NFC Notes: Lions, Packers, Vikings, Kirk Cousins

Lions

  • According to the Draft Networkโ€™s Justin Melo, Illinois S Kerby Joseph has a top 30 visit with the Lions scheduled.
  • PFNโ€™s Aaron Wilson reports Wisconsin S Scott Nelson has worked out for the Lions.
  • Wisconsin CB Faion Hicks said that the Lions were among the teams he spoke to following his Pro Day: โ€œIt was crazy โ€ฆ I had a lot of teams come up to me.โ€ (Bally Sports Wisconsin

Packers

  • Packers OL coach Luke Butkus on LT David Bakhtiariโ€˜s recovery from a torn ACL: โ€œThereโ€™s no doubt in my mind heโ€™ll get back to where he once was.โ€ (Ryan Wood)
  • Packers OC Adam Stenavich mentioned that OL Yosh Nijman will get a shot at playing both left and right tackle this offseason. The team then plans to evaluate if he is able to be a starter: โ€œI think Yosh is going to get a shot at left and right tackle. I think thatโ€™s a very important thing for him.โ€ (Wood)
  • Packers DL coach Jerry Montgomery says that newly acquired DL Jarran Reed will be an important piece for Green Bay in the trenches: โ€œHeโ€™s been a dominant player in this league, was really, really productive in Seattle, and think he had an OK year last year.โ€ (Wood)
  • Montgomery is also expecting big things from DL Tedarrell Slaton: โ€œIโ€™m expecting him to make a big jump from year one to year two.โ€ (Wood)
  • Packers QB coach Tom Clements told the media he returned simply because QB Aaron Rodgers asked him to: โ€œI didnโ€™t have the itch to come back. Aaron reached out to me and he wants to win his second Super Bowl ring in Green Bay.โ€ (Matt Schneidman)

Vikings

Now that QB Kirk Cousins has re-signed with the Vikings, he is hoping to remain with the franchise for the rest of his career.

โ€œThe short answer [for why I signed the contract extension] is, I wanted to be a Minnesota Viking,โ€ Cousins said, via the Minneapolis Star Tribune. โ€œI wanted to help create some cap space so that we could put together a roster that you do feel really good about. Itโ€™s just always trying to find win-wins. I think it was a way to create a win-win, and then hopefully that leads to a lot of wins this fall. My mindset was really to be a Viking. I would like to retire as a Viking, and so I would like to play my way into that if you will. I know Iโ€™ve got to earn the right to do thatโ€ฆ

โ€œIf I could draw it up, itโ€™d be, โ€˜Play well enough that you never have to play or wear another jersey anywhere else. Iโ€™m going to work really hard to try to make that possible.

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