The NFL leader in touchdown passes through seven games isn’t Joe Burrow, Brock Purdy or Jared Goff. It’s Kirk Cousins, with 16 for the 3-4 Las Vegas Raiders, per ESPN.
Burrow and Purdy are tied for second with 15. Matthew Stafford, Goff and Trevor Lawrence have 14.
- Cousins: 161 of 257, 1,877 yards, 16 TD, 5 INT, 97.4 rating.
- Burrow: 15 TD in six games, 110.4 rating.
- Purdy: 15 TD, 110.1 rating, 8.3 yards per attempt.
Be honest: in August, how many of you had Kirk Cousins leading the league in anything except “most money made by a backup”? Not me. Now he’s the reason a 3-4 team is still in games.
My take: it won’t last. Burrow is a touchdown back with a game in hand, and Purdy is more efficient. But Kirk doesn’t care what I think. He’s got the Jets next, Sunday at noon Central, and that’s a chance to pad it. You like that?
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Jeremy Durham is a sports columnist for TriStar Daily and the founder of Five and a Fade.
