Cousins Extension Makes Sense but Current QB Market Making It Difficult + Bud Thoughts

Vikings Insider, The GM’s View

Kirk Cousins had his best season as an NFL QB in 2022. His stats have been better in other seasons, but the knock on him in the past was not coming up clutch in big moments. Cousins was great at crunch time in the Vikings’ 13-4 regular season that won the NFC North as he led eight come-from-behind victories.

Unfortunately, that clutchness didn’t carry over to the playoff loss to the Giants when Cousins threw the ill-fated fourth down pass on the final drive short of the first down marker to T.J. Hockenson (rather than taking a shot to superstar Justin Jefferson as he did on 4th-and-16 for the play of the year in Buffalo). But with better protection throughout…