It could have been Kirk Cousins starting against the Detroit Lions in Week 1 on Monday Night Football, not rookie QB Sam Darnold.
But Cousins turned down a record $90 million deal from the New York Jets, just hours into free agency last March.
The initial offer elicited a "Whoaaaaa" from Cousins' wife Julie, in a video released by the Minnesota Vikings that chronicles the ex-Michigan State star's free agency.
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