BRONX, NY – It’s Wednesday February 25th and here’s what’s going on in sports: NOTHING. The Olympics are over, MLB Spring Training is just getting started, and the NBA and NHL are in pre-playoff winter hell. That never stopped the NFL from trying to make itself relevant all year long; so maybe let’s talk about that?
Mel Kiper and Mock Draft Garbage. The NFL College Draft isn’t for another two months, but that won’t stop Mel Kiper and other self-proclaimed “football knowers” from bombarding us daily with their mock draft boards. And we’re talking multiple versions from all of these dopes based on nothing deeper than something you could overhear at Happy Hour at Outback Steakhouse. Pay zero attention to these zeroes. Or do. The choice is up to you. But I sure as hell won’t. Fernando Mendoza will go #1 to the Raiders and then we’ll skip right to the part of the original Gilligan’s Island theme song which left out the Professor and Mary Ann and instead said “and the rest….” That’s what this draft will be. There will be great players taken but, like any other year, whether they achieve true greatness will mostly be based on whether they go to a team that knows what it’s doing. Many do not. Which offers a perfect segue to this…
Falcons to Release Kirk Cousins. The Atlanta Falcons are not a good organization, by any measure. Let’s just get that out of the way. They just announced that they will be releasing my personal football Moriarty, Captain Kirk Cousins, on March 11th. This brings to an end a partnership that went nowhere, shortly after Atlanta drafted Michael Penix, Jr. almost immediately after signing Cousins. That said, Cousins won his final four games of last season for the Falcons, pretty much outplaying Penix. What does this all mean? I don’t know. What I do know is that the hair is standing up on the back of my neck, because this at least opens the chance that my Minnesota Vikings bring him back. I can’t believe I just let myself write such a thing. I gotta shake my head like an Etch A Sketch and somehow move on.
Dear Dallas Cowboys, Please Franchise Tag George Pickens. The only show I’m really looking forward to in 2026 is the one where Jerry Jones and the Cowboys slap a franchise tag on wide receiver George Pickens.
I mean, outside of Cowboys fans. For those that don’t know, Pickens had a great year for Dallas last year but he also had some moments towards the end of the season where he seemed a tad uninterested. The Pittsburgh Steelers know that guy fairly well. If Dallas tags him, we could be looking at more ridiculous drama than the J.R. Ewing version of Dallas gave us. I have faith that Jerry Jones can make this happen.
Okay, that’s all for today. Buddy Diaz will be back tomorrow with a thorough breakdown of the 2026 Westminster Dog Show… or maybe something about the Knicks.
