How Russell Wilson’s “career year” proves Cousins haters wrong

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I can already hear the cacophony of keyboards being angrily typed on from around the state of Minnesota.

One thing that has increasingly struck me as interesting is the fact that the Minnesota Vikings faithful are somehow bending over backward to explain away the one thing we’ve always wanted, a sub-40 (ish) franchise quarterback.

I’ve covered that topic to a point of concern by those around me, but one tidbit that I feel is something I haven’t pointed out and that most Kirk Cousins couldn’t (or more so shouldn’t)…