Dan Patrick: âDo you think youâll ever satisfy your critics?â
Kirk Cousins: âProbably not. Even winning a Super Bowl, people at the end of the day can still criticize you but you kind of have the last laugh with a ring. Thatâs all youâre really chasing and all that really matters in this league and what youâre measured by. The critics arenât going anywhere and thatâs okay. Honestly, I think I play better when people are criticizing me, and I can come out and have something to chase. It helps the way I play.â (Full Segment Above)
Listen to Kirk Cousins discuss his standing as one of the leagueâs most derided quarterbacks as Cousinsâ place among the NFL QB ranks has always been a polarizing storyline.
Despite having a Pro Bowl caliber 97.1 QB rating and 67.0% completion percentage for his career, Cousins is just 43-41 for his career in the league and the 31-year-old has never won a playoff game.
Perhaps even worse, Cousins is 0-8 for his career on Monday Night Football, and just 6-14-1 for his career in primetime games, including 2-8 on the road. Numbers like those are why people call Cousins one of the least clutch quarterbacks in the NFL and a player synonymous with coming up the smallest on the biggest stage.
Check out the segment above as Cousins details how he deals with the constant trolling.
FULL interview below.