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- Kirk Cousins said he and his wife, Julie, let their sons decide if they’d move to Minnesota after his trade to the Vikings
- Cousins said his wife, Julie, expressed concern about pulling the boys out of their schools and activities in Las Vegas
- Cousins was traded from the Las Vegas Raiders to the Vikings on Tuesday, Nov. 10
Kirk Cousins and his wife, Julie Hampton Cousins, let their sons decide the family’s next move after the quarterback was traded from the Las Vegas Raiders to the Minnesota Vikings.
Cousins, 38, spoke to reporters at a Vikings press conference on Wednesday, Nov. 11, and revealed the sweet conversation Julie and their sons, Cooper and Turner, had after the trade on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
“I was hoping they were going to come with me,” Cousins shared. The quarterback said he told his wife it would be “her call” to determine the family’s next move, and Julie expressed concern about pulling “the boys out of school and baseball and their friends.”
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After the Raiders finalized the deal with Minnesota, Julie picked up Cooper, 9, and Turner, 7, from school and shared, “Here’s the situation — dad got traded to the Minnesota Vikings,” and asked them if they’d prefer to stay in Las Vegas or relocate with their dad, he told reporters.
“They looked at her, and they said, ‘Let’s go,’ ” Cousins shared.
While Cousins spoke with reporters Wednesday, Julie and the kids were “across the street” in a hotel “figuring out” their next home in Minnesota, where Cousins previously spent six seasons before stints with the Falcons and Raiders.
When one reporter asked if Cooper and Turner would be helping shovel snow out of their new home’s driveway, Cousins joked, “Well, we gotta get a driveway first. I don’t have a driveway, so one day at a time. But Julie’s handling that.”
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In 2023, Cousins spoke to PEOPLE about how his sons factored into his decision to keep playing.
“I don’t think they quite understand it yet, but each year they take another step towards really playing a part of it, which has been fun for me,” he said.
Cousins continued, “And so I made it a goal to play long enough before I retire that my boys could really remember it and will have enjoyed being a part of it. It does mean a great deal to me that my boys could come to training, camp, practices and watch practice and play catch with us afterward, and come into [the] locker room after a special win, and they stay up late to watch the game because they’re so wanting to follow it.”
It remains to be seen if Cousins will start for the Vikings on Sunday, Nov. 15, when they visit the Packers.
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