Kirk Cousins’ free agency decision was best for Vikings and Jets

When Kirk Cousins wanders out onto the field at MetLife Stadium for the first time since picking the Minnesota Vikings over the New York Jets in free agency, he’s going to get booed like only a New York team can boo. But any reasonable Jets fan would have to admit: Cousins’ choice to sign with the Vikings instead of the Jets has worked out for everyone.
Had Cousins accepted the Jets’ offer, which was reportedly higher than Minnesota’s, Gang Green would have immediately been put under pressure to compete in the AFC. The problem: They still wouldn’t have been ready to compete in the AFC.

While the Jets have quality players like Jamal Adams, Leonard Williams, Robby Anderson and Jermaine Kearse, their roster isn’t as matured as a Vikings’ team coming fresh off a 13-3 season.
“I think most Jets fans understood and were interested in going after Kirk Cousins considering how rare it was that a quality starting quarterback hits the free agent market,” Joe Caporoso, who operates the website TurnOnTheJets.com, said on the Purple Podcast. “It became pretty clear early in the process that the Vikings were going to be the favorite…Cousins didn’t humor them with a visit. I don’t think it was that insulting, the Vikings were in the NFC Championship game last year…the Vikings have a much better infrastructure to compete for a Super Bowl over a three year deal than the Jets do.”
Over his first six games in Minnesota, Cousins has found chemistry with the Vikings’ two elite receivers Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs and currently ranks fifth in the NFL in passing yards with 1.921. One of the reasons the Vikings wanted Cousins over Case Keenum was they believed he simply had more arm talent and could keep his team in games in which the defense did not play lights out. That has already proven to be true, especially in Los Angeles when he mostly matched Jared Goff punch for punch until the Rams got the last laugh with a strip-sack to win 38-31.
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