Kirk Cousins came to the Minnesota Vikings a year ago after agreeing to a fully guaranteed, $84 million contract. With that huge contract came huge expectations.
Statistically, Cousins played well in 2018 with the Vikings, throwing for 4,298 yards, 30 touchdowns, and just 10 interceptions. That turned out to be good enough for a 99.6 quarterback rating.
The problem was that Minnesota finished the season with a disappointing 8-7-1 record. It wasn’t good enough to get them into the playoffs, which was the entire point of paying all that money to sign Cousins.
There are many reasons why the veteran quarterback couldn’t take the Vikings to the top of the division and into the playoffs last season though.