Vikings GM has a brutally honest reception about Kirk Cousins

Ahead of the 2022 NFL season, the Minnesota Vikings have hired a new general manager,

a new head coach and a new offensive coordinator. Despite all these monumental changes in the organization,

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the team is still rocking with veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins. First-year GM Kwesi Adofo-Mansah isn't sure it's the right choice.

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"I'll be honest. The only asset you're nervous about burning is the quarterback,

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he explained during a recent interview with USA Today Sports.

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Adofo-Manseh acknowledged that Cousins is a "good quarterback", but also pointed out that the Vikings

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"don't have Tom Brady" and "don't have Patrick Mahomes". "[The Super Bowl] is more likely to be won if you have that quarterback," he added.

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Cousins is coming off an 8-8 Pro-Bowl season in which he has racked up 4,221 yards and 33 touchdowns on 66.3% completion.

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