Overview
- Minnesota traded a 2027 third-round pick to the Las Vegas Raiders at the NFL trade deadline to bring Kirk Cousins back to the Vikings.
- Coach Kevin O’Connell announced Friday that Cousins will start Sunday at Green Bay, five days after the deal was completed.
- Cousins arrives with nine starts this season for the Raiders and totals of about 2,340 passing yards and 20 touchdown passes.
- Las Vegas transferred club-option mechanics to Minnesota and has turned the starting job over to No. 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza, who will make his first NFL start this weekend.
- The trade fast-tracks Minnesota’s search for offensive stability and gives the Raiders draft capital to support Mendoza’s development under live-game conditions.