Both overlooked coming out of college, Russell Wilson and Kirk Cousins have forged their own paths as quarterbacks in the NFL.
Wilson was a third-round pick to the Seattle Seahawks while Kirk Cousins was a fourth-round pick to the (then) Washington Redskins. Cousins wasn’t even the first quarterback selected by his team that year with Robert Griffin III being taken in the first round. Now, Wilson and Cousins are both $100 million quarterbacks that are both in the top 25 of the all-time passing yards chart.
When the Pittsburgh Steelers and Atlanta Falcons open up their season next week, they will do so with two quarterbacks who have an extensive history against each other.