There are reportedly more than 200 media outlets at Radio Row in Las Vegas for the Super Bowl and the vast majority that Purple Insider’s Matthew Coller has talked with think the Vikings should move on from Kirk Cousins.
“I didn’t run into anybody in a half a dozen or more NFL cities that thought it was a good idea for the Vikings to bring back Kirk Cousins,” Coller said on his podcast.
Vikings fans are currently experiencing offseason purple purgatory, where there are few solid reports and boatloads of meaningless speculation. With Cousins, he’s either going to re-sign with Minnesota or become a free agent on March 13, at which point he could still return to the Vikings but will have plenty of options.
Until something cracks on that front, we can only read between the lines and attempt to dissect reports. So far, we’ve seen reports that suggest the Vikings are a team to “keep an eye on” as a possible threat to move up in the draft for a quarterback, and Mel Kiper Jr. saying the Vikings could “for sure” take a QB in the first round.
Meanwhile, three days after the Vikings’ season ended we all heard general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah say that it’s his intention to bring Cousins back.
What else did we learn from Coller’s podcast? Well, head coach Kevin O’Connell may have a desire to coach a dual-threat quarterback.
“What I think, or I’ll say, what multiple people have said to me is they could see Kevin O’Connell liking someone who could make a play, a really special play with their legs,” Coller said.
