The Minnesota Vikings are on bye this week and many players have taken the opportunity to head to a tropical destination.For Kirk Cousins, that opportunity is complicated as he continues to recover from a torn Achilles suffered in an Oct. 29 win over the Green Bay Packers.
With the Vikings quarterback still unable to walk without crutches, heading to the beach seems like an inconvenience but he made the most of it by crawling on all fours into the ocean in a video posted to his Instagram account.Cousins’ ability to make lemonade out of lemons is nothing new. He showed up to a team function on a scooter two days after suffering the injury and dished out Thanksgiving meals on a pair of crutches last month.
The Minnesota Vikings will soon be in the market for pass-rushers and a good fit is currently languishing in the AFC East on the final year of his rookie deal.
Brad Spielberger of Pro Football Focus on Friday, December 1, named New England Patriots edge-rusher Josh Uche a top free-agent prospect for the Vikings in 2024 as they face potentially significant turnover at the position.Minnesota still has a big decision to make on pending free agent Danielle Hunter and, beyond that, needs to add a ton of talent at edge defender to bolster this pass rush and enable the front four to get home without blitzing at a league-leading rate.
Uche has been remarkably efficient rushing the passer since a breakout 2022 season, but he is still logging around only 25 snaps a game as more of a rotational player. Uche has notched at least one quarterback pressure in every game this season on his way to a 17.7% pressure rate, picking up where he left off last season with 56 pressures on 285 pass-rush reps.season, the video had fans joking he could return to save the Vikings offense at some point as Kevin O’Connell decides between Josh Dobbs, Nick Mullens and Jaren Hall to start the next game against the Raiders on Dec. 10.
