It’s now, in the slowest part of the calendar for a NFL player, that Kirk Cousins can allow himself the mental space to revisit the things that flashed by him at breakneck speed this spring.
In the span of a month, Cousins went from being the NFL’s most sought-after free agent to one of three veteran QBs on the Vikings’ roster, all trying to learn a new offense from recently-hired coordinator John DeFilippo while meshing with receivers who’d never caught a pass from any of them in a game.
“It’s a bit like drinking through a firehose right now,” Cousins said at the end of the Vikings’ minicamp.