Kirk Cousins hopes to play for Vikings in 2024 as free agency looms

Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins talks to Fox News Digital about returning to the team in 2024.

Kirk Cousins’ future with the Minnesota Vikings is up in the air even after six seasons and two playoff appearances.

Cousins will enter the 2024 season coming off of a torn Achilles and is likely to become a free agent. But he told Fox News Digital he would want to remain with the Vikings, if it’s possible.

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Kirk Cousins #8 of the Minnesota Vikings looks to pass during the second quarter in the game against the Chicago Bears at Soldier Field on October 15, 2023 in Chicago. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

"I sure hope so," he told Fox News Digital about returning to the Vikings. "We’ll have to see how it all plays out. I think this league, if I’ve learned anything in my 12 years, is that a lot of curveballs get thrown, and it’s hard to predict what happens next month. This injury taught me that, too."

"We’ll see when we get to March, how everything shakes out. But I think until then, it’s just waiting until March."

His contract voids on March 13 and there will likely be plenty of chatter about what Minnesota will do at the vital position.

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Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins (8) during an NFL football game between the Minnesota Vikings and the Carolina Panthers on October 1, 2023 at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. (John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Cousins signed with the Vikings in March 2018. Since then, he’s played in 88 games and threw for 23,265 yards and 171 touchdown passes. He’s fourth in passing touchdowns and fifth in passing