The Vikings made Kirk Cousins the NFL’s highest-paid quarterback, for however long, by virtue of a three-year, $84 million deal that will pay him an annual average of $28 million — a record.
So what exactly did the Vikings buy?
You’ve read the numbers by now: three consecutive 4,000-yard seasons with at least 25 touchdown passes each year. His teams didn’t win much, but individually the Vikings clearly saw enough to put them over the top in a way they believed Case Keenum could not.
We’ll see if the Vikings are right. Cousins turns 30 in August, essentially the prime for quarterbacks.