At 7-9 and out of playoff contention, the Minnesota Vikings will head into the offseason with multiple pressing questions, but one thing seems clear: They must break up the Mike Zimmer-Kirk Cousins union.
Who's more expendable, though? That's an easy answer.
After a trip to the NFC Championship Game with Case Keenum under center, the Vikings inked Kirk Cousins to a fully guaranteed three-year, $84 million deal in 2018. In 2020, he signed a two-year, $66 million extension. Yet, Minnesota's lucrative investments in the signal-caller haven't quite paid off.
Together, Cousins and Zimmer have one playoff win in four seasons.