BRONX, NY – You know it’s a bad time of year for sports when, on a random Sunday, you go looking for any sort of game or match to watch on TV and you are met with rodeo, snowboarding halfpipe, and informercials aplenty. I tell you, it’s enough to make one consider taking up needlepoint. But here I am with another Wednesday staring me down, so I’ll have to come up with something. Let’s go!
Kyler Murray to the Minnesota Vikings? I have zero idea why I’m even entertaining even a split-second of thought to the idea of Arizona Cardinals QB Kyler Murray joining my Vikings, but here we are. If anyone had floated this notion to me a week ago, I would have laughed in their face and said, “no thanks.” But, the more I think about it, the more it’s growing on me.
If the Cardinals let Murray walk (and it now sounds like they are) they’ll still be on the hook for his salary this year, which means that a team like Minnesota could possibly sign him on the cheap to a one-year prove-it deal. Granted, Murray’s recent play and penchant for injuries lately doesn’t exactly inspire confidence, but the Vikes could really use an experienced NFL quarterback to push J.J. McCarthy and perhaps be ready to replace him should he falter or get injured.
The thought of Murray makes me think way back, to the last time the Vikings looked like an honest Super Bowl threat. They went 15-1 that year and their QB was Randall Cunningham. Sure they were stacked on offense with guys like Randy Moss and Cris Carter and Robert Smith, but this current team is not without significant firepower. Almost certainly, this will NOT happen. But it’s kinda fun to think about.
Are the Mets Going to be Good this Year? Short answer: probably not. Just reading this headline yesterday made me slap my hand HARD against my forehead: Nolan McLean’s Arrival to WBC Delayed by Vertigo-like Symptoms. Vertigo? What in the name of Alfred Hitchcock? The Mets are Notorious for stuff like this, and these types of stories are strictly for The Birds. I Confess that this news has sent me into something of a Frenzy. Hopefully McLean is all right. (Since this writing he is feeling better). If not, my Suspicion is that Mets fans will go positively Psycho.
You know what? I think that’s good enough for today. I’d like to wish an early Happy Birthday to my pal, J.G. Clancy, who I think will be blowing out his candles in the Land that God Forgot (AZ). Wherever he is, have a good one, Amigo. Come on back tomorrow for Buddy Diaz!
