For the most part, Kirk Cousins and the Vikings receivers looked good in 2018.
Both Adam Thielen and Stefon Diggs had more than 1,000 yards, and had the best seasons of their careers.
Even so, there were some issues throughout the season, as there is for all teams.
Thielen in training camp said that even with the success the unit had last season, it takes a long time to get completely comfortable with a quarterback.
“It takes a long time. I talk about it a lot. It takes a long time to get on the same page as the quarterback because there are so many different situations,” Thielen said Tuesday. “There’s so many things that come up throughout practice, games and all that. You really have to be on the same page as far as the leverage that DB’s are giving you or how they play a certain route, and what you are going to do as a receiver and getting on the same page. It usually takes a couple, I guess, incomplete passes to really get on the same page. You are always still working on it, but it is definitely better to be in a second year with a quarterback than a first year, obviously.”
With an improved offensive line and a healthy Dalvin Cook, that should help the offense even more.
We’ll see if Cousins and his receivers can improve even more on their numbers in 2018.
