Zach Brown Doesn't Want to Talk Kirk Cousins, But Vikings Are Happy to Troll

MINNEAPOLIS - As you might have guessed, Eagles linebacker Zach Brown wasn't eager to talk about Kirk Cousins following the Eagles' 38-20 loss to the Vikings at U.S. Bank Stadium.

Earlier in the week, Brown told ESPN he thought Cousins was the weakest part of the Vikings' offense.

On Sunday, Cousins threw for 333 yards and four touchdowns against the Eagles.

Did Brown regret saying what he did?

"I'm here to talk about the game, not about that," Brown said. "Any other questions besides about Kirk Cousins?"

While Brown didn't want to talk about Cousins, the Vikings' social media team had no problem trolling in the wake of their blowout win.

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Cousins became just the fourth quarterback to complete over 75 percent of his passes for over 300 yards and four touchdowns against the Eagles. The others: Ryan Fitzpatrick in 2018, Peyton Manning in 2013 and Phil Simms in 1984.

Eventually, Brown was asked how he thought Cousins played and gave an answer:

"He did a great job today. He played good. Hats off to him."

Brown was teammates with Cousins in Washington for the 2017 season. That year, the Redskins went 7-9. Cousins threw for just over 4,000 yards with 27 touchdowns but also threw 13 interceptions. He also fumbled a career-high 13 times. Brown, earlier this week, mentioned that Cousins was careless with the football. Cousins threw one pick on Sunday but it didn't end up mattering.

Overall, the 38 points given up to the Vikings on Sunday were the second-most surrendered by the Eagles during the Jim Schwartz era, behind just the blowout 48-7 loss to New Orleans last season.

"At the end of the day, we gotta do our job on our side of the football," Brown said. "Hats off to them, they got the best of us today. But we gotta do our job on both sides of the football. We gotta eliminate penalties on ourselves too. They got the win today, but you never know, we might end up seeing them again."

If these two teams do meet again, Brown might want to be a tad quieter next time.

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