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This allows Cousins to work in the direction of Thielen's route. The receiver also adjusts, and Cousins fires a strike for a 25-yard gain right out of the gate.
FOX analyst Brock Huard commented to play-by-play announcer Chris Myers:
"I promise you this, Chris, you can't find 50 of those plays last year in the entire season for Kirk Cousins. This is exactly what he worked on. … Kirk wanted to be more creative, and the coaches felt like they want to give him more liberty to make plays on the move. This is a league where you've got to make plays off schedule."
Rather than facing third-and-long after a sack, the Vikings built on the micro-momentum of the off-schedule play and ran six consecutive times on the way to a touchdown by Cook.
Cousins has spoken multiple times with Hall of Famer Fran Tarkenton about using his feet to extend plays.
While he won't yet be confused with "Scramblin' Fran," Cousins showed signs of implementing that area of focus. He also rushed four times for 34 yards, which is probably more than desired but could come in handy if well-timed for a key conversion.