Believe in his talents and steady statistics or denounce him a dink-and-dunking, stat-padding game manager, but Kirk Cousins has been the best, most impactful player on the Minnesota Vikings through three games of 2021. And it’s not that tight of a margin.
Pro Football Focus isn’t absolute gospel at all times, yet this is pretty close to a fair shake sans the Adam Thielen score. Thielen has four touchdowns in three games, furthering his claims as one of the NFL’s top redzone threats.
All of the nine players in the tweet — plus Brian O’Neill — performed admirably in the Vikings first three games, but Danielle Hunter is the prime candidate for top non-Cousins player to date.