The Kirk Cousins sweepstakes are going to be the headline of the Spring when it comes to NFL free agency. Some teams will wait on signing other free agents until they pitch Cousins, and see if their team has a shot at signing the former Washington Redskin. Many teams are in the race for the quarterback’s services like the New York Jets, Cleveland Browns, Buffalo Bills and Denver Broncos plus another team looming in the distance… The Minnesota Vikings. Gulp.

One could argue Minnesota is a franchise quarterback away from being a perennial Super Bowl contender. Cousins gets an arsenal of Stefon Diggs, Adam Thielen, Dalvin Cook, Kyle Rudolph, he’s going to put up big numbers. It makes sense for Minnesota to put a feeler out for him. Fans might want to ride with Case Keenum or Teddy Bridgewater, yet, that feels like a losing strategy. We haven’t seen Cousins’ ceiling, but we have seen Keenum’s which led to an NFC Championship game. Minnesota cannot win a Super Bowl with the quarterbacks they could bring back on the roster. They definitely could with Kirk.

This could end up being a pipe dream for my Vikings friends though. If they were to sign the Michigan State product, it would mean Minnesota would have to alter their roster on both sides of the ball to fit in a franchise quarterback. Even if they upgrade from Keenum to Cousins, it’s a massive risk considering all of the parts that will need to be moved in order to make it happen. Minnesota may not want to screw with a top-ranked defense in order to fit in a franchise quarterback. With Mike Zimmer, my guess is he would prefer to keep the defense in tact as much as possible.

If we were to do oddsmakers, I feel like this is a 50 to 1 chance. Currently, Minnesota isn’t on the board with Vegas, and I feel like the favorite is Denver with the Jets not far behind.

Charlie.