Kirk Cousins tells AlbertBreer how the Vikings were able to pull off the greatest comeback in NFL history
This wasn’t Kirk Cousins’ first time piloting this kind of comeback, even this year. And even if this one was, at least statistically, unprecedented over 103 seasons of NFL games.
Maybe the Vikings making history won’t guarantee them much beyond that they pulled off a comeback that, 30 years later, eclipsed the Bills-Oilers ’92 wild-card playoff as the NFL’s best ever. On the other hand, as Cousins says,that was somehow still doubted coming into the game against the Colts at 10–3.furious comeback five weeks ago in BuffaloThe first half had gone about as poorly as possible, and that’s no overstatement. “There’s no explanation,” Cousins says.
The two negated would-be defensive touchdowns from Sullivan may not have had more than an intangible benefit. The Osborn one—a 40-yard catch that was challenged and overturned—did, though. On the play Cousins described, Osborn got lost enough in Indy’s coverage to generate 63 yards on the play and get to the Colts’ 4-yard line. Three plays later, he was catching another ball from Cousins, this one a two-yard touchdown to make it 33–7.
Which, in doing so provided another example of how the Vikings are growing and another reason why the Colts lead was slowly shrinking, in this case, to 36–21. Cousins continued talking about Osborn and the 25-year-old receiver’s 10-catch, 157-yard day. “My issue with K.J. is he’s not getting the ball enough. He’s capable of having the day he had today every week. Not everybody can do that. If you’re gonna give it to Justin, then K.J. and Adam, I guess, you end up not being able to participate as much. But K.J. is capable of that every week, and he’s an elite receiver and I just wish we could get him the ball more.
“I mean, it has to be well-blocked for that to hit,” Cousins says. “But at some point, he’s gotta take it from there and make the play. Combination of guys getting their blocks and then Dalvin just being special. It’s one thing to get a 20-yard gain or a 30-yard gain, but to be able to take it the distance and finish with a touchdown is such a big play. It was a great call. We needed to hit him with a screen at that point, and so it was great timing to be able to make that play.
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