Where will Kirk Cousins land?

Where will Kirk Cousins land?

         Jets? Vikings? Jags? Broncos? Browns? Cardinals? Bills? Where will the gun-slinger land? Would Kirk ever consider going to the Browns? It is a death wish no doubt. Career ender. But as Captain Kirk said,"A little suffering is good for the soul". Either way you look at it, Kirk could help out any team and give them a shot at the playoffs maybe even the Super Bowl. The Jets can make Cousins the highest player in the league, more than Matthew Stafford's $51 million. But it wouldn't make sense because the Jets were 25th in total offense even worse than the Redskins defense this season. The Jets haven't been relevant since the Mark Sanchez butt-fumble era... now they are ass. The Browns can also give Kirky a shit ton of money, but its the Browns. Maybe he can finally take them to the Super Bowl... (get it?). Kirk could land in Buffalo or Arizona but with their financial standings it doesn't make much sense for Kirk to go there. According to our own Eb, the only way Kirk goes to Buffalo is if he is allowed to warm up in the parking lot with Bills Mafia before every home game. What could be better than getting loaded, breaking tables and slamming hot dogs? Absolutely nothing. It seems to me that the two best options for Kirk are Minnesota and Jacksonville. If Kirk is smart, he will go to either the Jags or the Vikings, both Super Bowl ready teams. Sure, the other teams might have a chance at the playoffs with Kirk at the helm and they will give him a shit ton more money. But if I'm Kirk, I want to win. Sure, money is great. We all wanna wipe our ass with $100 bills, but cmon buddy. Take the pay cut and join a Super Bowl contender. The Jags and Vikings both have top 5 defenses in the league not to mention they were each one game away from the Super Bowl. Kirk its decision time, I'm starting to get anxious. You like that?

Cheers,

Burn

FedEx Cup Update w/ Eb

Fedex Cup             

         The PGA Tour's FedEx Cup season is off to an ecstatic start.  As the west coast run of tourneys is nearing its end, we have seen some amazing golf so far.  To start off, all I can say is Tiger. Is. Back.  Whether you like him or not, it’s great for the game overall to have El Tigre back on the course tearing and swearing it up.  We’ve seen a couple of rising stars in the game with Patton Kizzire and Patrick Cantlay turning heads so far, with Kizzire winning two tournaments and Cantlay one.  Kizzire is currently sitting on top of the Cup standings with 1247 points, while Dustin Johnson is a ways behind in second with 952 points.  We saw an exciting finish at the Farmers Insurance Open when the former world #1, Jason Day outlasted the surging Swede, Alex Noren in playoff holes to get his first win in what seems like ages.  Recently, Bubba Watson came back from the golf graveyard and somehow managed to not choke away a win at the Genesis Open.  I found myself wondering if I would ever say these words again but, I think that Bubs is back and going to make some more noise this season.  Don’t forget the ol' lefty vet Phil Mickelson still has some gas left in the tank and the youngsters like Jordan, Justin and Rickie are just getting warmed up.  Should be a fun one this season, and we look forward to more “in-the-hole’s” and “mashed potatoes” as we charge onward!

Cheers,

-  Eb

Hot Takes on a Cold Tuesday

NFL Free Agency

This year, free agency is going to be good. There are finally a multitude of good quarterbacks on the block. I have a couple of hot takes for this this offseason. Yes this blog will be biased, but I don't care.

AJ McCarron

Well, I don't know why this guy is in the discussion with teams anymore. Especially since there is talk of teams giving him a Mike Glennon sort of bullshit contract. McCarron has played in 10 games over the course of his 3 years with a very very awful QBR. He looked like Uncle Rico finally playing in the NFL out there. There are talks of McCarron going to my Minnesota Vikings along with Minnesota favorite Teddy Bridgewater and letting them battle it out. Now folks, this would be the absolute worst scenario a die hard fan like me could wish for. If this were to happen, I would hop on nflshop.com (not sponsored, yet) and buy myself a brand new Kareem Hunt jersey and start doing the tomahawk chop. AJ, I think you should stick to making "Cheetos Sushi Rolls" at your sushi restaurant in Tuscaloosa. Hot Take: McCarron signs some big contract, starts 7 games then gets benched. 

Minnesota Vikings Free Agency

This off season will change the course of Vikings football for the next 5 years and it scares me. As of late, Spielman and the boys have been making good decisions regarding personnel. Most of the free agents on the team right now are older guys like Terrance Newman and Joe Berger, but they played a big role in our offense and defense this past season. Those guys in my opinion should be resigned, both add depth to important positions. The main debocale this off season is the QB situation. Should we resign Keenum? Bradford? Bridgewater? I think Bradford and his shitty knees are gone. That guys lives the life. Plays a couple games, gets hurt, doesn't play, but gets a shit ton of money. Good for you, Sam. Add that name to the long list of Browns QB's. I don't get why everyone in this state wants Teddy to be our guy. Frankly, his below average arm can't do it. He isn't a slinger. I would be fine with Teddy being back up this season but by no means a starting QB. Here we go, down to two. One guy performed the Minneapolis Miracle, has a bunch of heart and has my heart. The other guy is the new kid in town. The one everyone looks at and goes "holy shit he can play". Case Keenum and Kirk Cousins. To start, Case plays with so much heart. If I'm correct, Case went to Magician school before his time in Houston. He looked like my favorite high school QB Jacob Gauthier out there. Keenum didn't have the biggest arm but he was accurate and could run when he needed. I love Case but the new kid on the block is a slinger. Kirk Cousins.... man I love that guy. Cousins threw for 4k yards and 27 touchdowns this past season. The guy has a rifle. He didn't have any offensive weapons in Washington and he still had a good season. Not to mention he didnt have a defense. If he were to come to Minnesota, the Vikings would be Super Bowl Champs, I believe that. Not to mention that it isn't possible with Case, I just think Cousins is the answer to our problems. Alright Ziggy, hop in the money truck and back it up to Kirks house, were gonna need this guy. Now, to my hot take. The Minnesota Vikings sign Kirk Cousins, Go 14-2 and win the Super Bowl. 

Rapid Fire Hot Takes of the Week

Malcom Butler signs with Vikings

Jimmy G leads the 49ers to 10-6, make the playoffs

Green Bay goes 8-8

Patriots don't make the Playoffs

JD Martinez to Red Sox, Twins add to pitching staff

JD Martinez to Red Sox

The Red Sox have finally reached a deal with former Diamondback Slugger JD Martinez. The Deal was worth $110 Million dollars over 5 years, eligible to opt out after the first 2 years. Martinez finished 2017 with an MLB 3rd best 45 HR, is a great addition for the Red Sox. There gonna need him to beat the rival New York Yankees after their addition of Giancarlo Stanton. Its gonna be a slug fest between both teams.

Twins add to staff

The Minnesota Twins have recently added to their awful pitching staff by acquiring Anibal Sanchez and Jake Odorizzi. In 2017 the Twins finished 19th with a team 4.59 ERA. As bad as that is, I look for the twins to be on the rise this season with their upgraded pitching staff and powerful batting order.

First Blog, Feb 19

Here we are, my first blog. This is my first chance to make my way into the sports world once and for all. To start this off, ill tell you a bit about myself. I am a 18 year old college student from Minnesota and love my sports. My entire Twitter and Instagram feed is full of different sporting accounts from across the web filling my brain with sports news. My favorite however is Barstool Sports. That company in its entirety has made me look differently at the way that I view sports. They are my inspiration for starting a blog of my own to see where it ends up. So with that, here is the first of many.


NBA ALL STAR WEEKEND RECAP

The weekend started off with a bang with the Celebrity All Star game, with stars such as Justin Bieber, Quavo and Kevin Hart. Team Clippers beat team Lakers 77-66, with Quavo being the MVP. The Allstar game is good fun, but has no meaning what so ever. The night continued with the Rising stars game, with Team World vs Team USA! USA! USA! But of course, Team USA got its ass kicked by team world, 155-124 lead by MVP of the game Bogdan Bogdanovic. First off, why the hell does this guy have the same name twice, secondly I feel bad for this guy. He plays on the shit terrible Sacramento Kings, poor kid. He will forever be in the pit of misery until he can scratch his way out of there. But until then, Bogdan is the Serbian King. Saturday night is when the shit hit the fan. Don't get me wrong, I love all star breaks as much as the next guy, but this weekend was absolute shit. We had Joel Embiid cheating in the Skills comp, nobody could hit a 3pt shot other than Klay and Booker, not to mention the dunk contest sucked. Devin Booker made a new 3pt contest record knocking 28 points. He lit up the show. Now to the dunk contest and ill tell you what, it sucked. First off, there were only 4 players that were in the dunk contest. If I remember correctly, there used to be 8 dunkers in the contest, people would bring out cars, superman capes and even cupcakes to blow out. Now all people do is put on their dads jersey, so some shitty dunk, and it gets 10's. It was awful to watch. DJ Khaled was being a stickler all night giving out 7's and 8's, while it felt like Wahlberg was tossing out 10's like Floyd in the club. Speaking of which, Floyd if you can read this, get in a UFC ring with McGregor. Donovan Mitchell from the Jazz won the dunk contest and I was very impressed with him. He has taken the league by storm as of late and I have been impressed with his play. Finally, the All Star Game. Some of the best athletes in the world on one court, not playing defense and chucking up 3's. Overall it was a close game throughout the night and I was quite surprised to see the players actually playing more defense than usual in the ASG. Team Lebron beat Team Steph 148-145 with The King winning MVP. I will say that the NBA is not my favorite professional sport, but overall it was a good weekend.