Vikings' Kevin O'Connell optimistic on potential Kirk Cousins return: 'We're heading toward a good place'

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Four-time Pro Bowl quarterback Kirk Cousins is set to officially enter the free agent market next month. 

The 35-year-old has spent the past six seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, leading the team to the playoffs two times. Cousins was in the midst of arguably the best season of his career until he suffered a season-ending Achilles injury during an October game against the Green Bay Packers.

There has been a considerable amount of speculation surrounding the soon-to-be free agent's potential 2024 landing spot, but Vikings head coach Kevin O'Connell expressed some confidence that Cousins could remain in Minnesota for the foreseeable future.

"Kirk Cousins knows how I feel about him. I've held no secrets there. He knows how the Minnesota Vikings feel about him. I believe Kirk wants to be a Viking, and we're going to work to try to make that the outcome," O'Connell said during Tuesday's media session at the NFL Scouting Combine.

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Kirk Cousins #8 of the Minnesota Vikings talks with head coach Kevin OConnell during the third quarter against the Minnesota Vikings at Lambeau Field on October 29, 2023 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. (Michael Reaves/Getty Images)

The 2023 season marked the final year of Cousins's two-year, $66 million contract extension. O'Connell acknowledged some of the difficulties that tend to come with a contract negotiation.

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"I think anytime you go into situations like this, it is a negotiation, and we're trying to come to an agreement that works for both sides, as we not only build