Before the Minnesota Vikings whirlwind of releasing Kyle Rudolph, Dan Bailey, and Riley Reiff during the last week, the primary offseason narrative centered on Kirk Cousins. This involved a phantom trade that has yet to materialize. Cousins was “supposed” to be shipped southward to Houston for Deshaun Watson, westward to San Francisco for Jimmy Garoppolo, and into the mountains for Drew Lock.
None of that happened.
There is a flicker of possibility this could still transpire, but it teeters on lottery-odds sort of stuff. Cousins’ performance is directly tied to head coach Mike Zimmer’s employment in 2021 and vice versa to an extent.