Kirk Cousins Returns: Vikings vs. Packers Showdown!

I want to kind of focus on the NFC right now because we have a big matchup. So we have two NFC North contenders that are playing each other on Sunday. We have Detroit, who is playing a Patriots team in Munich, actually. Green Bay hosts Minnesota, and they're obviously not going to have Micah Parsons or Josh Jacobs, but this is Kirk Cousins' first full game back with Minnesota. First of all, David, what did you think of Kirk going back to Minnesota, and does this really make them in that elite contender status? Kirk had a good thing going in Vegas. I understand the move. I think it was the right choice. Minnesota is the Nostalgia play, it's the tug-on-your-heartstrings play, but I don't think it does enough to move the needle. I mean, Kirk Cousins has kind of always been the underachieving or overachieving quarterback. If they don't have any expectations, he overachieves. If they do, he underachieves. I don't like it, but I like it better than Carson Wentz. I like it better than Kyler Murray. I like it better than J.J. McCarthy last year. It's just not enough to move the needle. I do think it could be enough to beat this Packers team, but once we get deeper into it, I think that's not the next leg up. John, what do you got on this Packers-Vikings matchup? This is a huge matchup. I think every NFC North matchup from here on out is going to be big, but you got two six-win teams going at it, right? I think that we're going to see if Kirk Cousins can transfer that magic from Las Vegas. What happens in Las Vegas stays in Las Vegas, man. I can't really, I don't know what we're going to see from him because the Minnesota Vikings have had trouble blocking for the quarterback. Their line has had trouble holding up. Yes, Carson Wentz was awful in that last performance, but throughout the season, the Minnesota Vikings have had trouble blocking for the quarterback. They've had trouble blocking in the run game. And Kevin O'Connell doesn't necessarily want to run the ball as much as most fans would like him to. But if you're going to have this many passes, you got to have the protection there. So bringing in Kirk Cousins really solves an issue. And I think his ability to know the offense and be able to get rid of the ball quick will help. But when you get deep into the game, when you get in third and long, like a lot of these teams do from time to time, that's when I need to see if Kirk Cousins really has what it takes to take Minnesota past where they were going to go with the quarterbacks they already had. Because I find it hilarious that all of a sudden, the Kyler Murray hamstring just turned into, we just got a whole new quarterback.