Kirk Cousins signing loudly praised by top ESPN analyst

Kirk Cousins has found a new home, as the news broke on Thursday that he will be headed to the Las Vegas Raiders this coming season. While the Raiders are likely to select Indiana quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza with the top overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft, no draft pick is a sure thing, and Mendoza will need a strong mentor in the locker room in Las Vegas. Which is why a veteran presence with significant winning experience, like Cousins, makes sense.

And plenty of people in the football world agree with that sentiment, including top ESPN analyst Mike Greenberg. Greenberg appeared on The Pat McAfee Show on Thursday, where he was asked for his opinion on the signing. And he had a lot of praise for both the Cousins move in particular, but for a lot of the offseason decisions the franchise has made.

"When you look at the way the deal is structured, there's no losing scenario. It is a no-lose deal for the Raiders," Greenberg said. "I have a philosophy that far more quarterbacks are ruined in the NFL than are developed.

The Raiders are a team that has gotten almost everything wrong for it feels like such a long time, but now just in this little moment here, it feels like they've become the teams that gets everything right. I have loved everything that they've done this offseason. " "The Kirk Cousins signing is a no lose deal for the Raiders..