“If I die, I die”- When Kirk Cousins gave controversial statement regarding his approach to COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic swept through the world and rendered all sports to a halt, but Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins wasn't really a believer.
A couple of years ago, the league was going through a host of changes as players had to be vaccinated to play and go through various testing throughout the day and week.
However, when it came to Cousins' fear of COVID, it didn't really exist. We revisited his now infamous line from the 10 Questions podcast with Kyle Brandt in which Cousins laid it all on the line after Brandt asked him:
“If 1 is the person who says, ‘Masks are stupid, you’re all a bunch of lemmings’ and 10 is, ‘I’m not leaving my master bathroom for the next 10 years,’ where do you land?”
Cousins then responded with his now glorified line:
“I’m not gonna call anybody stupid, for the trouble it would get me in. But I’m about a .000001.”
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Cousins added:
"I want to respect what other people’s concerns are. For me personally, just talking no one else can get the virus, what is your concern if you could get it, I would say I’m gonna go about my daily life. "
"If I get it, I’m gonna ride it out. I’m gonna let nature do its course. Survival-of-the-fittest kind of approach. And just say, if it knocks me out, it knocks me out. I’m going to be OK. You know, even if I die. If I die, I die. I kind of have peace about that."
Cousins' words certainly frustrated people at the time, but thankfully, his decision not to take it seriously didn't affect him.
Kirk Cousins wasn't alone in COVID stance
While Kirk Cousins' decisions and thoughts on COVID angered some people, he wasn't the only one. Indianapolis Colts quarterback Carson Wentz chose not to get vaccinated, as did former Buffalo Bills receiver Cole Beasley.
We know what happened to Aaron Rodgers and his stance on COVID as that became a huge media storm. But Kirk Cousins' wasn't alone in wanting to do what was right for him.
Whether people agree with that or not, he doesn’t seem to care. However, players' thoughts on COVID were a big conversation starter and created a lot of debate around the world.