EAGAN, Minn. -- Will the 2023 season be Kirk Cousins' last as the Minnesota Vikings' starting quarterback? The team got no closer to answering that question Saturday on the final day of the NFL draft, prompting general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah to downplay the apparent contract stalemate that emerged this spring between Cousins and the team.
The sides could not agree to terms on a multiyear extension in March. Instead, they restructured the deal for salary-cap purposes only and left it set to expire in March 2024, when Cousins will be approaching his 36th birthday.