The Minnesota Vikings may have fallen to the Detroit Lions yesterday, but it certainly wasn’t because of anything that quarterback Kirk Cousins did. Cousins had what might have been his best game of the season on Sunday, and now he’s being recognized for it.
For the first time this year, Cousins has been nominated for the weekly FedEx Air Player of the Week Award.
Cousins’ final numbers for Sunday show him going 31-of-41 for 425 yards and a pair of touchdowns in the Vikings’ 34-23 loss. It’s just the second time this season that he’s eclipsed 300 yards and the second time he’s gone over 400 yards as a member of the Vikings.