He has lived up to that reputation thus far, and both Kirk Cousins and Sam Darnold now have the pay stubs to prove it. Darnold agreed to a three-year, $100.5M contract with the Seattle Seahawks on Monday.

But there's another familiar face who would also make some sense — former Vikings starter Kirk Cousins, who could be released by the Atlanta Falcons this offseason. That's an idea NFL Network's Daniel Jeremiah floated on the network on Thursday, and Jeremiah made an appearance on ESPN's The Pat McAfee Show Friday to clarify his thoughts on Cousins.

Around this time last year, most Vikings watchers were preparing for (and ready for) the likely end of the Kirk Cousins era. Cousins did, indeed, leave for a lucrative deal with the Falcons, one Atlanta surely regrets.