Day 8, The Return Of Kooky Kirk Cousins

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Kentis" said: Who would of thought that Zimmer’s annual curveball would be him getting beaned by his own starting QB…!?  :s 

didnt that happen during the josh freeman disaster?

@"BarrNone55" said: https://twitter.com/i/status/1423335977410519043

Probably the only time I'll agree with Judd. Just another reason to hate Kooky Cousins.

"research" pic.twitter.com/6FjgdE8iaI

— JJ McArmPunt (@DJ2LastNames) August 5, 2021

@"JimmyinSD" said:

@"Kentis" said: Who would of thought that Zimmer’s annual curveball would be him getting beaned by his own starting QB…!?  :s 

didnt that happen during the josh freeman disaster?

"I'll be very diligent with the protocols."

– Kirk Cousins to @jzulgad pic.twitter.com/cTb2Y4sV47

— SKOR North - Minnesota Sports (@SKORNorth) August 5, 2021

The Vikings giving Kirk Cousins his vaccine shot https://t.co/bkDM4nuFTm

— Shooter McGavin (@ShooterMcGavin) August 5, 2021

Yep, I'm now starting to understand why Diggs wanted to get away from the Vikings so badly.  FU KC

@"HappyViking" said: Yep, I'm now starting to understand why Diggs wanted to get away from the Vikings so badly.  FU KC

& we thought Grif was the crazy one when he said: “Cousins is ass”…smh 

@"JR44" said:

@"HappyViking" said: Yep, I'm now starting to understand why Diggs wanted to get away from the Vikings so badly.  FU KC

Maybe Everyone Griffen wasn't so crazy when he tweeted - 
“Kirk cousins is ass. Thank you” “Ask ZIMMER if he wanted Kirk?????”and “He will tell you the truth??? Who wanted Kirk cousins???? Take your guess???”

Cousins explained that he's going to do everything possible to follow the league's protocols "vigilantly" and avoid being deemed a close contact again. He even mentioned extreme measures like meeting outside — "if it means meeting outside under a goalpost in January, if that’s what it takes to get to the playoffs and be in playoff games and win playoff games, then that’s where we’re going to meet" — or setting up a plexiglass barrier around where he sits in the team facility.
The veteran quarterback used the term "whatever it takes" multiple times when talking about how he can stay on the field this year and not miss any games. 
"As long as I can not test positive and not have a close contact, I’ll be there for every game," he said.
Apparently, the only thing his "whatever it takes" sentiment doesn't apply to is getting the vaccine that 90 percent of the NFL's players, virtually all of its coaches and staffers, and over 165 million Americans have received.

The fact of the matter remains that Cousins can do everything possible to follow protocols in an effort to avoid testing positive or being a close contact to someone who does, but it's not entirely avoidable. By choosing not to be vaccinated, he's putting himself and his team at a potential competitive disadvantage because of the much steeper isolation protocols that exist for unvaccinated players.
Maybe he'll be successful in his mission and there won't be any issues. Or maybe something like this will happen again, Cousins will miss a game or two, and the Vikings' playoff hopes will take a hit because of it. 
If that happens, one can only wonder what the reception would be from the vaccinated players in the locker room who are truly doing "whatever it takes" to bring a Super Bowl to Minnesota.