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Minnesota is hoping Cousins, who spent six seasons with the franchise from 2018 to 2023, can stabilize things.\n\nCousins signed a five-year, $172 million contract with the Raiders in the offseason, a deal that effectively amounted to a one-year, $20 million guaranteed commitment. The Vikings now inherit what remains of that contract. In Las Vegas, the Raiders move forward with Fernando Mendoza taking over at quarterback.\n\nThere is also a scheduling twist: Cousins' former team, the Atlanta Falcons, is still helping pay part of his 2026 salary and is set to visit Minnesota on Thanksgiving weekend, meaning Atlanta will face the quarterback it released only months earlier.","published_at":"2026-11-10T23:19:43.452764+00:00","source_count":8,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Falcons Get Unexpected Kirk Cousins News After Vikings Trade","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/falcons-unexpected-kirk-cousins-news-230741009.html"},{"outlet":"Fox Sports","publisher":"Fox Sports","title":"Did The Vikings Win The Deadline? 5 Takeaways From The NFL Trade Deadline","url":"https://www.foxsports.com/stories/nfl/2026-nfl-trade-deadline-takeaways-kirk-cousins-jonathan-taylor"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Why the Vikings turned to Kirk Cousins in a trade 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