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Latest Projection for Kirk Cousins’ Salary Will Make Your Stomach Churn

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Oofta. That’s the best word to describe the latest financial projection for Kirk Cousins’ next contract.

Latest Projection for Kirk Cousins’ Salary Will Make Your Stomach Churn

For a few weeks — it feels like a long time ago now — Minnesota Vikings fans reserved hope that Cousins would rejoin the purple team for a seventh season on a “team-friendly deal.” Some outrageous thinkers believed that could be between $10-$25 million. More realistically, $35 million felt like an appropriate hometown discount.

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But all that is dead, as Cousins seems poised to break the bank — like he always does — in free agency or from his next Vikings’ contract.