During every Minnesota Vikings offseason since 2020 — and arguably before for the other team — Kirk Cousins has been at least sideways linked to the San Francisco 49ers through the rumor mill.
One Kirk Cousins Rumor Is Finally Dead
For the Vikings’ sake, the culprits were usually folks who wanted Cousins off the team, so marrying him, in theory, to the 49ers was an irresistible, bees-to-honey talking point.
The problem was that it never held any merit. It was just smoke and best-laid plans for the anti-Cousins crowd.