Kirk Cousins is coming to Atlanta. He’s leaving his most well-liked jersey behind.
The Falcons introduced on Monday that Cousins will put on No. 18. Tight finish Kyle Pitts will preserve No. 8.
I first talked about two weeks in the past that Cousins and Pitts have been speaking about Pitts presumably surrendering the quantity. Pitts acted on the time as if it was faux information. Cousins, in his introductory press convention, stated in any other case.
He confirmed that Pitts led the cost in recruiting Cousins from Minnesota. He stated they’ve spoken about No. 8. Cousins added a caveat to the dialog.
“I do imagine it’s larger than Kyle and I,” Cousins stated. “I believe the league will begin to converse into issues, and we’ll simply see how that performs out.”
The league’s place, typically talking, is that gamers can’t abruptly change numbers with out accounting for the present stock of jerseys bearing their present numbers.
“With out entering into any particular participant(s), there’s a longstanding NFL coverage the place a participant can change his jersey however must purchase out current stock if he wished to make the change previous to the upcoming season,” chief NFL spokesman Brian McCarthy stated by way of e mail. “There’s no such provision if the participant stated he wished to alter the next yr and would put on his present quantity for the upcoming season.”
So it could be doable for Pitts to present Cousins No. 8 if everybody makes it clear that, for now, Cousins will put on No. 18 and Pitts will put on No. 8. Nonetheless, who would purchase a Cousins jersey or a Pitts jersey this yr, in the event that they deliberate to alter their numbers in 2025?
Three years in the past, former Vikings operating again Dalvin Prepare dinner thought of altering from No. 33 to No. 4, as soon as the principles modified to permit operating backs to put on single digits. As soon as he realized the price can be within the seven digits, he determined to maintain No. 33 for 2021 and change to No. 4 in 2022.
It’s unclear what it could have price to purchase out the present stock of Pitts jerseys. Cousins presumably would have paid the worth. He apparently wasn’t inquisitive about doing that.
The rule continues to be a dumb one. Did the Bears have to purchase the present Justin Fields jerseys after they traded him? Did the Steelers get a invoice for Kenny Pickett jerseys? Do the Broncos need to pay for the Russell Wilson jerseys?
On this case, possibly that ought to have been a part of the negotiations. If Cousins has requested the Falcons to pay the invoice for the present Pitts jerseys, would the Falcons have stated no?
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