Eagerly Reentering Kirk Cousins Legitimacy Conversations

Dec 25, 2020; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) warms up before their game against the New Orleans Saints at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. Mandatory Credit: Chuck Cook-USA TODAY SportsLast night, Vikings Twitter was in an uproar over a tweet from Eric Eager, who said, “Dalton is a better value at $10.5 million than Kirk Cousins is at $31 million.” This tweet seemed like a wild take that was just out there to anger anyone who has a positive view of Cousins, but he then followed it up this morning with a very valid point.

the Dalton and Cousins tweet was not in vane. Here I write about why middle-class quarterback contracts are a good development in the…