The Minnesota Vikings have only retired six numbers in their history. Cris Carter's No. 80 was the last number to be retired ...

Sam Howell has a new number. And it's Kirk Cousins's old number. The new Vikings backup wore No. 7 at North Carolina. No. 14 with the Commanders, and No. 6 in Seattle. Those three numbers were taken ...

“Sam Howell will wear number 8 for the #Vikings,” the VikingzFanPage posted ... “Cousins didn’t do ANYTHING to have his jersey retired, so why not let a backup wear it!!” ...

The Minnesota Vikings have only retired six numbers in their history. Cris Carter's No. 80 was the last number to be retired back in 2003, so the team has been stingy with adding to the list.