It's early in the 2020 NFL season, but the Minnesota Vikings are already in trouble. Speaking of the Kirk Cousins 2020 Dynasty Outlook, I anticipate his 2020 season to look similar to his 2018 season. Kirk Cousins had a passer rating of 15.9 today. QB rating if a player drops back and spikes the ball into the turf on every single dropback… 39.6. But we’ve been duped, hoodwinked, and bamboozled by Kirk Cousins.. Kinda. Asked about why the offense is struggling, Vikings coach Mike Zimmer said "I'm not sure why exactly. While attending the University of Nebraska, Rob was a featured columnist for Bleacher Report covering the Nebraska Cornhuskers football team. After spending his time in Washington, Kirk Cousins signed a long term deal with Minnesota. He also made the 2020 Highest-Paid celebrities list, … And with Zimmer irate over the mediocre offensive output that resulted in a .500 season, DeFilippo was fired following Week 14’s 21-7 loss at Seattle. Based off his salary and his endorsements, Kirk Cousins is the highest-paid NFL athlete, according to Forbes. In Week 4 of 2019, the Vikings were again embarrassed by the Bears, 16-6, a contest in which the Vikings offense amassed only 222 total yards and Kirk Cousins was sacked six times, fumbling twice. Get NFL player stats, breaking news and analysis. After falling flat on their face in 2018, the Vikings were forced to go back to the drawing board in 2019. Must I remind you of the disaster that was Cousins’ first season as the Vikings quarterback back in 2018? Visit ESPN to view NFL Total QBR for the current and previous seasons Kirk Daniel Cousins (born August 19, 1988) is an American football quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). But as we saw the following week against the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Divisional round, Kirk Fisher — excuse me, Kirk Cousins — reared his ugly head. It’s up to the individual to determine if the 2019 season was a successful one for the Vikings, being that they went on the road and won a Wild Card Playoff game against the Saints. The reality: Cousins got a huge break when his first pass of the third quarter was intercepted by Titans cornerback Johnathan Joseph and returned 31 yards for a touchdown that would have put the Titans within a point of the Vikings. There aren't too many surprises on the Vikings' inactive list in Week 2 of the NFL season. It was obvious that with just one season under their belts, the Vikings no longer trusted their $84-million-man to be the focal point of the offense. Kirk Cousins’ 2020 Dynasty Outlook has promise. Drafted. The team is in an 0-2 hole to start the year. Cousins called the contract a win-win, because he stays in Minnesota and the deal lessened the cap hit for 2020. Instead of adhering to the age old adage, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” the Vikings self-sabotaged their franchise by having the offense go through Cousins. He is already over 15,000 passing yards, and touchdowns continue to be there every year for him. A guy sitting in a stool catching a shotgun snap every play and throwing it at the cigarette butts by his feet would have a passer rating of 39.6. The offense scored just 11 points. Minnesota quarterback Kirk Cousins has been very inconsistent. Based off his salary and his endorsements, Kirk Cousins is the highest-paid NFL athlete, according to … It’s important to note that Mike Zimmer held up his end of the bargain with his defense, ranking in the top-10 in points allowed and in the top-5 in yards allowed. In two seasons as the quarterback of the Minnesota Vikings, Kirk Cousins has passed his way to 19 victories, 7,901 passing yards, 56 touchdowns, 16 interceptions, and a 103.0 passer rating. It’s appears that the Vikings envision Cousins as the quintessential “Game Manager Quarterback.” They want to limit his exposure to mistakes, whether that’s by limiting unnecessary sacks and/or turning the ball over. Before coaching at Simley, he spent five years in the same role for Mounds View's varsity football program. The Vikings fell to 0-2 when they lost to the Indianapolis Colts Sunday. Kirk Cousins isn’t necessarily a star-maker at quarterback, but he’s good enough. The run defense has looked porous. With Stefanski calling Kubiak’s offense, the Vikings pulled another 180 and reverted to a run-dominant scheme, ranking 30th in the NFL in pass attempts, despite having one of the best wide receiver combos (Stefon Diggs and Adam Thielen) in the league. Rob Searles was born and raised in Minnesota, with a lifetime of covering his eyes to the inevitable shortcomings courtesy of our favorite local sports teams. But we've got to get better fast," per Chad Graff of The Athletic. 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Kirk Cousins Earns His Worst Passer Rating Ever In Vikings Loss To Colts By WCCO-TV September 20, 2020 at 6:37 pm Filed Under: Kirk Cousins , Minnesota News , Minnesota Vikings To do so, the team will need to get a lot better in a short amount of time. You'll now receive the top Vikings Wire stories each day directly in your inbox. Kirk Cousins, Minnesota Vikings — 68.9 Ryan Fitzpatrick is slightly higher in this category, but since he now resides on the bench for Miami, we’ll go with Cousins. — betz (@alltwentytwo) September 20, 2020. Unfortunately, it’s time to call it like it is: Cousins is a game-managing quarterback who has a propensity for filling up empty box scores. Without removing the garbage-time production for the other quarterbacks throughout the rest of the NFL, Cousins’ 100.85 passer rating would have ranked 11th in 2020. The Vikings have struggled to keep possession, at an almost comical rate. Jan 5, 2020; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) reacts during the second quarter of a NFC Wild Card playoff football game against the New Orleans Saints at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, my beloved Skoldiers. I get it, the Vikings went into New Orleans and won a playoff game last year with Cousins leading the way. Now that we’ve got the history lesson out of the way, let’s shift our focus to Cousins’ abysmal play here in the 2020 season. Report: Kirk Cousins is the highest-paid NFL player on Forbes list. YEAR TEAM G ATT COMP PCT YDS AVG LNG TD INT 1st 1st% 20+ SCK SCKY RATE; 2012 Washington Redskins Because the Vikings decided to extend Kirk Cousins … While Cousins ended last year’s campaign with a passer rating of 105, which ranked eighth among quarterbacks, his passer rating only fell to 100.85 when you remove his garbage-time production. 9 across all sports in terms of his pay from June 1, 2019 to June 1, 2020. By no means has this gone according to plan, as it’s been much of the same for Cousins and the Vikings through the first two games. He signed an extension with the Vikings this offseason. Please check your email for a confirmation. The run defense has looked porous. Following a storybook 2017 with the Vikings just a game away from hosting Super Bowl LII inside the freshly christened US Bank Stadium, the Vikings let their quarterback triplets that went a collective 13-3 — Sam Bradford, Case Keenum and Teddy Bridgewater — walk. Kirk Cousins Passer Rating, Score Margin within 10pts, by Quarter, 2020: 1stQ = 108.4 (6th in NFL) 2ndQ = 92.8 (17th in NFL) 3rdQ = 116.9 (2nd in NFL) 4thQ = 111.2 (7th in NFL) — Dustin Baker (@DustBaker) February 20, 2021 The deal added two new years, worth $66 million. Rob also covered the Houston Rockets for SB Nation during the 2019-20 season. Search our extensive list of all NFL players. With Cousins using his garbage time success to pad empty stats (we saw plenty of this during Week 1’s blowout against Green Bay) throughout his career in Washington in order to take full advantage of the quarterback marketplace throughout the NFL, the Vikings appear to have fallen victim, once again, to yet another quarterback blunder. Kirk Cousins: By the Redskins in the 4th Round (102nd Overall) in the 2012 Draft: Dak Prescott: By the Cowboys in the 4th Round (135th Overall) in the 2016 Draft He currently serves as a featured writer for FantasyPros, providing expertise on fantasy football, varying from redraft, dynasty, and superflex formats, and he coaches the wide receivers and serves as the passing game coordinator for Simley High School's varsity football program. As a Vikings fan, are you thrilled at the idea of Cousins being your starting quarterback until the 2023 season? Vikings' Kirk Cousins believes he won't finish 2020 season as starter if interceptions continue Cousins threw three first half interceptions in Sunday's loss to the Falcons In order to perfectly illustrate just how Cousins landed a 5-year/$150 million fully guaranteed contract, take a look at Cousins’ 2020 splits below. Offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur took the New York Giants head coaching job that year, and Minnesota replaced him with John DeFilippo — the former Philadelphia Eagles quarterbacks coach. Minnesota quarterback Kirk Cousins has been very inconsistent. Not to beat a dead horse here, but if you’re going to be a game-managing quarterback, you simply can not turn the ball over in the midst of a two-minute drill when the opposing defense smells blood in the water. The Vikings have struggled to keep possession, at an almost comical rate. In both games against the Packers and Colts, the Vikings were backed up near their own end zone in the second quarter of each game. Latest on Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on ESPN Kirk Cousins: 16 (2020) Josh Allen: 16 (2020) Touchdown Passes (TD) Kirk Cousins: 35 (2020) Josh Allen: 37 (2020) Passing Yards (Yds) Kirk Cousins: 4917 (2016) Josh Allen: ... QB Rating (Rate) Kirk Cousins: 107.4 (2019) Josh Allen: 107.2 (2020) Longest Completed Pass (Lng) Kirk Cousins: 81 (2014) Josh Allen: 75 (2018) Seasons. Cousins had the 4th best QB rating in 2019, but so far in 2020 it is only 24th best. Cousins came in at No. The secondary has been burned. Sign up for the Vikings Wire newsletter to get our top stories in your inbox every morning. In 2020, Kirk Cousins’ earning was estimated to be $60.5 million, which placed him in the 9th place in the Forbes Highest-Paid Athletes for 2020, making him the highest-ranked NFL player on the list. Make no mistake about it: Coming off a 13-3 season where the league wide narrative was built around this franchise being “a quarterback away,” Year 1 of the Cousins experiment was a colossal failure. Overall, it was three years in total for $96 million. In 2018, the Vikings made a splash by signing Kirk Cousins in free agency. Cousins estimated earning total is $60.5 million — $2.5 from endorsements with the rest coming from his salary. I’m assuming that most of you are familiar with the phrase “Two wrongs don’t make a right,” correct? Cousins ended up being the more solid quarterback out of that 2012 draft class, and health is the main reason. The secondary has been burned. These are mistakes that simply can not happen from a “Game-Managing Quarterback” whose sole job is to not be the reason why the Vikings lose a football game. But not as crazy as you would think. Career Stats for QB Kirk Cousins. In order for the team to be successful, Kubiak and Stefanski’s offense had to take the ball out of Kirk’s hands and commit to the running game. He also led the Vikings to a playoff victory over the Saints. This season is over, friends, and the fact that Kirk Cousins may be able to “up his numbers” with games against mediocre opponents in the 2020 season’s second-half is the equivalence of putting lipstick on the proverbial pig. As we all know, the Vikings signed Cousins – the quarterback version of Jeff Fisher – to a 3-year/$84 million fully guaranteed contract in March of 2018. Instead of running it back with at least one of those cost-effective signal callers, Minnesota backed up the Brinks truck for a quarterback who had never won a playoff game, nor won 10 games in a single season, all while accumulating a record of 26-30-1 as a starter. Discover NFL players past & present. The team is in an 0-2 hole to start the year. Forbes said that “while more NBA players make the list than any other sport, NFL players had the best year as a group thanks to the season’s late-summer start that has left them unaffected by the pandemic.”. The Minnesota Vikings redid its roster this offseason, but were still tabbed by fans and analysts to contend for a playoff spot. And his statline on Sunday against a Colts team that got bullied in the fourth quarter by Gardner Minshew (who makes about 35 times less money than Cousins this year) was this: 11-for-26 passing, 113 yards, zero touchdowns, three interceptions, 9.2 QBR. Again, after going 13-3 with an offense that was built around sustaining drives through running the football effectively, the Vikings were league leaders in rush attempts, rushing yards, and rushing touchdowns in 2017. However, there are still some notable players who are out. Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins is listed as 66/1 to win the 2020 NFL MVP award. Here's a video of the best voice cracks in his NFL career! Minnesota is Leading the Way in OTA Changes, Developmental QB Options to Replace Sean Mannion, Cousins – the quarterback version of Jeff Fisher. With the franchise looking to show off their new toy, the Vikings decided to do a complete 180 on their offensive scheme. Following a storybook 2017 with the Vikings just a game away from hosting Super Bowl LII inside the freshly christened US Bank Stadium, the Vikings let their quarterback triplets that went a collective 13-3 — Sam Bradford, Case Keenum and Teddy Bridgewater — walk. The numbers: Cousins finished 16-of-27 for 251 yards with three touchdowns, two interceptions, two sacks and a 96.4 passer rating. There are a few silver linings, but for the most part, if Minnesota doesn't make a lot of adjustments to its level of play, the team will be looking at a down year. Start every day with our most popular content waiting in your inbox. It's early in the 2020 NFL season, but the Minnesota Vikings are already in trouble. Now, pretend that you didn’t watch a single second of the Vikings first two games and you can only go off the numbers that you see below. Cousins is coming off a season where he threw for 3,603 yards, 26 touchdown passes and six interceptions. With Cousins entering the final season of his 3-year deal, Minnesota handed Cousins a 2-year extension through the 2022 season, fully guaranteeing an additional $66 million for the below average quarterback in order to create cap space this season. Kirk Cousins has the voice of an angel, but sometimes his voice tend to crack.. Minnesota brought in longtime inside/outside zone run game specialist, Gary Kubiak, to serve as the assistant head coach and mastermind the offense. And in both games, Cousins was sacked in the end zone, resulting in safeties for the Vikings offense. But if you were to tell the typical Vikings fan in March of 2018 immediately following the Cousins signing that Minnesota would not win a division title in his first two years, miss the playoffs entirely in his first year, and squeak out a Wild Card overtime victory before getting blown out in the Divisional round, would that qualify as success for the Kirk Cousins Era? Cousins’ days of being a top-12 fantasy QB are likely gone, but his days of being fantasy relevant, however, are not. Now, fast forward to 2018 and you’ll notice the drastic philosophical shift in the Vikings offense, and the pitfalls that resulted. NFL and PFF player stats for Minnesota Vikings QB Kirk Cousins on Pro Football Focus. He has made five big-time throws to just two turnover-worthy plays when feeling the heat, completing 49 of his 91 attempts in the process. He also covers the NBA, first serving as a staff writer for Daily Thunder, covering the Oklahoma City Thunder as a credentialed media member for the 2018-19 season. — Sam Monson (@PFF_Sam) September 20, 2020. If you have suppressed this memory from your brain, let me remind you, Kirk Cousins is due nearly $100 million from 2020 to 2022. They found late-round gems like Stefon Diggs and Danielle Hunter […], Photo credit: Trevor Ruszkowski (USA TODAY Sports). But we’ve been duped, hoodwinked, and bamboozled by Kirk Cousins. By spending a third-round pick in the 2019 NFL Draft on RB2 Alexander Mattison, the writing was on the wall for yet another drastic schematic shift in the Vikings offense. In truth, Cousins threw two interceptions, had a passer rating of 76.5, while Minnesota rushed for a mere 22 yards. Cousins lost his top weapon from last season in Stefon Diggs, who will be catching passes from Allen in Buffalo in 2020, but he should have a full season of healthy Adam Thielen. 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