Kirk Cousins Returns to Lambeau Field to Lead Vikings Against Packers

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins returns to Lambeau Field on Sunday to face the Green Bay Packers just five days after joining the team in a trade with the Las Vegas Raiders.

The matchup between the Vikings and the Packers will be broadcast live at 12:55 p.m. local time on Sunday, RDS reported.

Cousins steps back onto the field at Lambeau Field three years after tearing his Achilles tendon there during a game on Oct. 29, 2023. That injury ended his previous tenure with Minnesota before subsequent stints with the Atlanta Falcons and the Raiders.

“Sachant que c’est ici où j’ai quitté le terrain en voiturette en me demandant si c’était mon dernier match, et mon dernier match avec les Vikings,” Cousins said. “C’est significatif d’être de retour dans l’uniforme pourpre et or. Mais je dois maintenant le prouver sur le terrain.”

The Vikings enter the contest with a 6-2 record, looking to snap a two-game losing streak and sweep their seasonal series against the 6-3 Packers. Minnesota secured a 39-22 victory over Green Bay during the opening week of the NFL season.

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Division races in the NFC North remain tight, leaving little room for a gradual reintegration of a veteran quarterback. The Packers occupy the division cellar despite winning five of their last six games.

“Il a évolué dans des attaques différentes lors des dernières années, alors nous voulons nous assurer qu’il est à l’aise avec notre plan,” Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell said. “Il est un joueur intelligent. Ça va vite lui revenir.”

Minnesota’s offense has failed to score more than 16 points in each of its last three outings. Cousins inherits the task of reversing that slide against a Green Bay defense that pressured Packers quarterback Jordan Love heavily in the teams’ first meeting.

Love outlined the primary objectives for the Packers offense ahead of Sunday’s kickoff.

“Vous devez réussir des jeux explosifs, vous devez établir le jeu au sol et vous devez bien me protéger,” Love said. “Ce sont des éléments importants face à cette défense, et nous devons bien protéger le ballon.”

Love added that the Minnesota defense thrives on creating disruption.

“Ils aiment créer du chaos autour de vous et tenter de vous mêler,” Love said. “Je pense d’ailleurs que c’est dans les situations de troisièmes essais qu’un long gain est nécessaire où ils sont à leur meilleur.”

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