How Kirk Cousins rejoining Vikings affects Fantasy Football value of Justin Jefferson and company

Kirk Cousins is heading back to Minnesota, and if you're rostering Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison or T.J. Hockenson, there's plenty of reason to be excited about what this reunion could mean for your Fantasy team. We've already seen what Cousins can do with these three pass catchers in Kevin O'Connell's offense in 2022 and 2023, and the numbers speak for themselves.

With Kirk Cousins in Minnesota from 2022-23 …Jettas: 21.6 PPR/gm (22 gms), 10.8 tgt/gmHockenson: 13.4 PPR/gm (18 gms), 8.4 tgt/gmAddison: 15.8 PPR/gm (8 gms), 6.5 tgt/gm https://t.co/zWnXN18AGS

Just as importantly, the Vikings threw at a crazy high rate — 65.7% of total plays. That's nearly TEN percentage points higher than where they've been since the start of the 2025 season (56%).

It means O'Connell will have trust in Cousins to let 'er rip. The Vikings offensive line is good enough to protect Cousins and allow him to connect on time with all three of those weapons.

Jefferson is obviously the one that Fantasy managers should expect a big increase in production from with Cousins now back in Minnesota. Forget that we've seen it before — Cousins' passing this year has been startingly good! Pairing him with Jefferson should mean…

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