Cleveland was still never interested in Cousins, per Lloyd

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Report: Baker Mayfield Believed Browns Were Going to Trade for Vikings' Kirk CousinsROB GOLDBERGMARCH 21, 2022

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Baker Mayfield reportedly thought the Cleveland Browns were planning a trade for Kirk Cousins before eventually landing Deshaun Watson in a deal with the Houston Texans, per Jason Lloyd of The Athletic. 
Browns head coach Kevin Stefanski spent two seasons alongside Cousins with the Minnesota Vikings, serving as quarterbacks coach in 2018 and offensive coordinator in 2019.
Cleveland was still never interested in Cousins, per Lloyd. The team intended to pursue Watson and Russell Wilson in the offseason but would otherwise keep Mayfield under center in 2022.

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Makes sense.  For the asking price the Vikings would want and if you are giving that much up I would hold out for Wilson or Watson too.

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Wilson or Watson are going to fill the stands a lot more than KC. 

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Interesting to me at least that a guy that was Kirk's QB coach and then OC had no interest in trading for Cousins.  

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so Cousins former position coach/offensive coordinator wasnt interested enough in KC to reach out the Vikings once it was decided to improve on Mayfield?  What is that saying?  I can see Watson,  and possibly Wilson,  but to not even have him on their list,  or reach out?  especially after Wilson went off the board.  I mean you would think they would have had a back up plan in place once they pissed baker off in case they couldnt land Watson.  I have a hard time believing that they didnt at least look into it.

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Take it with a grain of salt. No GM with a functional brain would admit if they had him targeted. I doubt Mayfield was basing his belief on nothing. 
With that said, the one team I did hear was interested in Cousins was the Colts. Also heard that the Vikings had no intention of moving him unless they had to. 

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@minny65 said:
Interesting to me at least that a guy that was Kirk's QB coach and then OC had no interest in trading for Cousins.  

Just as interesting that the guy who was also his QB coach is now his head coach and wanted him as his QB.

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@AGRforever said:

@minny65 said:
Interesting to me at least that a guy that was Kirk's QB coach and then OC had no interest in trading for Cousins.  

Just as interesting that the guy who was also his QB coach is now his head coach and wanted him as his QB.

Yea he did inherit Kirk. 

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@AGRforever said:

@minny65 said:
Interesting to me at least that a guy that was Kirk's QB coach and then OC had no interest in trading for Cousins.  

Just as interesting that the guy who was also his QB coach is now his head coach and wanted him as his QB.

Rumor was that KOC would not have taken the HC job without Kirk

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Guy's a psycho..