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NFL scores, live updates: Falcons take on Vikings in Kirk Cousins’ return to Minnesota

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NFL scores, live updates: Falcons take on Vikings in Kirk Cousins’ return to Minnesota

Week 14 of the NFL season is here and the only matchup in the early window featuring two playoff hopefuls has some extra spice: Kirk Cousins makes his return to Minnesota as the Falcons travel north to play the Vikings.

Minnesota is about as quietly 10-2 as a team can be in the NFL, with much of the attention in the NFC trained on the splashy Lions and Eagles. Sam Darnold has been steady all season, guiding the Vikings to the doorstep of a playoff berth — a win Sunday, coupled with losses later this afternoon by the Rams and Cardinals, gets Minnesota in.

The Falcons haven’t been as steady, losing their past three games, and Cousins’ turnover issues have been front and center during the losing streak. In those three games, he’s thrown six interceptions — including four picks in a Week 13 home loss to the Chargers — with zero touchdown passes. Rookie Michael Penix Jr. is waiting in the wings as the understudy, but with Atlanta still leading the NFC South and having swept Tampa Bay, it’ll be the veteran under center as the Falcons make a run to try to win the division.

(Byes: Broncos, Colts, Commanders, Patriots, Ravens, Texans)

Live23 updates

  • Guess what: Kirk Cousins threw another interception

  • Saints score TD while Giants haven’t completed a pass

    The Saints are up 7-0 over New York. Giants QB Drew Locke has started 0-for-8 in passing.

  • If the Eagles don’t lock down Zach Baun, they simply don’t want to win

    Anytime the Eagles have needed him, linebacker Zack Baun has been right there to make a play. He’s been a revelation for the Eagles, who should absolutely give him a contract right now.

  • Jordan Addison is very good at football

    Sam Darnold’s arm was hit as he passed and Jordan Addison managed to track the ball and make the adjustment to catch the ball and run it in for a TD.

  • Are the Raiders asleep?

    No disrespect to the Buccaneers, but the Raiders may already be in vacation mode with four more games left (not including the one they’re currently playing

  • Reader, the Jets did not score

    Guess how this ended:

    Field goal, baby.

  • Travis Etienne breaks an ankle or two on his longest catch of the year

  • Panthers can deliver some hits too

  • Early TDs for Miami, Tampa, Atlanta

  • CJ Gardner-Johnson lays out Xavier Legette

    This was a hard hit from CJGJ of the Eagles on Panthers receiver Xavier Legette. Carolina wanted it flagged, but it was clean. Legette is in the medical tent.

  • Or maybe Minnesota hates Kirk

    That one fan in an “I ❤️ Kirk” shirt is probably feeling very alone right now. As Cousins ran through the tunnel at his old home stadium, he was showered with boos. Yikes.

  • Minnesota still loves Kirk

    Kirk Cousins is making his first trip back to Minnesota since signing with the Falcons over the offseason. Though his goodbye stung, at least one Vikings fan is happy to welcome him back.

  • Baker Mayfield’s pregame routine includes a Mike Tyson pump-up video

  • Giants fans are so fed up they’re hiring planes to fly banners over MetLife Stadium

  • Inactives: Jaguars vs. Titans

  • Inactives: Raiders vs. Buccaneers

  • Inactives: Browns vs. Steelers

  • Inactives: Panthers vs. Eagles

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