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'You like that?' Kirk Cousins plays better with an edge, but why is he ticked off?

Kirk Cousins’ KFAN radio show/podcast is the gift that keeps on giving, if only head coach Mike Zimmer would listen.

A week after apologizing to receiver Adam Thielen on the show for missing opportunities to get him the ball in a loss to the Bears, Cousins this week provided a window into how he felt leading up to and during a much more successful game against the Giants. Prompted by a caller imploring him to cut loose and be himself, Cousins said in fact he did against New York.

“There’s no doubt I play better when I have an edge to me, when that guy who yelled ‘You like that!