An MRI confirmed that Vikings QB Kirk Cousins has suffered a torn Achilles tendon and will need season-ending surgery, the team said.
Adam Schefter joins Pat McAfee to talk about the trade deadline, including whether the Vikings will make a move after Kirk Cousins tore an Achilles. Kevin Seifert is a staff writer who covers the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL at ESPN. Kevin has covered the NFL for over 20 years, joining ESPN in 2008. He was previously a beat reporter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Washington Times. He is a graduate of the University of Virginia. You can follow him via Twitter @SeifertESPN.
Cousins hopped off the field without putting weight on his right leg. He had completed 23 of 31 passes for 274 yards and two touchdown passes prior to the injury. is eligible to be activated from injured reserve as soon as Week 10. The Vikings have also had veteranSuch conversations, standard for many NFL teams, have been foreign for the Vikings since signing Cousins in 2018.
Cousins and the Vikings tabled discussions last spring about a possible contract extension, instead restructuring it in a way that will allow him a guaranteed path into the free agent market in March 2024. Cousins will be 36 next August, however, and the Achilles injury will further complicate what was already a difficult situation.
"Every single player in our locker room is thinking about our leader and our guy," O'Connell said."I'm just so proud of him. Proud of how he's played all season long. Whatever is the case, if we don't have him for one snap or for the duration of our season, that will not change the fact, the level that Kirk Cousins played this year and ultimately what he meant to me and our organization.
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