Internet Reacts to Minnesota Slipping In It Added Another Year to Kirk Cousins’ Contract

Why not pile on Kirk Cousins a little more.

Tom Brady is one of the most famous and accomplished athletes of all time. Everything he does, everything he says, is constantly being reported. Someone very talented and very famous gets more of the limelight than others less talented.

Someone did not pass along this memo to the Vikings and Kirk Cousins.

As Tom Brady announced he was coming out of retirement on Sunday evening, Minnesota announced it was adding another year to Cousins’ exorbitant contract.

The #Vikings are signing Pro Bowl QB Kirk Cousins to a one-year, $35 million fully guaranteed extension that puts him under contract through 2023, per sources.

Cousins gets a raise to $40 million in 2022, $55 million payable by next March and a no-trade clause.

— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 13, 2022

Yeah?

The internet went hard at Cousins and the Vikings. NFL Twitter had a lot of fun with a Hall of Famer and a Hall of Have-Not entering the news cycle simultaneously.

Kirk Cousins pic.twitter.com/U9UuB0YYgk

— Jasmine (@JasmineLWatkins) March 13, 2022

Tom Brady: shocks the NFL world

The Vikings: quick quick, announce the kirk cousins extension. they won’t remember a thing.

— Daire Carragher (@DaireCarragher) March 13, 2022

I strive to be Kirk Cousins. I don’t need to be the best, I just need to be paid. https://t.co/Sgm9ldfuH5

— Dilla (@E_Dilla) March 13, 2022

Kirk cousins getting another fully guaranteed contract pic.twitter.com/EyDUwRMli1

— Bet Shack (@bet_shack) March 13, 2022

Kirk Cousins is now making as much as Karl-Anthony Towns and Anthony Edwards combined

— Dane Moore (@DaneMooreNBA) March 14, 2022

Kirk Cousins dropping his contract news at the same time Tom Brady unretires pic.twitter.com/wp2OuPb9xK

— NFL On Prime Video (@NFLonPrime) March 13, 2022

tom brady: i've decided to unretire

nobody:

absolutely no one:

vikings: we're signing kirk cousins to a one-year deal

— Justin Phan (@jphanned) March 13, 2022

Kirk Cousins is so grossly overpaid it’s almost a joke, but hey, this is the market for QB’s, even if they haven’t won too many playoff games.

If you’re halfway decent you can make a hell of a living playing QB in the NFL.

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