Vikings legend Jared Allen has no issue with team moving on from Kirk Cousins

Former Minnesota Vikings star Jared Allen appears on OutKick's "Don't @ Me with Dan Dakich" to talk Kirk Cousins leaving for the Atlanta Falcons.

Kirk Cousins has long been one of the more under-appreciated quarterbacks in the National Football League.

However, his time ran out in the Midwest, and his marriage with the Minnesota Vikings ended this past offseason.

Perhaps circumstances may have been a little different had the 35-year-old not torn his Achilles during the season, but the writing had been on the wall throughout the season.

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Kirk Cousins, #8 of the Minnesota Vikings, looks to pass during the second quarter of the game against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on Oct. 15, 2023 in Chicago. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

During the offseason, Cousins signed a four-year, $180 million deal with the Atlanta Falcons, with $100 million of it guaranteed. With the Vikings needing to pay Justin Jefferson, which they did, and a top pick in the NFL (which they used on J.J. McCarthy), it is easy to see why Minnesota moved on.

And Jared Allen is all good with it.

"It shooked out how it should've shooked out. I would have moved on, just because, nothing personal from the standpoint of Kirk, but you have to look where the future is gonna be. Even if you get two or three great years out of Kirk, for that kind of money, you're setting yourself behind getting a good draft pick and in the right direction," Allen said to OutKick's "Don't @ Me with Dan Dakich" on Tuesday.

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins, #8, makes pass during an NFL game between the Minnesota Vikings and San Francisco 49ers on Oct. 23, 2023 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis. (Nick Wosika/Icon