The Minnesota Vikings pulled off a massive mid-season trade at the NFL trade deadline, acquiring Kirk Cousins from the Las Vegas Raiders for a third-round pick.

Cousins is now likely to take over the team's starting quarterback job, which is much needed following Carson Wentz's stinker on Monday Night Football and the injury to Kyler Murray.

For the Vikings, however, according to NFL Network's Mike Garafolo, they have yet to name Cousins the Week 10 starter. Kevin O'Connell revealed why, as the ball is apparently in Cousins' court.

Vikings haven't named Kirk Cousins as Week 10 starter just yet

"Kevin O'Connell won't fully commit to Kirk Cousins starting for the Vikings on Sunday against the Packers just yet: 'That's what we're working toward but also want to be fair to Kirk and make sure he feels good about it,'" Garafolo shared.

O'Connell isn't committing to Cousins as the Vikings' starting quarterback for Week 10, as the Minnesota head coach wants to make sure Cousins is good to go and willing to start for a new team in such a short turnaround.

The Vikings traded for Cousins on Tuesday, and five days later, he might be facing a challenging Green Bay Packers defense with a whole new supporting cast.

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While Cousins has experience with Justin Jefferson, Jordan Addison, and T.J. Hockenson, and is familiar with O'Connell's offensive system, this is still a massive mid-season change for Cousins that might take more than a week to get used to.

So, while the Vikings traded for Cousins to take over their starting quarterback job, there's a real scenario in which Wentz or even Max Brosmer is the team's starting quarterback against the Packers.

But so long as Cousins is good to go, the Vikings plan to start him right away. If that happens to be Week 10, just five days after the blockbuster trade with the Raiders sent Cousins back to Minnesota, then the Vikings will start the veteran on Sunday in a pivotal NFC North divisional matchup.

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