Holland Christian grad Kirk Cousins (Minnesota Vikings QB) win NFC Offensive Player of the Week Award

Published
12/23/2022
  • Cousins passed for a career-high 460 yards with four touchdowns in the Vikings’ 39-36 overtime win over Indianapolis in Week 15. He totaled all four of the touchdown passes and 417 passing yards in the second half and overtime, leading Minnesota back from a 33-0 deficit, the largest comeback victory in NFL history. The win also clinched the NFC North division title for Minnesota.
  • This is the seventh-career Offensive Player of the Week award for Cousins and first this season:
    • 2015: Weeks 7, 10 (with Washington)
    • 2016: Week 11 (with Washington)
    • 2017: Week 3 (with Washington)
    • 2020: Weeks 12, 17 (with Minnesota)
    • 2022: Week 15 (with Minnesota)
  • Cousins is the fifth Vikings quarterback to win an Offensive Player of the Week award at least three times with the team, joining Daunte Culpepper (eight-time winner), Randall Cunningham (three), Pro Football Hall of Famer Brett Favre (three) and Wade Wilson (three).