Vikings’ Kirk Cousins a possible star of Netflix docuseries

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins may quickly develop into a fan favourite amongst some NFL viewers. 

It was just lately realized that Cousins, Patrick Mahomes of the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs, and Marcus Mariota (at the moment) of the Atlanta Falcons can be featured in an upcoming Netflix docuseries entitled “Quarterback.” 

NFL Movies govt producer Keith Cossrow prompt to NBC Sports activities’ Peter King that Cousins, an alleged “open e-book” for the mission’s crew, might be one of many documentary’s stars. 

“I feel it’s the very best entry we’ve gotten with a participant in [NFL Films] historical past,” Cossrow defined. “The primary episode within the sequence will finish with an unbelievable second.” 

In Week 3 of the 2022 NFL season, the Vikings defeated the Detroit Lions at residence 28-24. Nevertheless, Cousins was responsible of what Cossrow described as “a major overthrow on what would have been a” landing throughout the victory. 

“So after the sport, he lets the crew go residence with him to his massive household gathering, and there’s a firepit within the yard, and the children are consuming ‘smores,” Cossrow continued about Cousins. “Everybody leaves, and it’s sort of darkish, and Kirk’s there, and he’s beating himself up over the overthrow. Captured superbly. That was the primary cue, to me, that we’re going to get what we’re after right here.” 

Cousins’ marketing campaign was a curler coaster trip crammed with ups that included the 34-year-old guiding Minnesota to a 13-4 document and the signal-caller hilariously carrying a number of chains whereas shirtless on the workforce airplane after wins. The season additionally ended with a large letdown for the Vikings after Cousins was chargeable for a questionable fourth-down determination late within the residence playoff loss to the New York Giants on Jan. 15. 

Cousins is on monitor to stay Minnesota’s QB1 via the offseason amid takes that the franchise wants an improve on the sport’s most essential place if it really desires to compete with top-tier NFC golf equipment such because the San Francisco 49ers and Philadelphia Eagles. It appears like he may have a future as a tv character assuming Cossrow isn’t overhyping a Netflix present that might be in contrast to some other.