{"id":429964,"date":"2023-07-15T03:43:17","date_gmt":"2023-07-15T03:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=429964"},"modified":"2023-07-15T03:43:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T03:43:17","slug":"justin-jeffersons-top-five-qbs-list-kirk-cousins-reacts-to-being-left-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/justin-jeffersons-top-five-qbs-list-kirk-cousins-reacts-to-being-left-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin Jefferson&#8217;s Top Five QBs List: Kirk Cousins Reacts to Being Left Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kirk Cousins, a quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, gave an open assessment of Justin Jefferson&#8217;s omission of him from his list of the best five quarterbacks in the NFL on Thursday.<\/p>\n<h2>Justin Jefferson&#8217;s Top Five QBs List: Kirk Cousins Reacts to Being Left Off<\/h2>\n<p>When the wide receiver recently visited Brazil as an ambassador for flag football, local reporter Danilo Lacalle quizzed him about his top five quarterbacks.<\/p>\n<p>Take a look at the list below:<\/p>\n<p>1. Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs<\/p>\n<p>2. Aaron Rodgers, Jets<\/p>\n<p>3. Joe Burrow, Bengals<\/p>\n<p>4. Jalen Hurts, Eagles<\/p>\n<p>5. Josh Allen, Bills<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Update: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vikings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Vikings<\/a> Justin Jefferson revealed his Top 5 NFL QBs;<\/p>\n<p>1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chiefs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Chiefs<\/a> Patrick Mahomes <br \/>2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Jets?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Jets<\/a> Aaron Rodgers<br \/>3) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bengals?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bengals<\/a> Joe Burrow <br \/>4) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Eagles?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Eagles<\/a> Jalen Hurts <br \/>5) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bills?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bills<\/a> Josh Allen<\/p>\n<p>He didn&#39;t include his own QB Kirk Cousins. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1sQU6P5Dpd\">pic.twitter.com\/1sQU6P5Dpd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL_DovKleiman\/status\/1678766340620931076?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Cousins was asked how it felt to be left off the list during a recent interview on Minnesota&#8217;s KFAN-FM, but he was initially unaware of it until the hosts of the show brought it up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I didn&#8217;t even see it,&#8221; Cousins said. &#8220;This is the first time hearing about it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Vikings quarterback might have stopped there and no one would have noticed, but instead he wanted to provide a more thorough response.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Justin Jefferson leaves out Kirk Cousins from his top 5 QB&#39;s in the NFL. Did he do Kirk dirty? \ud83e\udd14 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/54tUxwKrRF\">pic.twitter.com\/54tUxwKrRF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Phoenix (@dalvincookin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dalvincookin\/status\/1678495240015999007?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a competitor, you&#8217;d always want that,&#8221; Cousins said of being on a top-five list. &#8220;People have to be honest and share what they think and I&#8217;m not going to tell somebody what they need to think. Hopefully in 2024, I&#8217;ll be on his list. We&#8217;ll see what we can do this year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Even though Cousins said in his statement that he and Jefferson had no animosity toward one another, the four-time Pro Bowler made it apparent that he would much rather be selected in the future.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kirk Cousins has never played with an All-Pro running back and Justin Jefferson has been the only All-Pro WR he has ever played with. <br \/>I hope that helps. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qFRZhtuLl5\">https:\/\/t.co\/qFRZhtuLl5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Janik Eckardt (@JanikEckardt) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JanikEckardt\/status\/1679993876105375744?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Of course, for Cousins and Jefferson, the 2022 Offensive Player of the Year, the only factor that will ultimately count is how the Vikings recover from a 13-4 2022 campaign that concluded in the Wild Card playoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Together, Kirk Cousins and Justin Jefferson had outstanding seasons.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud835\udde7\ud835\udde5\ud835\uddd8\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddd7\ud835\udddc\ud835\udde1\ud835\uddda<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vikings?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Vikings<\/a> Superstar Justin Jefferson tells NFL media that he doesn\u2019t believe Kirk Cousins is a Top 5 Quarterback. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ROJI6qjyjK\">pic.twitter.com\/ROJI6qjyjK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NFL Notifications (@NFLNotify) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFLNotify\/status\/1678576197826154496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Cousins guided the Vikings to 13 victories and a playoff appearance while throwing for a career-high 4,547 yards.<\/p>\n<p>While topping the conference in yards per touch for the second year in a row, Jefferson contributed more than a third of those yards with 128 catches for 1,809 yards and eight touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Former NFL Legend Joe Campbell Dead At 68, Cause Of Death Discovered\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/former-nfl-legend-joe-campbell-dead-at-68-cause-of-death-discovered\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Former NFL Legend Joe Campbell Dead At 68, Cause Of Death Discovered<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kirk Cousins, a quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings, gave an open assessment of Justin Jefferson&#8217;s omission of him from his list of the best five quarterbacks in the NFL on Thursday. Justin Jefferson&#8217;s Top Five QBs List: Kirk Cousins Reacts to Being Left Off When the wide receiver recently visited Brazil as an ambassador for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":411070,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64,48],"tags":[2369,1916,11400,2211],"class_list":["post-429964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-minnesota-vikings","category-nfl","tag-justin-jefferson","tag-kirk-cousins","tag-kirk-cousins-justin-jefferson","tag-nfl-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=429964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/429964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/411070"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=429964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=429964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=429964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}