Vikings’ Playoff Hopes Dim as Kirk Cousins Suffers Season-Ending Injury

No. 21 (no change): NFL Staff, Bleacher Report

This should have been a week for celebrating in Minnesota – the Vikings not only beat the rival Packers at Lambeau Field, but after an 0-3 start to the season, they have peeled off four wins in five games to get back to .500.

Instead, there’s despair in the Twin Cities – because any chance the Vikings have of a playoff run likely just went up in smoke.

The cold, hard truth is that with Cousins done for the season, the Vikings are done right along with him.

And it’s fair to wonder if Cousins’ time in Minnesota could be done along with it.

“Minnesota might technically be in the thick of things with a 4-4 record and three straight victories,” [Bleacher Report NFL analyst Brent] Sobleski wrote. “But the team isn’t in position to build on its recent success after Cousins suffered a torn Achilles tendon.”

No. 15 (up 3 spots): Vinnie Iyer, Sporting News

The Vikings have rallied to win three consecutive games to erase an 0-3 start and get right back into the NFC Wild Card race.

No. 23 (down 4 spots): Nate Davis, USA Today Sports

The most Pyrrhic of victories Sunday at Green Bay, quarterback Kirk Cousins tearing his Achilles in the latter stages of Minnesota’s walkover win. So now what?

No. 24 (down 9 spots): Frank Schwab, Yahoo! Sports

We have to judge the Vikings for what they are now, and without Kirk Cousins the rest of the season they are probably going to struggle. Next up is probably fifth-round rookie Jaren Hall.

2023-10-31 20:45:45
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