When the Falcons make their official entrance to U.S. Bank Stadium on Sunday, they’ll be led by the quarterback who led the Vikings’ offense for six straight seasons.
Some Vikings followers may boo Cousins. They shouldn’t.
Cousins wished to remain. He made a enterprise choice that in the end was a no brainer. The Vikings wished to maintain kicking the can, yr to yr. The Falcons stepped up with $100 million totally assured, unfold over three years.
The Vikings additionally instructed Cousins that they’d be seeking to draft a long-term quarterback in spherical one. The Falcons, as greatest anybody can inform, apparently didn’t inform Cousins that they had been fascinated with taking a quarterback with the eighth total choose.
Regardless, the supply made by the Falcons far exceeded the supply made by the Vikings. Anyone inclined to boo Cousins would have made the identical choice that Cousins did.
The Vikings pressured his hand. If Vikings followers are mad Cousins isn’t there (they usually shouldn’t be), they need to be mad on the time for not making a dedication past 2024.
