Kirk Cousins isn’t letting a season-ending Achilles injury get in the way of brightening kids’ days.
Cousins tore his Achilles on a non-contact injury against the Packers on Sunday but was present Monday at the Vikings Kids Club’s Halloween party.
Blair Reynolds, a Vikings fan from Inner Grove Heights, Minn., thanked Cousins for his presence at the event.
“@KirkCousins8 my nephew met you tonight at the Halloween party,” Reynolds tweeted Monday night.
“You could have stayed away, you could have said no to an autograph. No one would have blamed you after the day you have had. Thank you for showing him that despite all the bad you can rise above it. #Vikings.”
Kirk Cousins attended the Vikings Kid Club’s Halloween party despite suffering a season-ending Achilles injury the day before. X / Blair Reynolds
Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) passes against the Packers on Oct. 29, 2023. APElsewhere on Monday, Cousins’ wife, Julie, thanked everyone who offered support in the wake of the quarterback’s injury.
“We want to thank every one of you who have reached out … our hearts are bursting with gratitude for our community!” she wrote in an Instagram Story.
Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins kisses his wife before a game vs. the Packers on Oct. 29, 2023. AP
Friends of Kirk Cousins’ four-year-old son, Turner, made the quarterback get-well-soon cards. Instagram / Julie CousinsJulie also shared a stack of cards made by friends of the couple’s 4-year-old son, Turner.
Vikings head coach Kevin O’Connell told reporters Monday that the team is still “working through” options of what it will do at starting quarterback going forward.
Kirk Cousins down on the field after suffering season-ending Achilles injury in Green Bay. Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) is carted off the field after sustaining an injury on Oct. 29, 2023. APAsked about how wide a net the team is casting in terms of the trade or free-agent market, O’Connell said: “You wouldn’t believe some of the things on my cell phone I’ve received here in less than 24 hours.”
Cousins was relieved Sunday by Jaren Hall, a fifth-round rookie out of BYU.
The 35-year-old Cousins, in his 12th season in the NFL and sixth with the Vikings, is slated to be a free agent this coming offseason.
