I don’t think maybe the players do as much as everybody else.”
I asked him, ‘Do guys really approach these games differently?'” Zimmer said.
“I talked to the coaches about it the other day, and Terence was in the room. After starting his tenure 0-3 in primetime games, he had won seven of nine before a three-game losing streak this season put him below. Head coach Mike Zimmer is 7-8 coaching in regular season night games for the Vikings. “We got flexed to that primetime last week because we were playing a really good football team, and if either of us weren’t good, I don’t think we’d get flexed.” “I think if there’s a difference, it’s gonna be that you’re gonna be playing good football teams,” said Cousins. The combined record of those opponents: 26-5. Minnesota lost a shootout 38-31 to the Los Angeles Rams on the road, fell 30-20 at home against the New Orleans Saints and were defeated 25-20 last Sunday in Chicago. It becomes maybe a bigger, more complicated picture than just a win-loss record and trying to judge performance.”Ĭousins is 0-3 thus far at night against the Vikings’ three toughest opponents. “The previous team I was on, we won last year on Thanksgiving night, and I don’t think I played all that well and we won, so it gets a little bit convoluted when you try to look at a stat and pair it with a player. “I think we’d have to go back through all the primetime games I’ve played and talk through them because every game is different,” said Cousins. His loss at Chicago left him with a 4-12 record in 16 career night games, an unseemly record for a quarterback that was often placed in primetime as a member of the high-profile NFC East and will be subjected to his fourth primetime game of the season this Sunday against the Green Bay Packers. The numbers aren’t flattering for Kirk Cousins when he plays under the lights.