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Easton is currently vying for the Saints center position.
The Saints picked up Easton after starting center Max Unger retired. Easton is battling rookie Erik McCoy for the starting job, but McCoy has been running mostly with the first team in practice. On Wednesday, Easton worked with the second team at left guard.
It will be interesting to see how many snaps the current Saints play against their former team as the preseason gets underway.
Cousins ranked middle of the pack in QBs ‘set up for success’
Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins has expressed his excitement for Minnesota’s 2019 offense and the playmakers that surround him.
With one season in Minnesota under his belt, how will Cousins perform in year two?
Sheil Kapadia of The Athletic recently ranked all 32 NFL quarterbacks in order of those he deemed “best set up for success” this season. He wrote:
So today, we look at which quarterbacks are best set up for success. Things to consider: offensive lines, receiving weapons, efficient running games and coaching.
To be clear, this is not a ranking of the quarterbacks. There are some great quarterbacks down the list. That just means they have to do more to lift their teams.
Kapadia placed Cousins in the middle of the pack at No. 14. He said that the Vikings “might have the best wide receiver pairing in the NFL” with Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs but said the depth behind the duo remains to be proven.
The Vikings added highly respected offensive mind Gary Kubiak as [assistant head coach/offensive advisor] in the offseason and are counting on Dalvin Cook to stay healthy and have his best season yet. They made moves up front both in free agency and through the draft, but the offensive line still has plenty to prove.
Cousins’ “set up for success” projection was behind Bears QB Mitchell Trubisky, whom Kapadia slotted at No. 10. Packers QB Aaron Rodgers was 15th on Kapadia’s list, and Lions QB Matthew Stafford was 24th.