Cousins' top suitor is Cleveland, the long-recognized mecca center for all misfit quarterbacks. The Deshaun Watson experiment has been nothing short of a disaster. He has two years remaining on his five-year deal worth $230 million.

Cousins, who is in the first season of a four-year, $180 million contract that included $90 million guaranteed at signing, was benched by the Falcons on Tuesday.

Kirk Cousins is done as the Atlanta Falcons' starting quarterback, benched in favor of rookie Michael Penix Jr. ahead of the team's Week 16 matchup with the New York Giants. That doesn't mean Cousins is done as a starter in the NFL,