Kirk Cousins’ first touchdown pass in live game action as a Viking couldn’t have been any shorter.
One yard.
But that doesn’t mean it didn’t impress his head coach as much as a dead-on deep ball down the sideline.
Asked today what impressed him most about Saturday night’s opening touchdown drive, Mike Zimmer first mentioned the way the offensive linemen fired off the ball. Then he mentioned Stefon Diggs’ touchdown catch. And then he got to the $84 million QB, who went 4 for 4 for 42 yards and a 150.0 passer rating in his only drive of the 42-28 preseason-opening win at Denver.