Kirk Cousins: Creed songs 'may have made the difference' in win over Bears
If you just heard the news today you're well aware that the Minnesota Vikings blundered fewer times in an ugly win over the Chicago Bears.
Before the game, Vikings center Garrett Bradbury had just one wish, only one demand: Play Creed songs in the locker room. He figured, according to quarterback Kirk Cousins, that if the rock band's music works for the Texas Rangers in the MLB playoffs that it could work for the Vikings.
"Garrett Bradbury, in the locker room pregame, took a clip from the Texas Rangers and made sure that Creed got played before we went out on the field and I felt like that may have made the difference, so we got that going for us," Cousins said after the Vikings' 19-13 win on Sunday.
Rangers fans went crazy for Creed's song "Higher" during the American League Divisional Series and now they're in the American League Championship Series where Creed will continue to be part of their plan as they hope to reach the World Series.
"The Rangers have been playing Creed and they're rolling in the playoffs and we've been listening to it in the lifts in there here and there, but music's banging on the boom box most pregames in the locker room and we thought we'd mix it up the genre a little bit, get some Creed in there," Cousins explained.
"Garrett made sure it happened and it was well received."
What songs did the Vikings play?
"They had quite a catalog, but we started with 'Higher' this week. We didn't want to overstep our bounds," Cousins joked. "Next week maybe we can see what we go to from there."
It had felt like forever since the Vikings had gotten a win, but the victory gets them to 2-4 ahead of next Monday's showdown with the 49ers when fans will once again sacrifice their sanity in hopes of Minnesota pulling the upset.
Will the Vikings go back to Creed for good juju against the Niners?
"Well, ya' know, we'll see," said Cousins. "It may have made the difference, who knows."
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