July 9, 2025 • 13 mins
In this episode, Tim explores the Minnesota Twins' long-standing World Series curse and reflects on Kirk Cousins' recent comments regarding his free agency decisions. The conversation delves into the financial implications of Cousins' choices, the emotional aspects of leaving the Vikings, and the broader context of NFL contracts. Tim emphasizes the importance of money in professional sports and how it influences players' decisions, while also sharing personal anecdotes about breaking curses and family.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Grind, a Minnesota sports podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Welcome into the show. It's been twelve thousand, three hundred
and eight days since the Minnesota Twins hoisted the World
Series Trophy. It's been since nineteen ninety one, the year
I was born. And I promise you I'm trying to
find and break the curse. I thought, you know when
(00:26):
the curse started in ninety one, that's the year I
was born. Maybe I'm the reason for the curse. What
if I have descendants of myself and that will break
the curse? Will I have a daughter? The curse isn't broken,
then I have a son. It's gotta be the sun.
The curse still ain't broken. Maybe now that we're having
(00:50):
our third child, good things coming three, Maybe the curse
will be broken in twenty twenty five or twenty twenty six.
It'll have to be twenty twenty six because our third
son is being born in October or daughter. We don't
know their gender. But I promise you I am doing
everything in my power to figure out this curse. Kirk
(01:14):
Cousins spoke yesterday. He is a part of season two
of Quarterback, as he was season one, so cameras are
following him everywhere, which is interesting because he does not
seem like a guy that loves the camera. He does
not seem like a guy that's infatuated with being followed
and being seen. But his decisions or the amount of
(01:39):
money that he's receiving from Netflix is indicating that he
loves being followed by a camera. And we've all seen
his comments by now, or at least heard his comments,
and that's what we're going to talk about today. But
first I need to tell you about five Star Bath
Solutions of Minneapolis, because they transformed our bathroom in fourty
eight hours, and that is their promise. I'm talking about
(02:03):
our entire bathroom, from the floors to the shower, to
the countertops, to the mirror, to the sinks, to the vanity.
They even removed a step and handrails, new surround, got
rid of our mold. Five Star Bath Solutions of Minneapolis
increased the value of our home in forty eight hours.
(02:25):
Increasing the value of your home comes in two spaces,
the kitchen and the bathroom. We remodeled our entire bathroom,
got it back in forty eight hours and increased the
value of our home.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Affordable payment plans and free.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Consultations, five Star Bath Solutions of Minneapolis. Give them a call,
welcome them into your house. They'll give you samples.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
They'll give you.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
A free examination and consultation, and there's affordable payment plans, convenient, fast, efficient, amazing,
five Star Bath Solutions of the Amples. Contact them today,
all right. Kirk Cousins got in his feelings in episode
one of season two on quarterback and had this to say, Certainly,
(03:11):
if I had that information around free agency, it would
have affected my decision. I had no reason to leave
Minnesota with how much we loved it there if both
teams were going to be drafting a quarterback high and
he is referring to the Atlanta Falcons blind siding him
(03:34):
by drafting Michael Pennix Junior with their eighth overall pick
in the first round and Kirk immediately following the draft pick.
It was leaked to one of the insiders that Kirk
was dumbfounded or shocked by the Falcons decision to draft
(04:02):
his replacement, and that is the reason why he left Minnesota.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Minnesota was clearly going in a different direction.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
They were going to draft a quarterback, whether it was
McCarthy or Drake may or Jaden Daniels, one of those
quarterbacks was going to be a Minnesota Viking.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
And Kirk knew that.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
So credit the Vikings for being honest with Kirk and
letting him know, this is the deal. We're going to
sign you to a one or two year deal at
max and you are going to be the bridge guy
to the rookie quarterback that we select in the two
(04:50):
thousand and twenty four NFL Draft. So Kirk looked at
his options and surveyed the landscape. Okay, I could sign
here for this amount, I could stay here for this amount,
and right.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Now Kirk and his comments is all regret.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Oh, I never would have left. I would have stayed
if I knew the circumstances.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
But my question to ask Kirk is a very simple one.
Would you.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Would you have stayed now knowing the circumstances? Because the
Vikings their offer for Kirk was roughly one or two
years at most, probably seventy million one year, thirty five
(05:50):
million dollars a year, times that by two two years,
seventy million. That's probably the max they're going to give Kirk.
When Kirk Cousins signed with the Atlanta Falcons, they gave
him a fifty million dollars signing bonus and ninety million
dollars in guaranteed money, and the deal.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
That was signed.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
Included a four year, one hundred and eighty million dollar deal.
You could make up to one hundred and eighty million dollars.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
In this deal.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
So at the end of the day, you factor in everything,
and Kirk Cousins in the four year deal that he
signed to the Falcons could have.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Earned over one hundred million dollars.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
More with that deal than the deal that he could
have signed by staying with the Minnesota Vikings.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
So we're getting a very reflective Kirk. I wouldn't have
left if I knew the circumstances. I wouldn't have left
if I knew both teams were gonna draft my replacement.
But what do you have.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
One hundred and eighty million, seventy five million, seventy million.
Break them down and you analyze them, and you examine. Okay,
I could make one hundred and eighty million in four
years compared to seventy million, and it's a four year
contract versus a two year. If Kirk knew the situation,
(07:34):
his decision still would have been the same, because.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
One thing that we know.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
About Kirk Cousins is that he loves himself some money,
as all professional athletes do. So I think it's unfair
to say Kirk loves money and he went after the paycheck.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
That's what you're supposed to do.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
It's what we all would have done if we're in
Kirk's situation, So don't call the guy a dumbass when
we all would have made the same decision.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
In this moment. In the after these comments, we're seeing Kirk.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Go into a the grass as an always greener on
the other side, But in this case, the grass was
greener on the other side because the green represents money,
and the Falcons offered Kirk Cousins the most amount of
money that he could get on the market as an
(08:47):
NFL quarterback who was.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
An unrestricted free agent. So although Kirk is saying I never.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Would have left Minnesota, I would have stayed and we
would have wrote off into the sunset being a starter
for a year and then a back with the next year, I.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
Don't buy it.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Because the dollars in the contracts that were offered to
him speak way louder than the quarterback that was drafted.
Because the Falcons. As much as Kirk feels like he
(09:29):
was blindsided, the Falcons when they signed Kirk, Cousins also.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Did not know.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
That they were drafting Michael pennockx junior, because if they did,
they wouldn't have signed Kirk to a four year, one
hundred and eighty million dollars deal with ninety million dollars guaranteed.
They would not have hamstrung their cap situation this badly
(10:01):
if they knew they were going to draft Michael Pennix
junior out of the University of Washington. So Kirk's in
his feelings and I'm sure we all would be because
he was blindsided. But the Falcons were also blindsided by
(10:23):
their love for Michael Pennox junior because they did not
know that they were going to draft him. Kirk also
weighed in on throwing to Justin Jefferson and Jordan Andison.
He says, when you see someone dating the person he
(10:45):
used to date in like high school or college, you're like,
I used to throw to Jordan Andison or Justin Jefferson
and now someone else is enjoying doing that. So again,
Kirk is living in this ideology of if I only
knew the situation. I'm very jealous. I'm very envious. I'm
(11:09):
better with the Falcons. I wish I could go back
to Minnesota and throw to Addison and Jefferson. And he's
being very reflective. But the one thing that he is
not being reflective on is the contract that the Falcons
and Vikings offered, because in reality, this was Kirk Cousins's
(11:37):
last shot at making a big deal in the NFL
because he's gonna retire soon. The dude's almost forty. So
as good as it sounds, as reflective as he is,
as sad or regretful as he was to leave the Vikings,
(12:01):
I think he still would have left because that's what
we all would have done. Sure, the grass isn't always greener,
but in this case, it was more piles and piles
of money. And what professional athletes care most about.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
As any of us would, is the money is the dollar.
Because the dollar, going back to what Kirk.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Said, it's not about the dollar, it's about what the
dollar represents.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
What That's such a load.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
Of crap, because what the dollar represents is what the
dollar amount is. If you're getting one hundred and eighty
million dollars in four years, that dollar represents that a
team wants you. If you're getting sixty million or seventy
million in two years, well then that is a representative.
That deals representative of someone that doesn't care as much
(12:58):
as you. So it's not about the dollar, about what
the dollar represents. It's the same thing. The dollar is
what the dollar represents, and what the dollar represents is
the dollar. So anyways, made no sense, But that's the
take for the day. I'll be back tomorrow. Five star
Bath Solutions of Minneapolis. Check them out today and to remember,
(13:22):
hit that subscribe button wherever you're watching or listening, and
thank you for going on this podcast and journey with me.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
We've got to break the curse. It's common
The Grind, a Minnesota sports podcast.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
Welcome into the show. It's been twelve thousand, three hundred
and eight days since the Minnesota Twins hoisted the World
Series Trophy. It's been since nineteen ninety one, the year
I was born. And I promise you I'm trying to
find and break the curse. I thought, you know when
(00:26):
the curse started in ninety one, that's the year I
was born. Maybe I'm the reason for the curse. What
if I have descendants of myself and that will break
the curse? Will I have a daughter? The curse isn't broken,
then I have a son. It's gotta be the sun.
The curse still ain't broken. Maybe now that we're having
(00:50):
our third child, good things coming three, Maybe the curse
will be broken in twenty twenty five or twenty twenty six.
It'll have to be twenty twenty six because our third
son is being born in October or daughter. We don't
know their gender. But I promise you I am doing
everything in my power to figure out this curse. Kirk
(01:14):
Cousins spoke yesterday. He is a part of season two
of Quarterback, as he was season one, so cameras are
following him everywhere, which is interesting because he does not
seem like a guy that loves the camera. He does
not seem like a guy that's infatuated with being followed
and being seen. But his decisions or the amount of
(01:39):
money that he's receiving from Netflix is indicating that he
loves being followed by a camera. And we've all seen
his comments by now, or at least heard his comments,
and that's what we're going to talk about today. But
first I need to tell you about five Star Bath
Solutions of Minneapolis, because they transformed our bathroom in fourty
eight hours, and that is their promise. I'm talking about
(02:03):
our entire bathroom, from the floors to the shower, to
the countertops, to the mirror, to the sinks, to the vanity.
They even removed a step and handrails, new surround, got
rid of our mold. Five Star Bath Solutions of Minneapolis
increased the value of our home in forty eight hours.
(02:25):
Increasing the value of your home comes in two spaces,
the kitchen and the bathroom. We remodeled our entire bathroom,
got it back in forty eight hours and increased the
value of our home.
Speaker 1 (02:34):
Affordable payment plans and free.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Consultations, five Star Bath Solutions of Minneapolis. Give them a call,
welcome them into your house. They'll give you samples.
Speaker 1 (02:43):
They'll give you.
Speaker 2 (02:46):
A free examination and consultation, and there's affordable payment plans, convenient, fast, efficient, amazing,
five Star Bath Solutions of the Amples. Contact them today,
all right. Kirk Cousins got in his feelings in episode
one of season two on quarterback and had this to say, Certainly,
(03:11):
if I had that information around free agency, it would
have affected my decision. I had no reason to leave
Minnesota with how much we loved it there if both
teams were going to be drafting a quarterback high and
he is referring to the Atlanta Falcons blind siding him
(03:34):
by drafting Michael Pennix Junior with their eighth overall pick
in the first round and Kirk immediately following the draft pick.
It was leaked to one of the insiders that Kirk
was dumbfounded or shocked by the Falcons decision to draft
(04:02):
his replacement, and that is the reason why he left Minnesota.
Speaker 1 (04:07):
Minnesota was clearly going in a different direction.
Speaker 2 (04:11):
They were going to draft a quarterback, whether it was
McCarthy or Drake may or Jaden Daniels, one of those
quarterbacks was going to be a Minnesota Viking.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
And Kirk knew that.
Speaker 2 (04:29):
So credit the Vikings for being honest with Kirk and
letting him know, this is the deal. We're going to
sign you to a one or two year deal at
max and you are going to be the bridge guy
to the rookie quarterback that we select in the two
(04:50):
thousand and twenty four NFL Draft. So Kirk looked at
his options and surveyed the landscape. Okay, I could sign
here for this amount, I could stay here for this amount,
and right.
Speaker 1 (05:06):
Now Kirk and his comments is all regret.
Speaker 2 (05:11):
Oh, I never would have left. I would have stayed
if I knew the circumstances.
Speaker 1 (05:19):
But my question to ask Kirk is a very simple one.
Would you.
Speaker 2 (05:28):
Would you have stayed now knowing the circumstances? Because the
Vikings their offer for Kirk was roughly one or two
years at most, probably seventy million one year, thirty five
(05:50):
million dollars a year, times that by two two years,
seventy million. That's probably the max they're going to give Kirk.
When Kirk Cousins signed with the Atlanta Falcons, they gave
him a fifty million dollars signing bonus and ninety million
dollars in guaranteed money, and the deal.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
That was signed.
Speaker 2 (06:19):
Included a four year, one hundred and eighty million dollar deal.
You could make up to one hundred and eighty million dollars.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
In this deal.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
So at the end of the day, you factor in everything,
and Kirk Cousins in the four year deal that he
signed to the Falcons could have.
Speaker 1 (06:44):
Earned over one hundred million dollars.
Speaker 2 (06:46):
More with that deal than the deal that he could
have signed by staying with the Minnesota Vikings.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
So we're getting a very reflective Kirk. I wouldn't have
left if I knew the circumstances. I wouldn't have left
if I knew both teams were gonna draft my replacement.
But what do you have.
Speaker 2 (07:09):
One hundred and eighty million, seventy five million, seventy million.
Break them down and you analyze them, and you examine. Okay,
I could make one hundred and eighty million in four
years compared to seventy million, and it's a four year
contract versus a two year. If Kirk knew the situation,
(07:34):
his decision still would have been the same, because.
Speaker 1 (07:40):
One thing that we know.
Speaker 2 (07:43):
About Kirk Cousins is that he loves himself some money,
as all professional athletes do. So I think it's unfair
to say Kirk loves money and he went after the paycheck.
Speaker 1 (08:01):
That's what you're supposed to do.
Speaker 2 (08:03):
It's what we all would have done if we're in
Kirk's situation, So don't call the guy a dumbass when
we all would have made the same decision.
Speaker 1 (08:15):
In this moment. In the after these comments, we're seeing Kirk.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Go into a the grass as an always greener on
the other side, But in this case, the grass was
greener on the other side because the green represents money,
and the Falcons offered Kirk Cousins the most amount of
money that he could get on the market as an
(08:47):
NFL quarterback who was.
Speaker 1 (08:49):
An unrestricted free agent. So although Kirk is saying I never.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Would have left Minnesota, I would have stayed and we
would have wrote off into the sunset being a starter
for a year and then a back with the next year, I.
Speaker 1 (09:05):
Don't buy it.
Speaker 2 (09:07):
Because the dollars in the contracts that were offered to
him speak way louder than the quarterback that was drafted.
Because the Falcons. As much as Kirk feels like he
(09:29):
was blindsided, the Falcons when they signed Kirk, Cousins also.
Speaker 1 (09:36):
Did not know.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
That they were drafting Michael pennockx junior, because if they did,
they wouldn't have signed Kirk to a four year, one
hundred and eighty million dollars deal with ninety million dollars guaranteed.
They would not have hamstrung their cap situation this badly
(10:01):
if they knew they were going to draft Michael Pennix
junior out of the University of Washington. So Kirk's in
his feelings and I'm sure we all would be because
he was blindsided. But the Falcons were also blindsided by
(10:23):
their love for Michael Pennox junior because they did not
know that they were going to draft him. Kirk also
weighed in on throwing to Justin Jefferson and Jordan Andison.
He says, when you see someone dating the person he
(10:45):
used to date in like high school or college, you're like,
I used to throw to Jordan Andison or Justin Jefferson
and now someone else is enjoying doing that. So again,
Kirk is living in this ideology of if I only
knew the situation. I'm very jealous. I'm very envious. I'm
(11:09):
better with the Falcons. I wish I could go back
to Minnesota and throw to Addison and Jefferson. And he's
being very reflective. But the one thing that he is
not being reflective on is the contract that the Falcons
and Vikings offered, because in reality, this was Kirk Cousins's
(11:37):
last shot at making a big deal in the NFL
because he's gonna retire soon. The dude's almost forty. So
as good as it sounds, as reflective as he is,
as sad or regretful as he was to leave the Vikings,
(12:01):
I think he still would have left because that's what
we all would have done. Sure, the grass isn't always greener,
but in this case, it was more piles and piles
of money. And what professional athletes care most about.
Speaker 1 (12:16):
As any of us would, is the money is the dollar.
Because the dollar, going back to what Kirk.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Said, it's not about the dollar, it's about what the
dollar represents.
Speaker 1 (12:31):
What That's such a load.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
Of crap, because what the dollar represents is what the
dollar amount is. If you're getting one hundred and eighty
million dollars in four years, that dollar represents that a
team wants you. If you're getting sixty million or seventy
million in two years, well then that is a representative.
That deals representative of someone that doesn't care as much
(12:58):
as you. So it's not about the dollar, about what
the dollar represents. It's the same thing. The dollar is
what the dollar represents, and what the dollar represents is
the dollar. So anyways, made no sense, But that's the
take for the day. I'll be back tomorrow. Five star
Bath Solutions of Minneapolis. Check them out today and to remember,
(13:22):
hit that subscribe button wherever you're watching or listening, and
thank you for going on this podcast and journey with me.
Speaker 1 (13:29):
We've got to break the curse. It's common
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