Twenty-two years ago, Neil O'Donnell was the free agent on everybody's lips. He was 29 years old, coming off an AFC championship with the Pittsburgh Steelers. Even though free agency was a fairly new concept, everybody recognized it was unusual for a quality quarterback -- still in his prime -- to hit the open market.
Sound familiar?
O'Donnell was the Kirk Cousins of his era.
The money is bigger now than it was in 1996 -- a lot bigger -- and social media has ramped up the daily speculation, but there are parallels between O'Donnell and Cousins.