Jerry McDonald has been with the Bay Area News Group for more than 30 years, with a heavy concentration of NFL football since the Raiders returned to Oakland in 1995. His all-time favorite athlete is a right-handed pitcher at Division III Linfield College in Oregon.
SANTA CLARA — When the 49ers visit the Minnesota Vikings on Monday Night Football, there will be a familiar face at quarterback.
Kyle joined his father’s staff in 2010, with Donovan McNabb starting over Rex Grossman the first year and Grossman starting over John Beck in 2011 with Washington going 11-21 over the two seasons. “Do you still want your guy Kirk?” Kyle recalled his father saying. “So we ended up taking Kirk, which I was pumped about because I wanted him originally.”
Kirk Cousins is pursued by Nick Bosa in a 34-26 win by the 49ers at Levi’s Stadium in 2021. Jose Carlos Fajardo/Bay Area News Group Kyle Shanahan moved on from Cleveland and Atlanta as offensive coordinator before becoming the 49ers’ head coach in 2017. Cousins passed for 9,083 yards and 54 touchdowns in 2015-16 with Shanahan watching from afar and hoping he could some day make Cousins his quarterback when he became a head coach.
Cousins cashed in to the tune of three years and $84 million guaranteed in Minnesota in 2017, and at one point restructured the deal. He will be eligible for free agency after this season and with the Vikings struggling at 2-4, has been the subject of trade rumors before the Oct. 31 deadline.
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