Happy New Year from Mackey & Judd, who dive deeper into the state of the Minnesota Vikings in the wake of Kirk Cousins landing on the COVID list. Is Kirk Cousins — at a reduced price — good enough to carry the Vikings to a Super Bowl someday? Will the Vikings fire Rick Spielman or Mike Zimmer? And why isn’t Kellen Mond prepared to start?

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