Kirk Cousins trade speculation is seemingly unavoidable.
In the Vikings media work room on Wednesday for instance, not long before before the team opened up its locker room and Cousins addressed reporters, NFL Network's "Good Morning Football" devoted an entire segment to the question of Cousins' status.
It's good fodder for the speculative crowd, and it doesn't take much to put the pieces together: Cousins is having another good statistical season, but he's a free agent after this year and the Vikings have started a disappointing 1-4.
If the Vikings don't turn things around in the next three games before the Oct.