Kirk Cousins agrees to sign contract with Raiders, agent says - ESPN

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.

»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