Kirk Cousins returned to the Vikings' practice field on Wednesday, cleared to get back to work and charged up for two days against the 49ers after his bout with COVID-19.
Cousins left Vikings training camp last Thursday after he'd felt "a little lousy," and coach Kevin O'Connell said Friday morning the quarterback had tested positive for the virus. It put Cousins out for five days, keeping him home from the team's first preseason game in Las Vegas. He called it a "fluid situation" as to whether he would have played in the game if he'd been healthy, though he conceded if he were to be out because of the virus, the days he missed were probably as good a time as any.