Kirk Cousins and his wife Julie‘s two sons are embracing the family’s big move following the quarterback’s trade from the Las Vegas Raiders back to the Minnesota Vikings.
“[The kids] are ready and excited for the next several weeks,” Kirk, 38, beamed during his first press conference as a Viking on Wednesday, November 11.
The Vikings acquired Kirk from the Raiders in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2027 NFL Draft in a deal that went down to the wire before the Tuesday, November 10, trade deadline. Cousins previously played for the Vikings from 2018 through 2023, before moving to the Atlanta Falcons from 2024 to 2025.
Kirk’s’ single season with the Raiders in 2026 saw him starting in all nine games thus far, defying most analysts’ expectations regarding his performance.
View this post on InstagramDuring Wednesday’s media scrum, Kirk relayed how Jennifer broke the news to their sons — Cooper, 9, and Turner, 7 — about their dad’s big NFL trade.
“I was hoping they were going to come with me [to Minnesota] but I said, ‘What are you thinking, Julie?’ It was her call. And she said, ‘I don’t think we can pull the boys out of school and baseball and their friends,'” he recalled.
The athlete continued, “[Julie] picked them up from school and told them, ‘Here’s the situation. Dad got traded to the Minnesota Vikings. What would you guys want to do?’ They looked at her and they said, ‘Let’s go.'”
Julie previously commemorated her family’s move to the Twin Cities via her Instagram Story on Tuesday, writing, “Another adventure awaits…”
She shared that her son Turner had one important stop to make before the family headed to the airport.
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“1 hour before we leave for Minnesota…Turner wanted one last at bat in his little league playoff game ?,” Julie revealed via her Story. “We love you, Las Vegas!”
Kirk opened up to the media about how he learned about the trade, joking that he was “about halfway into my eggs” on Tuesday morning when he received an unexpected call from Raiders Head Coach Klint Kubiak.
“I looked at my teammates and said, ‘I have a guess what this might mean.’ Although, he calls on occasion,” Kirk explained. “[Kubiak] said, ‘Are you in the building?’ I said, ‘I am.’ He said, ‘Why don’t you come up?’ And my heart started beating a little faster.”
Kirk was told about the particulars of the trade during a private meeting with Kubiak, 39, and Raiders General Manager John Spytek. He also connected with Vikings Head Coach Kevin O’Connell on the phone before the deal was completed.
“Kevin knows me. Kevin knows what I do well,” Kirk noted. “Kevin knows what I don’t do well. Kevin knows what I can handle. Kevin knows what I can’t handle. And I think that helps. Not just that he knows your strengths, but that he knows your weaknesses — and that as a result, he’s going to try to protect you and not have you do things that he knows, ‘You know what? That’s not how Kirk functions. That’s not his best chance of success.'”
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Kirk added, “I think the fact [Kevin] knows me well, the good about me and the bad about me, I think that should help us.”
Fox airs live coverage on Sunday, November 15, as the Vikings head to the historic Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to face the Green Bay Packers.
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