Kirk Cousins gets $98.7 million for 22 starts with the Falcons
Kirk Cousins has made $321 million in 14 NFL seasons. At his most recent team, he got the best per-game rate of his career by far. The final tally for his time in Atlanta goes like this: $98.
7 million for 22 starts. It works out to $4. 49 million per start.
The total haul comes from the $90 million he received over the first two seasons, plus the $8. 7 million the Falcons will pay from his guaranteed compensation of $10 million for 2026. If not for the torn ACL suffered in November by Michael Penix Jr.
, Cousins would have started only 15 games. Which would have pushed the rate to $6. 58 million per game.
Those final seven starts went a long way toward creating his opportunity with the Raiders. He went 5-2, with four straight wins to end the season. The final kick included upset wins over the Buccaneers and Rams in prime time.