How Will Vikings Fans Remember the Kirk Cousins Era?

Entering what is almost certainly the last year of his tenure in Minnesota, Kirk Cousins will have played the same amount of seasons with the Vikings as he did in Washington. His time here has not been without scrutiny, but as the franchise looks to the future, how will he be looked back upon?

For years, the greatest bugaboo for fans regarding Kirk Cousins is that he has been paid like a Top 12 quarterback while being closer to just above average. That should have always been expected, given he was signed as a premier free agent option, but the landscape of value across the NFL is often misguided. I don’t think you’d find any argument to suggest that Cousins compares at the level he is being…