area), that he’d be less willing to leave in a camp-emergency situation than he might be in the spring.”

Pittsburgh appears to be waiting on Rodgers’ decision, but in absolutely vintage Rodgersian form, the process is taking too long.

Breer added, “There’s also no guarantee that such an emergency situation arises — those don’t happen every year. Of course, that presumes the Falcons are motivated to move Cousins, to the point where they’d handle some of his 2025 salary to make it happen. To this point, they sure haven’t operated like they are willing to do so.”

The Falcons in No Hurry to Move Cousins

From the onset of the offseason, the Falcons’ brass claimed it had no qualms about keeping Cousins as the QB2 in 2025.

They weren’t kidding. A March deadline came and went when offloading Cousins would’ve been fiscally responsible. No movement. And no trades have occurred through three months of the Falcons’ offseason.

Folks have underestimated Atlanta’s commitment to leaving Cousins on the bench, evidently unfazed by any possible distraction.

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Last week, the Cleveland Browns signed Joe Flacco to a 2023 reunion contract, and he’ll pair with Kenny Pickett this summer for a quarterback competition. The Browns could also draft Shedeur Sanders, Jaxson Dart, Tyler Shough, Jalen Milroe, or Quinn Ewers.

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