Vikings fans bombard Tom Brady with unretirement messages after Kirk Cousins' season-ending injury

Publish date: 2024-05-08

The Minnesota Vikings need Tom Brady to save their season.

That was the message delivered by Vikings fans on Sunday after Kirk Cousins was lost for the season with an Achilles injury.

Brady has retired from the NFL and the 46-year-old former quarterback has been busy away from the field.

But that didn't stop desperate Vikings fans from begging the seven-time Super Bowl champion to join Minnesota mid-season.

"You miss 100 per cent of the shots you don’t take. Fingers crossed," posted a Minnesota fan who posted a message he sent Brady asking him to think about them on social media. "Vikings Twitter GMs, let’s do our thing."

Another wrote: Oh, hey @TomBrady. There’s a team up in Minnesota that could use a fill-in for the rest of the season. Maybe come back for another shot at a ring."

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Brady has a connection with Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell, who was a third-round pick of the New England Patriots in 2008 out of San Diego State.

Brady is a seven-time Super Bowl winner and 15-time Pro Bowl selection.

He last played in the 2022 playoffs.

Tampa Bay fell to the Dallas Cowboys 31-14, ending a disappointing season for Brady and the Buccaneers.

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Cousins, 35, was having a fantastic season.

The veteran QB had completed 69.5 percent of his passes for 2,331 yards, 18 touchdowns and just five interceptions while posting a 103.8 rating.

“I do know that it is going to have to be an injury that makes him not capable physically of playing, because if it has anything to do with pain tolerance or a choice to go out on the football field, Kirk Cousins is going to be out on the field,” O’Connell said.

“We will figure out the severity of it and let you guys know what my fear of is right now of the injury," the Minnesota coach said

"When we confirm that as an organization, we will try to move forward in the short term knowing that I’m not sure anybody in this league overall was playing as well as Kirk at the position this year.”

Cousins was supportive of his Vikings teammates before leaving the field on a cart.

Minnesota still beat the Green Bay Packers 24-10 after Cousins was injured.

The Vikings have won three consecutive games and improved to 4-4 after a frustrating start.

Minnesota has now lost star wide receiver Justin Jefferson and Cousins to major injuries this season.

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