Vikings' Kirk Cousins has been flying high since bye

December 6, 2020 at 5:21AM
Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins.
Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins. (Anthony Soufflé/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins has posted a league-high 124.3 passer rating since his team's Week 7 bye.

No. 2 on that list? A guy name Patrick Mahomes, at 123.1.

Cousins also ranks second in yards per pass attempt (8.9) and third in touchdown passes (12) since his team's bye.

Here are Cousins' past five passer ratings: 138.1, 141.7, 100.7, 140.1 and 115.7. He's 4-1 in those games.

Here are the Chiefs quarterback's past five passer ratings: 107.2, 144.4, 121.7, 102.8 and 124.7. He's 5-0 in those games.

Long ball efficiency

Quarterbacks with the best passer ratings on passes traveling at least 20 yards in the air from 2018-20:

Drew Brees, Saints: 125.0

Aaron Rodgers, Packers: 119.1

Kirk Cousins, Vikings: 118.1

Russell Wilson, Seahawks: 118.0

Dak Prescott, Cowboys117.9

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Mark Craig

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Mark Craig has covered the NFL nearly every year since Brett Favre was a rookie back in 1991. A sports writer since 1987, he is covering his 30th NFL season out of 37 years with the Canton (Ohio) Repository (1987-99) and the Star Tribune (1999-present).

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