Cousins resurrects 'You like that!' in win at Wash.

LANDOVER, Md. -- The shouts could beryllium heard from extracurricular the Minnesota Vikings' locker room.

"You similar that!"

"You stake I similar that!"

"I emotion that!"

The Vikings honored their backmost during a postgame solemnisation successful their locker country aft Sunday's 20-17 victory implicit the Washington Commanders. Kirk Cousins, who arsenic a subordinate of the Washington franchise successful 2015 shouted "You similar that!" aft a thrilling comeback victory, received a crippled shot and was asked by manager Kevin O'Connell to interruption down the team.

Without missing a beat, Cousins bellowed his signature operation erstwhile again astatine FedEx Field.

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"It was the archetypal happening that came to mind," Cousins said.

Cousins, who spent six seasons with Washington earlier signing with the Vikings successful 2018, had already played and defeated his erstwhile squad erstwhile -- a 19-9 triumph successful 2019 astatine U.S. Bank Stadium. But Sunday marked the archetypal clip that Cousins had played astatine FedEx Field since 2017, and helium felt a scope of emotions upon arrival.

"It benignant of made maine affectional going successful connected the bus," Cousins said, "just reasoning astir that and wherever things person gone. I'm conscionable truthful grateful I got to play present and laic for the coaches I did."

Cousins spent respective minutes Sunday talking astir the interaction of playing for erstwhile manager Mike Shanahan and his son, then-offensive violative coordinator Kyle Shanahan, during his clip successful Washington.

"They believed successful maine earlier I believed successful myself," Cousins said. "I retrieve my 2nd commencement astatine Atlanta successful [2013], Kyle dapped maine up earlier the game. He said, 'Go retired and person a large day.' He's gassing maine up, and I said, 'I privation to beryllium you right.' And helium said, 'You don't person to beryllium maine right. You're going to beryllium playing successful this league for a agelong time.'"

Nine years later, Cousins completed 22 of 40 passes for 265 yards and 2 touchdowns on with 1 interception successful starring the Vikings to their sixth consecutive victory. And if helium didn't cognize before, helium knows now: "You similar that!" is present to stay.

"I conjecture those 3 words volition travel maine done the remainder of my vocation and possibly my life," helium said.