It’s not an across-the-board affair. But through two weeks of the 2021 NFL regular season, the popular sentiment on Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins is changing.
The 33-year-old, in 10 NFL seasons with seven as a starter, is a frequent lightning rod of criticism, usually derived from the “QB Record” statistic. NFL brains enjoy adjudicating quarterbacks like tennis players. They’re assessed “wins and losses” records as if the men are holding a racket on Centre Court at Wimbledon.
And for Cousins, his QB Record is upside down at 51-53-2 (.490). When Cousins is the quarterback of a team — in Washington or Minnesota — his team wins 49% of the time.