{"id":161727,"date":"2025-06-27T04:43:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T04:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/161727\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T04:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T04:43:13","slug":"minnesota-vikings-continue-to-be-tied-to-a-reunion-with-a-former-quarterback-for-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/161727\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Vikings continue to be tied to a reunion with a former quarterback for 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The quarterback discourse surrounding the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/minnesota-vikings\/347\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Minnesota Vikings;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Minnesota Vikings<\/a> refuses to settle down even after the signing of Aaron Rodgers with the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/pittsburgh-steelers\/356\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pittsburgh Steelers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>. Instead, we move from one NFC North veteran to another.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25210954-latest-nfl-trade-block-big-board-following-mandatory-minicamps\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bleacher Report&#039;s Kristopher Knox dropped his latest NFL Trade Block Big Board;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bleacher Report&#8217;s Kristopher Knox dropped his latest NFL Trade Block Big Board<\/a>, and on it was Kirk Cousins, who is buried on the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/atlanta-falcons\/323\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Falcons;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Falcons<\/a> depth chart. The veteran remains in limbo, and many expect him to have to be on a new team ahead of the new season. Knox lays out the scenario that it would take for Cousins to reunite with his former team in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Falcons will almost certainly deal the four-time Pro Bowler for a reasonable price, and he&#8217;ll likely agree to a deal if it allows him to see the playing field. However, his trade value won&#8217;t really spike until\/unless another starter is injured or a QB camp competition fails to yield a reliable starter. . .The Vikings have turned to second-year quarterback J.J. McCarthy, who missed his entire rookie season following knee surgery. If head coach Kevin O&#8217;Connell doesn&#8217;t believe McCarthy is ready to start toward the end of camp, he could consider adding a familiar face in Cousins.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While we have heard that discussion time and again from people, the idea of Kevin O&#8217;Connell not being happy with McCarthy being the started doesn&#8217;t carry much weight at this point. They had all offseason and the NFL Draft to add more insurance, and they didn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>The team has been vocal in support of him both as a coaching staff and a roster; it is full-steam ahead for the former Michigan Wolverine.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Vikings Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/vikingswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/vikings\/2025\/06\/26\/vikings-kirk-cousins-reunion-2025\/84374805007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Vikings continue to be tied to a former quarterback for 2025 season;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Vikings continue to be tied to a former quarterback for 2025 season<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The quarterback discourse surrounding the Minnesota Vikings refuses to settle down even after the signing of Aaron Rodgers&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":161728,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2073],"tags":[1586,224,7,1519,9249,294,13413,233,259,2529,6,57,1257,234],"class_list":{"0":"post-161727","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-vikings","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-falcons","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-j-j-mccarthy","12":"tag-kevin-oconnell-2","13":"tag-kirk-cousins","14":"tag-kristopher-knox","15":"tag-minnesota","16":"tag-minnesota-vikings","17":"tag-minnesotavikings","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","20":"tag-quarterback","21":"tag-vikings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114753503856376661","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=161727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/161727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/161728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=161727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=161727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=161727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}