Where will Kirk Cousins end up in 2018?

The question seems to come up every offseason in Washington. But with the Burgundy and Gold remaining non-committal and the price tag of potentially franchising him a prohibitive cost of nearly $35 million, it seems most pertinent to ask right now: Where will Kirk Cousins end up next season?

Plenty of NFL teams need quarterback help, a number of which have potentially more attractive pieces in place than Washington. Even if Cousins isn’t an elite signal caller, he’s proven himself competent enough to be a difference-maker for a club looking for veteran stability to get them to the playoffs. But what club might that be?

The WTOP Sports staff scanned the league and made its case for six possible landing spots, including the possibility that Cousins doesn’t go anywhere at all. Here are our best guesses, and the reasons behind them.

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