COUSINS

The Minnesota Vikings offensive looked terrible last night against the Buffalo Bills and that's putting it nicely. Carson Wentz looked worse than Kyler Murray for most of the game. Fans were booing the Vikings on Monday Night Football. 

Minnesota went out and traded a third round pick to the Las Vegas Raiders in exchange for the return of Kirk Cousins. 

Cousins played six seasons for the Vikings from 2018 - 2023. His best a season was in 2022 where he played 17 games, threw for 29 touchdowns, and averaged 291 yards per game. 

Justin Jefferson has great numbers when Cousins throws him the ball. Jefferson's career stats with Cousins throwing him the ball: 54 games, 364 catches, 5,338 yards, and 28 touchdowns. 

Now Cousins is 38 years old this season, but he can't be any worse than what we saw the last couple games with Wentz and Murray. 

Cousins has thrown 20 touchdowns this season which is good enough for second most only behind Joe Burrow (23).

Can Kirk Cousins help turn this Vikings' offense around? With how good the defense is, all Cousins has to do is throw the ball to open receivers and not turn the ball over.

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