EAGAN, Minn. -- Kirk Cousins is playing for his job this season. And to hear the Minnesota Vikings quarterback tell it, he wouldn't have it any other way.
Cousins and the Vikings will open the season Sunday against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, the first of what is in essence a 17-game referendum on whether the team will even try to re-sign him before his contract expires in March.
"It's sort of been life for me," Cousins said Wednesday. "I would even go back to college [at Michigan State] with quarterback competitions with Nick Foles.