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If the San Francisco 49ers want to win the Super Bowl this year, they’re going to have to figure out a way to beat Kirk Cousins.
That might sound crazy, especially since the 49ers aren’t even playing against Cousins this weekend, but if they lose to the Detroit Lions on Sunday, you can just go ahead and blame it on the “Curse of Kirk Cousins.”
If you’ve never heard about this curse, it’s pretty simple: Since Cousins entered the NFL in 2012, no team has ever won the Super Bowl in the same season where they lost to Cousins. If Cousins started a game at any point in his career and you lost to him, that means you didn’t go on to win the Super Bowl in the same season where he beat you.
So why is this a big deal right now? Because Cousins beat the 49ers this year.
Although the Vikings QB only started eight games before suffering a season-ending injury, one of those game came against the 49ers. Back in Week 7, Cousins played arguably his best game of the season: He threw for 378 yards and two touchdowns as the Vikings upset the 49ers 22-17.
Cousins also beat the Green Bay Packers this year, and of course, the curse already got them with the 49ers beating Green Bay in the divisional round in a game where it certainly looked like the Packers were a cursed team in the fourth quarter.
Even though Cousins is in the same division as the Lions, he didn’t get to play them this year due to his injury, so the only cursed team left in the playoff field is the 49ers.
The fact that San Francisco has gotten this far is impressive because only two teams have even made it to the conference title game in the same year where they lost to Cousins (The 49ers are the third).
Let’s check out the curse (Note: From 2012 thru 2015, Cousins didn’t beat a single team that even made the playoffs, so we’re starting in 2016).
In 2016, Cousins beat the Packers and they ended up getting to the NFC…
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Author : John Breech
Publish date : 2024-01-25 17:48:45
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