There was speculation a year ago at this time whether Kirk Cousins would be back with the Vikings in 2022. Rick Spielman, who had signed Cousins to a rich free agent contract in 2018, had been fired as general manager and there was a feeling that a new GM and coach might want to go in a different direction.
That didn’t happen and first-year coach Kevin O’Connell won 13 games in his first season as Vikings’ coach in part because of Cousins’ regular-season success. Cousins also signed a one-year contract extension last March that almost certainly will put him under center with the Vikings in 2023.
