and Well, everybody, it happened.

Well, everybody, it happened.

Paul Holduwannick and I earlier today recorded a podcast knowing that there would be

Kurt Cousins news if we just recorded the podcast. Matthew Collar, Paul here, to react to the Minnesota Vikings

extending Kirk Cousins in a very half measure-ish type of way

where they have given him a one-year extension that goes through

2023. They have tacked on two voidable years to lower his cap hit and given him

because he has the greatest agent in the history of the entire universe, a no trade

clause through 2023.

Paul, there are parts of this that I understand and parts of this that I do not.

I understand the voidable years part of it to lower his cap hit. I do not understand in any way shape or form

giving him a no trade clause. There are the part of trying to do something to

lower his cap hit to build the roster around him, I totally understand.

The part about completely overhauling your head coach, your general manager, and your front office

philosophy, but leaving Kirk Cousins as your quarterback,

the person who has now been a quarterback for two different franchises that have not gone anywhere,

aside from the first round of the playoffs

and with one playoff win against the New Orleans Saints

that have been stuck and marred in mediocrity that why a new general manager and head coach getting their first

shot would want to lock themselves into a quarterback with that track record that I do not understand why they would give him no

trade clause I do not understand because now the first two years of a four-year

contract for Kaysi Adafel-Mensa and presumably Kevin O'Connell is set in its ways with this

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