Kirk Cousins secured a big win with the Minnesota Vikings against his former team on his first return back to Washington since leaving in 2018 as the Vikings move to second place in the NFC standings
Kirk Cousins hilariously celebrated the win over his former team Washington Commanders by taking his top off and wearing his teammate’s jewellery on a private jet home to Minnesota after the win in the nation’s capital.
Cousins, who is clearly much-loved by his Vikings teammates, performed well in the victory, throwing for 221 yards and two touchdowns with one interception – which came on an impressive throw to Justin Jefferson who was unable to haul it in, deflecting into the arms of Danny Johnson – as the Vikings moved to second place in the NFC.
It was the Vikings sixth straight win as they go into the halfway point of the season looking like a real contender alongside the Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys in the NFC, and Cousins certainly enjoyed the win against his former team.
Cousins spent six years in Washington, three of those coming as the back-up for former Heisman Trophy winner and second-overall draft-pick in 2012 Robert Griffin III. After three impressive seasons with Washington, Cousins chose to join the Vikings in 2018 and has gone on perform well at just above a league-average level throughout his time in Minnesota.