Kirk Cousins stood at the podium inside the press room at the Atlanta Falcons ... and odds are the Falcons will be dealing with how his contract affects their salary cap for the foreseeable ...

If he was traded after June 1, Atlanta would split the dead cap over two seasons—$12.5 million in '25 and $25 million in '26—and save $27.5 million toward the 2025 salary cap. The Falcons are ...

Atlanta will be on the hook for $90 million in dead cap, with all of it hitting the books for next season. The Falcons would end up saving about $65 million by not retaining him for the life of ...

When Kirk Cousins signed his four-year, $180 million contract with the Atlanta ... If the Falcons do cut Cousins prior to next season, they are going to eat a $65 million dead cap hit, per Spotrac.

The Atlanta Falcons will have to absorb a dead cap hit if they want to move on from quarterback Kirk Cousins. Atlanta Falcons v Las Vegas Raiders / Ethan Miller/GettyImages Just a few weeks ago ...

Raheem Morris has been defiant in sticking with Kirk Cousins as his quarterback this season for the Falcons instead of ...

Cousins is benched, Penix is starting, and Atlanta’s QB future hangs in the balance as tensions rise ahead of a must-win game ...