Christopher Lewis, his passenger, was charged with carrying a concealed handgun and possessing marijuana with the intent to sell or transport it. Report: Vikings, Kirk Cousins are “much more receptive to a return in 2024.”
Will Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Kevin O’Connell consider Josh Dobbs to be their favorite?
using a permission. They were both brought to the jail in Holmes County.
Since rupturing his Achilles on October 29, 2023, at Green Bay, Kirk Cousins’s life has mostly been hidden from public view. This will likely continue until the end of the 2023–24 NFL season, when he will become a free agency in March.
Then, it will be a matter of how many teams require a quarterback to overcome adversity and if the Vikings will consider Josh Dobbs to be their starting quarterback in 2024 or whether Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Kevin O’Connell will think otherwise.
NFL Insider Jordan Schultz said on Wednesday that “both he and the Vikings are much more receptive to a return in 2024, given what’s transpired now with Cousins.” “That could potentially mean a one-year contract, I’m told.”
Cousins is so early in his recovery process that he just got his cast removed this week and he’s still getting around with the help of crutches. Where he’ll be physically by the time 2024 training camp rolls around is anybody’s guess, but Achilles ruptures typically require 9-12 months of recovery and rehab.
If Cousins is on the 9- to 12-month recovery plan and not the Aaron Rodgers plan, that puts his return somewhere between July and October 2024. Cousins won’t have trouble understanding the offense if he signs a one-year deal with the Vikings, but there’s no guarantee he’ll be the same player post-injury and do the Vikings want to go through organized team activities, mandatory minicamp and possible training camp and the start of the regular season without their No. 1 QB?
Those are huge questions yet to be answered, but unless Dobbs convinces the Vikings that he deserves a contract extension (he’s also a free agent in March), Minnesota’s most secure option in 2024 could very well be Cousins because they are unlikely to be picking high enough to land one of the coveted quarterbacks in the 2024 NFL Draft.