Popular thought has been that Case Keenum would have to wait for Kirk Cousins to sign with a team before inking a contract of his own. That’s not the case, at least in Keenum’s mind. If Keenum receives a strong offer right out of the gate, he is prepared to take it, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL.com (video link). 
Of course, the call is not up to just Keenum. There figures to be a good amount of overlap between his market and Cousins’ with Keenum as the Plan B – or even Plan C – behind this year’s top free agent. But, it’s notable that Keenum does not intend on waiting for Cousins to set the market. Instead, Keenum likely figures that Cousins’ contract will not have a great deal of bearing on his own.
To a large degree, that is true. Cousins is expected to become the league’s highest-paid player of all-time on a yearly basis with a deal that many have an unprecedented amount of guaranteed cash. Keenum, meanwhile, should garner more than $20MM per season, but nothing close to Cousins.
Cousins’ contract shouldn’t significantly affect Keenum’s contract money wise. The only way it does is if one of the losers of the Cousins’ sweepstakes gets desperate and basically gives Keenum a blank check. I don’t imagine any of those teams giving Keenum a serious offer until Cousins picks his destination though.
Even if he signs first it’s going to be because a team wasn’t going to pay Cousins money anyway.
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