A health issue, mental or physical that's occurred since his big contract.

Maybe Cousins is simply hating Atlanta and is telling them he plans to retire early and walk away from the money. He doesn't need it and if there ever was a guy that doesn't care about $100,000,000 over his kids it's Cousins.

NFL GMs are prone to dumb mistakes just like the rest of us but this feels calculated. Something is up. The bijan pick was weird but made some sense. Running backs are fragile and you need an elite one to win. Having 2 great backs making rookie money isn't as weird as many say it is.