Monday night’s 23-10 loss to the Packers was less than an hour old when Vikings coach Mike Zimmer was asked if he thought Kirk Cousins looked “shaky.”
It was a spot-on description of how the 70.5% passer looked while repeatedly misfiring at a 51.6% clip (16-for-31) en route to 122 yards and a 58.8 passer rating that would have been a season low if not for the 52.9 rating against those same Packers back in Week 2.
“It’s hard for me to tell when I’m standing on the sideline,” Zimmer said. “I’ll look at the tape and let you know.