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Free agent quarterback Kirk Cousins has agreed to a deal with the Las Vegas Raiders, his agent, Mike McCartney, confirmed in a post shared on his X account Thursday (April 2).
"Congrats @KirkCousins8 agreeing to a contract with the @Raiders," McCartney wrote.
Cousins was released by the Falcons earlier this month, with the team already owing him $10 million for the 2025 season. The move came weeks after newly hired Falcons general manager Ian Cunningham said that the team had already informed Cousins of their plan to release him during an interview with a local station station via ESPN.
Cunningham also said there were no plans to bring back Cousins at a lower salary point after releasing him. The two sides had reportedly agreed to modify the final years of his current contract, which allowed the Falcons to decide on his future on March 13, a source with knowledge of the situation confirmed to ESPN's Field Yates in January.
"The Falcons and Kirk Cousins recently agreed to a modified final two years of his contract, setting March 13th up as a date to make a decision on the QB's future with the franchise by," Yates wrote on his X account.
Cousins signed a four-year, $180 million contract with the Falcons in March 2024, which included $100 million guaranteed, just one month before the franchise selected former Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. with its first-round pick. Cousins went 7-7 during his first season in Atlanta before being benched for Penix, who started the 2025 season and went 3-6 prior to a season-ending ACL injury. Cousins started in the Falcons' final eight games, going 5-3, and throwing for 1,721 yards, 10 touchdowns and five interceptions on 166 of 269 passing.