If one thing signifies being a lifelong Minnesota Vikings fan outside of the once-a-decade heartbreak, it’s the franchises inability to draft and develop a franchise quarterback. Call it the curse of Fran Tarkenton. That drought has lead the Vikings to overpay for nearly retired Hall of Famers in the past like Warren Moon, Brett Favre, and … Ugh… Donovan McNabb and also reach for quarterbacks more recently in the draft like Christian Ponder and Teddy Brigewater.
With consolation prize Kirk Cousins making more guaranteed money than all the above quarterbacks combined, the Vikings finally have a great quarterback who is still in his prime.