Ryan McFaddenApr 2, 2026, 09:21 AM ET
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HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders agreed to terms with Kirk Cousins on Thursday, two days after new coach Klint Kubiak said he wanted to add another veteran quarterback to the roster.
Terms of the deal, which was announced by Cousins’ agent on social media, were not immediately available Thursday morning.
Cousins, 37, will join a Raiders team that is widely expected to select former Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza with the first overall pick in the NFL draft later this month.
But Kubiak and general manager John Spytek, who were among those in attendance Wednesday to scout Mendoza at Indiana’s pro day, have said on multiple occasions that they prefer not to start a young quarterback right away this season.
“Ideally, you don’t want him to start Day 1. You’d love him to be able to learn behind somebody. That’s in a perfect world,” Kubiak said Tuesday at the annual league meetings. “It doesn’t always work out that way. Sometimes they have to play from Day 1, and it’s our job as a coach to get them ready to go.
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“I think it does help the player, though, if they can sit behind a mature adult and watch how they run the show.”
The deal comes less than a month after Cousins was released by the Atlanta Falcons, who parted ways with the quarterback two years after signing him to a four-year, $180 million contract.
Before adding Cousins, Aidan O’Connell was the only quarterback on Las Vegas’ roster after the team traded Geno Smith to the New York Jets last month. The move reunites Cousins with Kubiak, who was the quarterback coach and offensive coordinator for three seasons with the Minnesota Vikings (2019-2021).
During that stretch with Kubiak in Minnesota, Cousins passed for 12,089 yards, 94 touchdowns, 26 interceptions and had a completion rate of 67.6%. Kubiak was the offensive coordinator in 2021 when Cousins was named to the Pro Bowl after throwing for 4,221 yards and 33 touchdowns with a passer rating of 103.1 and a completion rate of 66.3%.
Cousins had an up-and-down two years in Atlanta, which drafted quarterback Michael Penix Jr. just six weeks after signing him — a move that took Cousins by surprise.
Coming off a torn Achilles with the Vikings in 2023, Cousins led the Falcons to a 6-3 start in 2024 before an arm injury hampered his performance. He went on a stretch of five games with nine interceptions before the Falcons benched him in Week 16, committing to Penix as the quarterback of the present and future.
Cousins returned healthy in 2025, but the Falcons had already made up their minds that Penix was their quarterback. But Penix tore his left ACL in Week 11, and Cousins started the rest of the way, including a four-game winning streak to close the season.
Cousins completed 61.7% of his passes for 1,721 yards with 10 touchdowns and five interceptions last season. His 47.6 QBR tied him at 22nd in the league with Bryce Young.
A fourth-round pick by Washington in the 2012 draft, Cousins has passed for 44,700 yards with 298 touchdowns and 131 interceptions in 14 seasons in the NFL.
ESPN’s Marc Raimondi contributed to this report.
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