Kirk Cousins to Make History on Sunday

When Kirk Cousins takes his first snap for the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday afternoon at Lambeau Field against the Green Bay Packers, he will do something that no quarterback has done in NFL history. Or, at least in over three-quarters of a century.

According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Cousins is now set to become the first quarterback to start for two different teams in back-to-back weeks since quarterback starts became an official stat in 1950. That’s 76 years ago, if you’re scoring at home.

Last week, of course, Cousins started for the Las Vegas Raiders against the team the Vikings will play next week in Mexico City: the San Francisco 49ers. Today, he starts for the Vikings in the place where…