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Kirk Cousins starts game vs Panthers with 99-yard pick 6, gets trucked on return

Kirk Cousins would like to have this one back.

The Vikings quarterback threw an interception at the goal line to Carolina Panthers safety Sam Franklin on Sunday. Then he got leveled on the return that went 99 yards for a Panthers touchdown.

The play took place on Minnesota's opening drive. The Vikings drove 70 yards to set up third-and-goal from the five-yard line. Cousins took a shotgun snap, then looked to K.J. Osborn in the left flat. But Franklin jumped the route and intercepted the ball near the goal line and sprinted down the sideline toward the opposite end zone.