Fantasy Fallout: Kirk Cousins and Justin Jefferson

After that historic come-from-behind victory Saturday for the Minnesota Vikings, it’s safe to say that fantasy managers with Kirk Cousins or Justin Jefferson in their lineups advanced in the first round of the fantasy playoffs. (Then there’s the poor sucker – me – who went up against a fantasy rival with Cousins and Jefferson in the lineup. See ya next year.)

At halftime of the Colts-Vikings game, the numbers were actually pretty abysmal. Cousins had just 83 yards passing. Jefferson had three receptions for 17 yards. The Vikings trailed 33-0. By the time the game was over – after Greg Joseph’s 40-yard field goal with seven seconds left in overtime had wrapped up the 36-33 thriller – Cousins…