Packers can’t take Vikings offense lightly with Kirk Cousins under center

GREEN BAY – Matt LaFleur was Washington’s quarterbacks coach when the team drafted Kirk Cousins in the fourth round of the 2012 NFL draft and was there when Cousins took his lumps as the team’s starter the final three games of the 2013 season. And he was there when Cousins, now in his 15th season in the league, tore his Achilles at Lambeau Field on Oct. 29, 2023, in the last of his 91 starts for the Minnesota Vikings. Cousins didn’t face the Green Bay Packers in two seasons with Atlanta and wasn’t scheduled to face them this year with the Las Vegas Raiders, but with less than a week’s notice, LaFleur’s Packers must prepare to face him in Week 10 of the 2026 season. “He’ll be out there, he’ll be starting, I’m fairly confident of that,” LaFleur told reporters at his Wednesday, Nov. 11 press conference, one day after the Las Vegas Raiders traded Cousins to Minnesota for a third-round draft pick. “Obviously, he’s got familiarity with their system.

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