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"Lot of games left to play but specifically this week and the next few weeks with divisional opponents," Cousins added. "We've got a strong division, so it's going to be a great challenge for us and we're looking forward to it."
The opener of that three-game stretch is a tough one, as the Packers are 5-1 and sit atop the division.
Minnesota is also looking to snap a three-game skid against Green Bay, which is the Vikings longest losing streak to the Packers since the first three games Vikings Head Coach Mike Zimmer coached against Green Bay.
"Looking forward to the challenge," Zimmer said Friday. "Green Bay is a terrific team, a bunch of good rushers, good guys on the back end.
"And then obviously they're hitting on all cylinders offensively," Zimmer added. "Running the ball really well, and obviously Aaron Rodgers is playing really great."
Here are three areas to watch in Sunday's contest, as compiled by Eric Smith and Craig Peters of Vikings.com:
A chance for the youngsters | By @Eric_L_Smith
In a perfect world, which certainly isn't the Vikings 2020 season, perhaps Minnesota's nickel defense would have looked like this:
Danielle Hunter and Ifeadi Odenigbo at end, with Michael Pierce and Shamar Stephen in the middle (or tagging out with interior rush specialists). Eric Kendricks and Anthony Barr would be the linebackers.
The secondary would consist of Harrison Smith and Anthony Harris at safety, and possibly Mike Hughes, Holton Hill and Cameron Dantzler at cornerback.
But when the Vikings line up in that package Sunday against the Packers, the Vikings will have just four(!) of those players available in Smith, Harris, Kendricks and Stephen. That means the task of facing Rodgers and Davante Adams just got even taller.
But it's also a chance for a bunch of youngsters — D.J. Wonnum, Jalyn Holmes, James Lynch, Armon Watts, Jeff Gladney, Harrison Hand, Kris Boyd and Mark Fields II — to show the coaching staff where they're at in their own development.