One day after the Vikings announced Kevin O‘Connell as their new coach, NFL Network‘s Ian Rapoport reported Thursday that quarterback Kirk Cousins is expected to stay with the team in 2022.
“It seems that the hire of Kevin O‘Connell was very good news for Kirk Cousins,” Rapoport said Thursday. “They have a familiarity. They were actually together in Washington. Kevin O‘Connell has spent a bunch of time with Kyle Shanahan, knows the system, obviously has been with [Sean] McVay. So much of what Kirk Cousins did, especially in the beginning of his career, was thanks in part to Kyle Shanahan. There‘s some shared mindset there with O‘Connell and with Shanahan.”
