Already with one less day to prepare due to playing on Monday, the Minnesota Vikings are expected to start the newly reacquired Kirk Cousins at quarterback in the team's upcoming NFC North showdown against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter on Tuesday.
Coincidentally, the last time Cousins played in a game as a member of the Vikings was on the road at Green Bay in 2023. That contest was, of course, when the veteran quarterback tore his Achilles, which forced him to miss the rest of the 2023 season.
Cousins hasn't played in a game at Lambeau Field since that 2023 matchup, so his return to the venue will be a unique one, especially given the fact that he was just reacquired by Minnesota and the entire fanbase will be watching with a close eye to see how he performs on Sunday.
How successful was Kirk Cousins in Green Bay with the Vikings?
If Cousins truly does start on Sunday, it will be his sixth start on the road against Green Bay as a member of the Vikings in his career.
In his previous five road matchups with the Packers, Minnesota went on to win two of them and tie another. In those games, Cousins completed 64.7 percent of his passes for 1,294 yards (259 per game), nine touchdowns, and six interceptions.
It will be interesting to see how quickly Cousins is able to feel comfortable out on the field Sunday in an O'Connell offense that had him playing some of his best football when he was with the head coach in 2022 and 2023.
It will probably help that Cousins gets to go back to throwing to Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison, and T.J. Hockenson on a weekly basis. But unlike 2022 and 2023, the veteran quarterback will be part of a Vikings team that has arguably the best defense in the entire NFL.
Minnesota doesn't need Cousins to put the entire team on his back for the rest of the season. But if he can just play how he did with the Raiders, or at least at an average level, the Vikings should be able to quickly get back on a path to the playoffs, and possibly an NFC North title.
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