Minnesota’s $84 million man Kirk Cousins was supposed to come in right away and take the Vikings to the next level, and that next level was the Super Bowl as Minnesota went to the NFC title game with Case Keenum as the quarterback in 2017.
Unfortunately for Minnesota, they would miss the playoffs in 2018, which was a huge disappointment considering the success they had last season.
In the NFL, the QB receives too much credit and too much blame, but it comes with the territory, and Cousins received a lot of the blame, but according to Vikings WR Laquon Treadwell, it’s not just all on Cousins.
“He’s a baller,” Treadwell told TMZ Sports. “This is the first year; we were a little rusty, but we gonna bounce back. We were learning each other, chemistry.”
This is only year one for Cousins in Minnesota, so it’s way too early to say the signing was a bad move. However, Cousins has to play better against better teams in the league. He was 1-6 against teams above .500 in 2018, and he is 5-25 against teams with winning records and is 0-1 in the playoffs.
Let’s see if that number changes in 2019.