{"id":22349,"date":"2024-01-19T15:55:17","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T10:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/kirk-cousins-hopes-to-play-for-vikings-in-2024-as-free-agency-looms\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T15:55:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T10:25:17","slug":"kirk-cousins-hopes-to-play-for-vikings-in-2024-as-free-agency-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/farratanews.online\/kirk-cousins-hopes-to-play-for-vikings-in-2024-as-free-agency-looms\/","title":{"rendered":"Kirk Cousins hopes to play for Vikings in 2024 as free agency looms"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kirk Cousins\u2019 future with the Minnesota Vikings is up in the air even after six seasons and two playoff appearances.<\/p>\n

Cousins will enter the 2024 season coming off of a torn Achilles and is likely to become a free agent. But he told Fox News Digital he would want to remain with the Vikings, if it\u2019s possible.<\/p>\n

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Kirk Cousins #8 of the Minnesota Vikings looks to pass during the second quarter in the game against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on October 15, 2023 in Chicago.<\/span> (Michael Reaves\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

“I sure hope so,” he told Fox News Digital about returning to the Vikings. “We\u2019ll have to see how it all plays out. I think this league, if I\u2019ve learned anything in my 12 years, is that a lot of curveballs get thrown, and it\u2019s hard to predict what happens next month. This injury taught me that, too.”<\/p>\n

“We\u2019ll see when we get to March, how everything shakes out. But I think until then, it\u2019s just waiting until March.”<\/p>\n

His contract voids on March 13 and there will likely be plenty of chatter about what Minnesota will do at the vital position.<\/p>\n

VIKINGS’ KIRK COUSINS ADMITS IT WAS ‘TOUGH’ WATCHING PLAYOFF GAMES, GIVES UPDATE ON ACHILLES REHAB<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) during an NFL football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Carolina Panthers on October 1, 2023 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C.<\/span> (John Byrum\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Cousins signed with the Vikings in March 2018. Since then, he\u2019s played in 88 games and threw for 23,265 yards and 171 touchdown passes. He\u2019s fourth in passing touchdowns and fifth in passing yards among active quarterbacks in the NFL.<\/p>\n

The key will likely be how he\u2019s progressing from his torn Achilles.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s been a real positive process. I was nervous coming out of surgery about how grueling and boring is rehab going to be. You hear the horror stories. But that hasn\u2019t been my experience,” he said.<\/p>\n

“I really enjoyed working with the therapists, getting the gradual progress each day and watching the cast come off and the boot. Now, in a shoe. Just taking one step at a time and pushing but also not pushing too hard, making sure that next spring in practice I\u2019m ready to go. It\u2019s been a fun challenge to attack.”<\/p>\n

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Kirk Cousins #8 of the Minnesota Vikings calls a play at the line of scrimmage during an NFL football game against the Kansas City Chiefs at U.S. Bank Stadium on October 8, 2023 in Minneapolis, Minnesota.<\/span> (Kevin Sabitus\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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For now, Cousins will set his sights on Las Vegas and surprise one lucky fan with an ultimate Super Bowl package with his partnership with Tostitos.<\/p>\n

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Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n