Reusse: Carson Wentz was rock bottom. Kirk Cousins can bring Vikings to the top.

The situation was so bad so early with Carson Wentz against what had been a previously porous Buffalo defense that a veteran scribe started looking up the details of the “Spergon Wynn Game” early in Monday night’s second quarter . Wynn played very little in the NFL, yet he gets a mention with the Josh Freeman experiment in 2013 , when Freeman arrived with some fanfare during the season, started against the New York Giants and was throwing passes closer to cheerleaders’ heads on the sideline than his receivers’ mitts. Even better comedy surrounding Freeman’s arrival than the wild passing was a remote interview when joining the team, and Rick Spielman could be heard suggesting answers in what the general manager apparently thought was an inaudible whisper. Tarvaris Jackson, coach Brad Childress’ second-round project who didn’t work out, also gets cited for a couple of woeful efforts — although he might have provided the Vikings with a huge victory in Denver if receiver Troy Williamson didn’t try to catch a long, game-turning pass with his helmet. Advertisement The Wynn game of lore took place in Green Bay on Dec. 30, 2001, and became the last game of coach Dennis Green’s decade on the job. Wynn was 23, in his second season and he had played seldom since being drafted by Cleveland at No. 183 overall in 2000. The Vikings had brought him in as a third quarterback, and he was starting on the road against the Packers after injuries to Daunte Culpepper and Todd Bouman. According to Wiki, after ending his pro football pursuit in the NFL and the CFL, Wynn has raised a family and has a fine job in the energy world in the suddenly blue state of Texas. And any attempt to mention Wynn’s effort as comparable to Wentz’s on Monday night, well... Wynn was a 23-year-old sixth-rounder making his third NFL start, and that Wentz fellow — 33 years old, No. 2 overall choice by Philadelphia in 2016 and making his 101st overall start.