HOLLAND, Mich. – The last Saturday in June for Kirk Cousins began with him crouched over a smartphone, poring over video in search of clues for how he can improve — the way many of his days will start in Minnesota.
In this particular clip, Cousins could see he had made a strong step up through a wall of blockers and delivered a strike, feinting away from contact to avoid a hit after he followed through.
But after he’d gone to the ground to avoid the yellow dodgeball whizzing by his head, he’d had to Army crawl through a handful of his friends to return to the back line, as several more throws missed his neon green Nikes.