EAGAN, Minn. — Kirk Cousins' prolific performance against the Lions Sunday has garnered NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors.
Cousins completed 28 of 40 passes (70 percent) for a season-high 405 yards and three touchdowns to total a passer rating of 127.6. He also rushed for a touchdown in leading Minnesota to a 37-35 win over Detroit in the 2020 season finale for both teams.
The showing continued a strong run of success against the Lions since Cousins joined the Vikings in 2018. He improved to 6-0 as a starter against Detroit in that time and recorded his ninth game of the season with a passer rating of 100 or higher, which also includes the Vikings 34-20 over the Lions in Week 9.
Cousins also broke the Vikings record for most games in one season with three or more touchdown passes with eight such games. He topped Daunte Culpepper, who had seven such games in 2000, on the way to a career-high 35 touchdown passes.
It also was the 17th game in which Cousins has totaled at least 300 passing yards, three touchdown passes and a passer rating of 115.0 or higher, the most through any NFL quarterback's first nine seasons.
This is Cousins' sixth NFC Player of the Week award and his second with Minnesota. Cousins also won NFC Player of the Week honors for leading an 11-point comeback in a 28-27 win over Carolina in Week 12.
The Vikings claimed three of the five NFC Offensive Player of the Week honors during November, with Dalvin Cook bringing home the honor in Week 8 and Week 9 with the most prolific two-game stretch of running the football by any Vikings player (369 rushing yards).
Mike Boone was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week for Week 4.
Minnesota has had 19 different players claim 28 total NFL Player of the Week awards since Head Coach Mike Zimmer's hire in 2014.
VIKINGS NAMED NFC PLAYER OF THE WEEK UNDER ZIMMER
Defensive
Anthony Barr, LB
2014, Week 8, at Tampa Bay
Special Teams
Adam Thielen, WR
2014, Week 13, vs. Carolina
Special Teams
Marcus Sherels, PR
2015, Week 8, at Chicago
Defensive
Linval Joseph, DT
2015, Week 9, vs. St. Louis
Defensive
Terence Newman, CB
2015, Week 10, at Oakland
Special Teams
Blair Walsh, K
2015, Week 16, vs. NY Giants
Defensive
Everson Griffen, DE
2015, Week 17, at Green Bay
Defensive
Eric Kendricks, LB
2016, Week 1, at Tennessee
Offensive
Stefon Diggs, WR
2016, Week 2, vs. Green Bay
Defensive
Everson Griffen, DE
2016, Week 3, at Carolina
Defensive
Xavier Rhodes, CB
2016, Week 11, vs. Arizona
Offensive
Sam Bradford, QB
2017, Week 1, vs. New Orleans
Special Teams
Kai Forbath, K
2017, Week 7, vs. Baltimore
Defensive
Harrison Smith, S
2017, Week 16, at Green Bay
Defensive
Harrison Smith, S
2018, Week 1, vs. San Francisco
Defensive
Danielle Hunter, DE
2018, Week 9, vs. Detroit
Offensive
Dalvin Cook, RB
2018, Week 15, vs. Miami
Defensive
Anthony Harris, S
2019, Week 1, vs. Atlanta
Special Teams
Dan Bailey, K
2019, Week 5, at NY Giants
Special Teams
Dan Bailey, K
2019, Week 8, vs. Washington
Offensive
Dalvin Cook, RB
2019, Week 10, at Dallas
Defensive
Danielle Hunter, DE
2019, Week 14, vs. Detroit
Special Teams
Dan Bailey, K
2019, Week 15, at LA Chargers
Special Teams
Mike Boone, RB
2020, Week 4, at Houston
Offensive
Dalvin Cook, RB
2020, Week 8, at Green Bay
Offensive
Dalvin Cook, RB
2020, Week 9, vs. Detroit
Offensive
Kirk Cousins, QB
2020, Week 12, vs. Carolina
Offensive
Kirk Cousins, QB
2020, Week 17, at Detroit
