After Kirk Cousins’ injury, the Vikings have nine potential replacement quarterbacks available via trade or free agency.
The NFL trade deadline is this Tuesday at 4 p.m. ET, and there has been recent discussion on the matter of if the Vikings from Minnesota should try to deal quarterback Kirk Cousins.
Now that the tables have been turned, the Vikings are considering whether to bring in a replacement from outside the team for Cousins after he suffered an Achilles injury in Sunday’s victory over the Green Bay Packers.
It has become clear in recent weeks why Cousins, who was in the final year of his deal and had a strong no-trade clause, was never going anywhere, especially not to the New York Jets.
Despite his flaws, especially his inability to perform well in big games, he has been one of the league’s most reliable starting quarterbacks since Washington’s breakout season in 2015.
His streak of consistency, during which he never made fewer than fifteen starts in a season, is certain to end immediately.
By the end of Sunday’s games, not only had Cousins brought the Minneapolis Vikings back to.500 via a third consecutive win after a 1-4 start, but Minnesota, the fortunate NFC North champions from a year ago, had been designated as the NFC’s third wild-card club.
Even though the Vikings got lucky in that Cousins got hurt after the trade deadline, general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and head coach Kevin O’Connell still have only two days to make a move happen.
With a 24-10 celebration over the Packers of Green Bay, the Minnesota Vikings extended their winning streak to three games, but the team’s victory party was muted because quarterback Kirk Cousins may have suffered an Achilles injury.
Future free agency Cousins, who did not miss an NFL match due to injury, will get an MRI to confirm the diagnosis, and in the meantime, Minnesota has turned to youngster Jaren Hall as a potential replacement.
The New York Giants lost 13-10 in overtime to their bitter rivals, the New York Jets, and the team had to send quarterback Tyrod Taylor to a hospital to be checked out after he suffered an injury to his ribs in the game.
The Jets trailed by three points (10-7) with 1:33 left in regulation when Greg Zuerlein kicked a pair of field goals to salvage the game and another to win it in overtime.
The Denver Broncos stunned the sports world by snapping the six-game winning streak of the Super Bowl champions Kansas City Chiefs.
For the first time in two seasons, the Broncos were able to prevent Patrick Mahomes from passing for a touchdown, leading to a 24–9 victory for Russell Wilson and the Seahawks.
After starting the season 5-1, the San Francisco 49ers fell 31-18 against the Cincinnati Bengals, and the Baltimore Ravens defeated the Arizona Cardinals 31-24 behind three touchdown runs by Gus Edwards to improve to 6-2.
With a 31-17 victory over the New England Patriots, the Miami Dolphins maintained their hold on first place in the AFC East. In his first game back from a meniscus injury, cornerback Jalen Ramsey made an interception.
With quarterback Trevor Lawrence completing 24 of 32 attempts for 292 yards, the AFC South-leading Jaguars from Jacksonville beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 20-10.
The Carolina Panthers won their first game of the season, 15-13 over the Houston Texans, while the New Orleans Saints won their first game of the season, 38-27 over the Indianapolis Colts, to conclude the weekend with a 1-1 record.
Despite playing with a minor knee injury, Philadelphia Eagles qb Jalen Hurts threw for 319 yards & four touchdowns in a 38-31 win over the Washington Commanders. The win kept the Eagles atop the NFC East standings.