When NFL Free Agency opened last month, I was really anxious to see where this new class of free agents were going to end up, especially the quarterbacks. My Denver Broncos were one of those QB needy teams and I think they found their man for now, so it is still a question whether they will take another QB with the fifth overall pick in this year’s draft.
There were a lot of great QB’s in this year’s free agency class: Kirk Cousins, Case Keenum, Teddy Bridgewater, and quite a few others. The Minnesota Vikings, one of last season’s playoff teams and one of the greatest stories in the NFL, in my mind, lost all three quarterbacks on their previous roster to new teams at the start of free agency. Case Keenum signed with my Broncos, which I thought was a solid plan B, Teddy Bridgewater signed with the New York Jets and Sam Bradford signed with the Arizona Cardinals. The main question: what would the Vikings do? Well, they signed arguably the best quarterback on the free agent market in Kirk Cousins.
As a Broncos fan, I was really hoping they would sign Kirk Cousins. He is a solid QB and I thought he would immediately take them to the top, but signing Keenum was a pretty good backup plan because of his success in Minnesota last year. I am hoping he will show signs of that and won’t be a “one hit wonder.” There were many different rumors of mutual interest between the Broncos and Cousins, but rumors are rumors. It’s official when the player signs his name on the dotted line.
Now the big question: how will all these players do in their new places? I recently spoke with a gentleman who says he thinks the Broncos could very well be a team to watch for this year with Keenum at the helm, so I am definitely hopeful for that. Fellow NFL fan Chris Hosaflook told me “Some will pan out really well and some not so well. Kirk Cousins to the Vikings has the potential of being 8-8 or 15-1 and a Super Bowl contender.”
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