Kirk Cousins rumors: 5 best fits in NFL free agency
By John Buhler
East. Buffalo Bills. 3. player. 16. . AFC
Why would Cousins want to go play for the Buffalo Bills? Good question. Buffalo is one of the few teams that needs a franchise quarterback in the worst way that is both competitive now and could be in the future. It’s clear that the Bills are heading in the right direction under head coach Sean McDermott. In his first year in Orchard Park, the Bills made their first trip to the AFC playoffs since 1999.
What is also clear is that the Bills are looking to move off Tyrod Taylor at quarterback. Let’s just hope Nathan Peterman spends most of 2018 holding onto a clipboard than playing in yet another offense for the Bills. With former offensive coordinator Rick Dennison being fired, that paved the way for former Alabama Crimson Tide offensive coordinator Brian Daboll to step in. Before arriving in Tuscaloosa last year, Daboll had been the tight ends coach for the Bills’ AFC East division rival New England Patriots.
Cousins has shown that he has the arm talent to succeed in the frigid AFC East. Playing eight games annually at New Era Field is tough sledding, but Cousins was able to win in chaos in Washington. Could he be the heir apparent to the Jim Kelly throne in Western New York? We’ll see.
What makes the Bills an appealing landing spot for Cousins is outside of the Patriots, the AFC East is very winnable, as neither the Miami Dolphins or the New York Jets are elite at quarterback. Given that Buffalo will be a defensive-minded team under McDermott, we won’t be seeing Cousins play from behind if all goes according to plan. Buffalo has right around the league average in terms of available cap space at $29,271,937. Cousins is young enough and talented enough to usher in a change of guard in the AFC East once the Patriots dynasty comes to an end.