Kirk Cousins after signing $180M deal with Falcons Quarterback Kirk Cousins Made Another sucking decision…..

Kirk Cousins trade speculation is seemingly unavoidable.

In the Vikings media work room on Wednesday for instance, not long before before the team opened up its locker room and Cousins addressed reporters, NFL Network’s “Good Morning Football” devoted an entire segment to the question of Cousins’ status.

It’s good fodder for the speculative crowd, and it doesn’t take much to put the pieces together: Cousins is having another good statistical season, but he’s a free agent after this year and the Vikings have started a disappointing 1-4.

If the Vikings don’t turn things around in the next three games before the Oct. 31 trade deadline, starting with Sunday’s must-win at Chicago, a Cousins trade makes sense. Everyone is talking about it, and everyone is listening to it.

Except Cousins, as I talked about on Thursday’s Daily Delivery podcast.

You know I’m just very focused on the Bears and going 1-0 this week,” Cousins said Wednesday in response to a question about whether there was a scenario that would cause him to waive his no-trade clause and allow a deal to happen, a veto power that complicates any chatter about a trade. “Anything else is just not worth my time or my energy or attention.

But he surely knows what’s being talked about, right

“Ignorance is bliss, and I’m just really ignorant,” Cousins said later in his Wednesday session. “Some high school friends may text me what they’re reading, and I’ll text them back and tell them I prefer to remain ignorant. Besides that, I really don’t know what’s going on. I’ve been insulated at times to the point of being naïve and stupid, but I’d rather err on that side than consuming everything, and it takes your focus away from what’s important.