3 Vikings Winners & 3 Losers After Vikings Shake Up QB Room With Kirk Cousins Trade

First reported by Fox Sports at Tue 1:37 PM · 12 outlets in all

1. The Athletic(subscription required)12hNFL trade deadline winners, losers: Vikings find QB, Jags go all-in, Jonathan Taylor strandedCousins makes Minnesota legitimate contenders, while the Colts traded away all of their best players — except for their star running back.
2. Yahoo Sports12hWinners & losers from 2026 NFL trade deadlineHighlighting the biggest winners and losers from the 2026 NFL trade deadline.
3. Sports Illustrated14h3 Vikings Winners & 3 Losers After Vikings Shake Up QB Room With Kirk Cousins TradeAs with any NFL trade, the Vikings have winners and losers when it comes to veteran QB Kirk Cousins's return to Minnesota.
4. Guardian16hNFL trade deadline winners and losers: Vikings go full dadcore with Kirk Cousins in Super Bowl questTeams with championship aspirations tooled up at the deadline. Most, but not all of them, have improved their chancesAfter what happened Monday night, the Minnesota Vikings had to do this. In a dispiriting loss to the Buffalo Bills, the Vikings saw their tremendous defense go to waste, as Carson Wentz completed eight of 25 passes for 81 yards, no touchdowns, two interceptions and a passer rating of 8.9. It was one of the worst quarterback performances in recent history, and it continued a run of recent QB futility for the Vikings, from JJ McCarthy to Kyler Murray to Wentz. Vikings defensive…
5. Fox News27hNFL trade deadline winners and losers, including Dianna Russini and Kirk CousinsKirk Cousins gives the Minnesota Vikings a major QB upgrade as the Los Angeles Chargers bizarrely held on to veterans with expiring contracts.
6. CBS Sports27hNFL trade deadline winners and losers: Kirk Cousins heads home, Bengals seemingly fail to understand the rulesKirk Cousins heads back to Minnesota, the Jaguars go all-in for a championship run and a front-office blunder leaves Cincinnati red-faced
7. ESPN27hWinners, losers of the NFL trade deadline: Chiefs get a WR, Vikings get a QB, Chargers stay quietWhich teams made the best -- and worst -- moves before the NFL trade deadline? We're making sense of all the action.
8. EssentiallySports28hWinners and Losers From the NFL Trade Deadline: Kirk Cousins & Josh Downs Should Thrive in Their New HomesThe NFL trade deadline has come and gone. There were a ton of big trades made in the weeks leading up to the deadline, but we still got some last-minute action with the most notable move being Minnesota sending a third rounder to Las Vegas in exchange for Kirk Cousins. Was this deadline as entertaining as
9. ProFootballTalk28hVikings announce return of Kirk Cousins
10. Los Angeles Times(subscription required)29hKirk Cousins is returning to Vikings after trade deadline deal with RaidersThe Vikings acquired Kirk Cousins from the Raiders before the NFL trade deadline, bringing back the quarterback who led Minnesota from 2019 to 2023 and made three Pro Bowls with the team.
11. NY Post30hRaiders trade Kirk Cousins to Vikings in blockbuster dealThe Las Vegas Raiders traded starting quarterback Kirk Cousins to the Minnesota Vikings on Tuesday, less than an hour before the NFL trade deadline. The Vikings are trading a third-round pick in the 2027 NFL Draft in exchange for Cousins, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins speaks at a news conference...
12. Fox Sports30hBlockbuster Reunion: Vikings Trade For Raiders QB Kirk CousinsThe Minnesota Vikings are reuniting with Kirk Cousins, striking a trade with the Las Vegas Raiders for the veteran quarterback.