For all the angst about Kirk Cousins coming up small in big moments, he made two great passes on Sunday to knock the New Orleans Saints out of the playoffs.
Cousins didn’t do much against the Saints, and the game plan seemed to want to hide him a bit. But in overtime, Cousins made a tremendous 43-yard pass to Adam Thielen to get the Vikings down to the goal line and then hit Kyle Rudolph on a third-down touchdown to lead the Vikings to a huge 26-20 wild-card playoff upset over the Saints. The Vikings move on to face the San Francisco 49ers next week.