Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins is not sure the place he might be enjoying his soccer subsequent season as he prepares to enter discussions over his future with the organisation.
Cousins is at present set to hit free company upon the expiry of his contract later this offseason except the Vikings elect to supply him a brand new deal.
The 35-year-old missed motion resulting from harm for the primary time in his profession this season after struggling a year-ending torn Achilles in opposition to the Inexperienced Bay Packers in Week Eight.
Josh Dobbs, Nick Mullens and Jaren Corridor all subsequently frolicked underneath middle as Minnesota completed missed out on the playoffs after a 7-10 end.
“Many people who ask including friends and family are surprised conversations don’t really begin until March,” Cousins advised Sky Sports activities NFL.
“I might like to know the place I am going, I might like to get these conversations going now, however I am simply sitting at dwelling watching the playoffs and haven’t got a lot occurring other than rehab.
“However I actually have to attend till the primary couple of weeks in March to start these conversations. I am simply ready it out and time will inform as these ultimate head-coaching vacancies fill, and groups begin to determine how they wish to draft and deal with free company, and we’ll begin to determine – together with my very own workforce, the Vikings – the place I’ll find yourself.
“But we’ll have to wait.”
Cousins stays in restoration following his Achilles harm, having endured an detached second half of the season on the sidelines as, usually, one of many NFL’s most sturdy quarterbacks.
He’s eyeing a return to the sphere by coaching camp, on the newest.
“I didn’t realise it was torn until my center helped me get up and I started walking to the sideline,” Cousins added. “It was a difficult moment, but the real difficult moment was having to watch games on Sundays.
“It was such a wierd feeling to be out of motion and watching the playoffs now will be tough too. However the therapeutic course of has been nice, it has been a gradual upward development and I really feel like I will be able to go hopefully by OTA practices this spring, if not by coaching camp, and simply take it a day at a time till then.”
Cousins had accomplished 216 of 311 passes for two,331 yards and 18 touchdowns to 5 interceptions whereas beginning the season 4-4 previous to his harm in opposition to the Packers. He signed in Minnesota in free company in 2018 and has since led the workforce to the playoffs on two events, falling to the San Francisco 49ers within the Divisional Spherical in 2019 and struggling a shock Wild Card defeat to the New York Giants final season.