The Minnesota Vikings are once again participating in the annual tradition that is pre-season football. And, once again, starting QB Kirk Cousins is nowhere to be found (alongside the similarly M.I.A. star players).
It’s the August rite of passage in which we all begin to realize how much we have missed the game — so much so that we’re willing to tune in at odd times to watch players who serve as stand-ins for the real team running plays that will not resemble the real plays that are being kept under wraps until things really count.