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PelisseroThey had to work out the money because Kirk wasn't going to play for free. They end up doing a, let's just call it, very creative structure where the Falcons are paying most of the money this year and the Raiders are paying a $10 million bonus next year. I still would not take off the table.

PelisseroAnd I know that I get killed by Raiders fans every time I say it. I still think there's a scenario out there, Shield, where some quarterback gets hurt late October, early November, and somebody throws a big pick at the Raiders and they just have to seriously think about it. If they're in the playoff chase and they're on target to, you know, go to the playoffs, it's going to be hard.

PelisseroLet's say you get offered like a second round pick for Kirk Cousins, who's on essentially a rental deal. You do have this, you know, kind of right in the contract is the way they structured it, where they have a limited window to trade him or cut him or keep him. Pick up his 22 year, $80 million option in March.

PelisseroBut like, if you got offered a big pick now, it's not the wildest thing in the world for a 38 year old quarterback, who's probably not your starter next season to say we'd consider it. But right now, Kirk's playing at a really, you know, really, really high level and good for him. He's also on his 11th straight year of fully guaranteed money, which is always my favorite stat.

PelisseroHe's Mr. Fully Guaranteed.

KapadiaHim and Dak Prescott. Yeah, this era of, if you really want to just maximize your value and, you know, those are the blueprints for how to do it. I was just looking at all the teams and being like, is there a team that there's a great what if for?

KapadiaI feel like the Colts might be the closest. if they were like, we don't want to give Daniel Jones all that money coming off the injury. We can get Kirk Cousins. He's playing inside. He's got it with a good offensive coach and a good infrastructure around him. That's one that maybe would have been a little bit interesting there.