Vikings Kirk Cousins ruled out of 2021 rematch with Packers after being moved to COVID list

Vikings Kirk Cousins ruled out of 2021 rematch with Packers after being moved to COVID list

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won't have to worry about trying to improve his primetime record in the ' rematch against and the on Sunday evening, because he won't be on the field to do it. Cousins has been moved to the Vikings' reserve/COVID-19 list after testing positive on Friday, the team announced, and regardle s of his vaccination status (he's unvaccinated), considering the game kicks off in just two days -- he doesn't have enough time to Jordan Oesterle Men Jersey clear protocols.Even if Cousins were vaccinated, new NFL protocols would require a po sible five-day quarantine, and he lands on the reserve list after reportedly showed signs of symptoms before self-reporting to the team.It's a ma sive blow to the Vikings, as they enter Week 17 still in the NFC playoff hunt, and it swings the coming contest Zack Smith Men Jersey wildly in favor of a Packers team hoping to win their final two regular season games to clinch the No. 1 seed in the conference going into the playoffs. Without Cousins, head coach Mike Zimmer named Sunday's starter. Mannion himself was on the COVID list but was activated on Friday. Recently signedand rookie third-round pick were the other options.None of the three QB options give the Vikings the same odds of Cam Ward Jersey pulling off the upset (and landing the 2021 sweep of the Packers) as Cousins would have. Sitting at 7-8 on the season with two games remaining, the Vikings sit in the eighth spot of a bracket that will allow the top seven teams into the tournament. If Cousins is still showing symptoms with no improvement next week, it puts his availability for the regular-season finale against the in question as well. It's news that sends shockwaves throughout the NFC playoff picture, and might be the end of the Vikings' playoff hopes, unle s one of Cousins' backups can stun the world in primetime.