First Cousins: QB to get start vs. Packers in Vikings return

EAGAN, Minn. -- Although there wasn't much question about it, Minnesota Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell confirmed Friday that quarterback Kirk Cousins will start Sunday against the Green Bay Packers, five days after the Vikings reacquired him from the Las Vegas Raiders at the trade deadline.

"I can't give him enough credit for coming in here and how he's gone about the week," O'Connell said, "both him and the coaching staff, getting him ready to go, working extremely hard, using all the time we possibly can. It's been really impressive, what he's been able to do, and just the command and getting right back in the huddle with a lot of guys he's played with, but certainly some guys he hasn't.…