With the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback room nonetheless unsettled after their first three OTA periods, choices are on the desk for the Steelers past signing Aaron Rodgers. With right now being June 1, it makes it extra palatable for the Atlanta Falcons to commerce QB Kirk Cousins on account of having the ability to push some lifeless cash to the longer term, and The Athletic’s Mike DeFabo thinks buying and selling for Cousins is one thing Pittsburgh may discover. Throughout an look on The Bettor Angle on BetMGM, DeFabo mentioned the Steelers would have a dialog about buying and selling for Cousins if his value level was proper.
“Some conversations that I had, the issues that I’ve heard inside the group, it seemed like in some unspecified time in the future, at some value, they’d at the very least have the dialog. I don’t know if they might really pull the set off on one thing like that.”
DeFabo mentioned that for the Steelers to have an interest, the Falcons would want to eat a “great” quantity of the cash remaining of his remaining wage. However ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler mentioned that wasn’t one thing Atlanta is eager on doing. If Atlanta does deal Cousins, a commerce now’s extra probably than it could’ve been even earlier this week since they might incur only a $12.5 lifeless cash cost on their books for 2025 as a post-June 1 commerce.
Cousins appears to be a transparent Plan B for the Steelers in the event that they’re unable to signal Rodgers, however the group additionally has expressed confidence in QB Mason Rudolph. Even with Atlanta taking over a number of the cash, the Steelers might want to weigh whether or not they really feel Cousins is value bringing in somewhat than simply rolling with Rudolph, particularly with the group probably seeking to take a quarterback early within the 2026 NFL Draft.
It’s a transfer that might include loads of questions after Cousins struggled down the stretch final season. He struggled with turnovers and his lack of mobility made it laborious for him to keep away from the opposing pass-rush. The turnover difficulty particularly could possibly be a giant one in Pittsburgh. The Steelers have thrived after they handle the ball and create turnovers, and Cousins doesn’t encourage loads of confidence after throwing 16 interceptions final season.
But when the Steelers are comfy with the worth and actually really feel like Kirk Cousins could possibly be an improve, it wouldn’t be a shock to see them make a transfer after there’s been loads of smoke over the previous few weeks connecting the 2 sides.
