When Kirk Cousins takes his first snap for the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday afternoon at Lambeau Field against the Green Bay Packers, he will do something that no quarterback has done in NFL history. Or, at least in over three-quarters of a century.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Cousins is now set to become the first quarterback to start for two different teams in back-to-back weeks since quarterback starts became an official stat in 1950. That’s 76 years ago, if you’re scoring at home.
Last week, of course, Cousins started for the Las Vegas Raiders against the team the Vikings will play next week in Mexico City: the San Francisco 49ers. Today, he starts for the Vikings in the place where he played his last game with Minnesota.
Not only that, but should the Vikings make the playoffs this season, Cousins would become the first quarterback to start a playoff game for a team after starting games for another team during the same season.
So, yes, even though the Vikings are returning a familiar face at quarterback today against their most-hated rival, we really are in uncharted waters in terms of what they’re trying to do at the quarterback position. Hopefully, this all works out the way that the Vikings. . .and the rest of us fans. . .would like it to.
