Kirk Cousins is back in Minnesota, but needs a driveway

NFL on ESPN's press-conference Short finds the quarterback sorting out a homecoming that moved faster than his house hunt.

Channel: NFL on ESPN Story of November 12, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 38,345 views a day, 12 times a normal first day on this channel (3,075).

Kirk Cousins' kids on Minnesota return: 'Let's go!' 🥹 Whole family excited to be back with Vikings

The trade is settled. The housing arrangements are not. Kirk Cousins has returned to the Vikings, but a reporter's joke about getting his snow shoveled runs into a practical obstacle: he doesn't yet have a driveway.

NFL on ESPN's press-conference Short drew about 17,000 views in seven hours, already well beyond the channel's usual full-day audience for Shorts. It offers a domestic counterpart to the football questions surrounding his return from the Raiders to the team where he played from 2018 through 2023.

Cousins explains that his previous Minnesota house sold without even being listed, after a neighbor quickly found a buyer. Now Julie is looking for a place while the family stays in a hotel. When she asked their sons whether they wanted to join him back in Minnesota, Cousins says their answer was immediate: "Let's go!"

The comments include welcome-home messages from Vikings supporters and good wishes from people identifying themselves as Raiders fans. ESPN's separate NFL Live discussion asks whether Cousins will start against Green Bay; this clip leaves him with a more ordinary assignment first: finding somewhere to live.

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The numbers

The Short passed the channel's usual first-day views within its opening seven hours. Its comment section was also much busier than a typical first day.

the video's first day

usual first day here

3,075

this video

38,345

subscribers

923,000

▲ 3,000 in the last 7 days

total views

712,655,894

views per day

1,494,830

typical day: 870,865

the video

views

17,025

likes

597

comments

41

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

First Things First

1,120,000

Overtime SZN

1,100,000

TSN

975,000

NFL on ESPN

923,000

TMZSports

884,000

NHL on ESPN

881,000

As of November 12, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.