B/R AM: Kirk Cousins, Bag Chaser

More than $1B was committed to NFL players on the first day of the NFL's legal tampering period.

No one got a bigger cut than Kirk Cousins.

Cousins, 35, agreed to a four-year, $180M deal with the Falcons, bringing his career earnings to $411M.

That's $411M per playoff win.

Other big deals:

• LB Brian Burns got traded, then got $150M

• DL Christian Wilkins got $110M from Las Vegas

• G Robert Hunt got $100M from Carolina

• Josh Jacobs got $48M from Green Bay, the most for an RB this cycle

HEADLINES

➤ Best NFL players still available

➤ Tiki Barber, Saquon exchange words

➤ Contender linked to Derrick Henry

➤ Rockets star avoids serious injury

➤ Gerrit Cole to have elbow MRI

WHAT WE'RE WATCHING

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🏆 Conference Tourney Finals

• Stony Brook vs. Charleston (CBSSN, 7 PM ET) 
• Milwaukee vs. Oakland (ESPN+, 7 PM ET)
• Wagner vs. Merrimack (7 PM ET)
• Gonzaga vs. St. Mary's (ESPN, 9 PM ET) 
• Denver vs. SDSU (CBSSN, 9:30 PM ET)
• Full conference schedule here

🏀 NBA Tuesday

• PHI at NYK (TNT, 7:30 PM ET)
• IND at OKC (8 PM ET)
• BOS at UT (9 PM ET)
• MIN at LAC (TNT, 10 PM ET)
• MIL at SAC (10 PM ET)

⚽ Champions League

• Arsenal vs. Porto (P+, 4 PM ET)
• Barca vs. Napoli (P+, 4 PM ET)

ONE LAST THING

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The Lakers on Monday issued a statement acknowledging the recently-unveiled statue of Kobe Bryant has four typos in it, all in the section displaying the box score from his 81-point game.