After all, Cousins was selected to three Pro Bowls with the Vikings and won them their most recent playoff game.This page may contain affiliate links to legal sports betting partners.If you sign up or place a wager, FOX News may be compensated.
This content was created by a team that works independently from the FOX newsroom.But not everyone wearing purple and gold is on board with the optimism surrounding Mr.Cousins, and one of those Debbie Downers happens to be Locked on Vikings podcast host Luke Braun.KIRK COUSINS REVEALS TOUCHING DECISION HIS SONS MADE AFTER TRADE TO VIKINGS: 'LET'S GO!'Kirk Cousins celebrates on the field after the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Indianapolis Colts at U.S.
Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on Dec.17, 2022.
(Getty Images)Braun took to social media on Tuesday lamenting the move from his beloved Vikings, calling the trade his "long personal nightmare.""I was always a big Kirk hater when he was here in Minnesota," Braun admits."Because I thought, hey, this guy is not going to lead us to the promised land."NFL TRADE DEADLINE WINNERS AND LOSERS, INCLUDING DIANNA RUSSINI AND KIRK COUSINSThe podcaster brought up Cousins' supposed turnover problems and the fact that the Vikings need to protect the ball and stop putting their defense in bad situations.There's a lot wrong with what Braun said, particularly with the fact that Cousins is statistically one of the safer quarterbacks when it comes to committing turnovers, and the internet saw right through his reasoning.VIKINGS' CARSON WENTZ WAS HISTORICALLY AWFUL IN LOSS TO BILLS, POSTING A STAT LINE DIFFICULT TO COMPREHENDLas Vegas Raiders quarterback Kirk Cousins warms up before an NFL preseason game against the San Francisco 49ers on Thursday, Aug.
27, 2026, in Las Vegas.(AP Photo/David Becker)Normally, this is the part of the article where I break down everything Braun said that was incorrect, but the fine folks on X stole my thunder and did it for me.Let's start with Braun's "t...