MINNEAPOLIS – While delivering a message inside the pregame huddle ahead of the Cardinals game, Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins called on his early years in the NFL to motivate his defense over what it could do to Josh Rosen.
“Defense,” Cousins bellowed, “I’ve been a rookie quarterback before. You can suffocate him. You can suffocate him. Make him miserable all day long, get us the ball back.”
It’s a piece of advice Minnesota’s defense took to heart from one week to the next, shutting down Rosen and notching an even better result against Sam Darnold in the Vikings' 37-17 win over the New York Jets.