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There's still time for Kirk Cousins to emerge as Vikings' engine in race to playoffs

This NFL season has been remarkably unpredictable, especially of late. Pete Rozelle is not rolling over in his grave. He is quite comfortable, knowing that his goal of achieving parity, of creating a league in which "Any Given Sunday'' is the operative marketing pitch, has worked better than he could have ever hoped.

Right? That's what you hear on TV every day — that NFL games are improbably improbable.

That sounds good, until you look at the standings, and at the quarterbacks who play for the team atop those standings.

Look past the veneer of unpredictability, and what you'll find is a tale as old as the play clock: The best teams have the best quarterbacks.