Kirk Cousins

There is reason to be concerned that the Vikings won't pass as much this season since Dalvin Cook is fully healthy and that after they changed coordinators, they passed much less often. There is also substantial upside, however, if Cousins again throws 60+ passes with Diggs, Theilen, Rudolph and the aforementioned Cook catching passes. If his TD-rate leaps to 7%, we'd be talking about 42 TD passes to go with the 4,368 yards he averages over the last few years. There is a reason, after all, that Cousins has been QB8, QB5, QB6 and QB13 in his four years starting.

Kirk Cousins being challenged in practice this off-season

Tom Pelissero of NFL.com reports the Vikings are challenging Kirk Cousins in practice this spring with a lot of looks defenses showed last season.

Fantasy Impact

Cousins was a bit of a disappointment last year, throwing 30 touchdown and 10 interceptions while playing all 16 games. His offensive line was abysmal, however, so he does get a bit of a free pass for that. Still, we expect Minnesota to be a run-first team in 2019, which caps Cousins' fantasy upside.