Look, most people will have any life-changing news overshadowed by Tom Brady. Brady, 44, is one of the most famous and accomplished athletes ever. Everything he does, everything he says, is amplified that much more. Someone very talented and very famous gets more of the limelight: That’s the way the world works.
Someone did not pass along this heady memo to the Vikings and Kirk Cousins.
As Brady announced he was coming out of retirement on Sunday evening, Minnesota announced it was adding another year to Cousins’ exorbitant contract.
These past two months I’ve realized my place is still on the field and not in the stands. That time will come. But it’s not now. I love my teammates, and I love my supportive family. They make it all possible. I’m coming back for my 23rd season in Tampa. Unfinished business LFG pic.twitter.com/U0yhRKVKVm
— Tom Brady (@TomBrady) March 13, 2022
The #Vikings are signing Pro Bowl QB Kirk Cousins to a one-year, $35 million fully guaranteed extension that puts him under contract through 2023, per sources.
Cousins gets a raise to $40 million in 2022, $55 million payable by next March and a no-trade clause.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) March 13, 2022
Far be it from me to judge, but there’s something oh-so-delicious about the arguable greatest postseason performer ever coming back at the same time as someone notorious for big game ineptitude is extended. It’s poetic, really.
I mean, those posts are 24 minutes apart. Not even half an hour!
Why it’s almost as if the Vikings aren’t proud of paying a quarterback with one playoff win a cool $50 million. If I were a betting man, it’s almost as if they were trying to hide it in a news dump behind Brady’s announcement. Hmm. Oh, this tangled web we weave.
NFL Twitter agreed with the hilarious juxtaposition of a Hall of Famer and a Hall of Have-Not entering the news cycle simultaneously. But mostly, they ragged on Cousins. I’ll let them take it away.
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