Author: Julian Bravo
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Monday Wake Up Call: Man United Want to win by 2028
Manchester United is naive according to all-time spin cycle guru Wayne Rooney. Rooney spends some of most of his time spectating soccer these days, in London, and taking a close eye at what he sees and does not.
In particular, the Man United team has had a lot of flaws over a period time but it is not to say they cannot redeem themselves that they want to set goals for example by the end of 2028 and develop their wealth of young talent they are developing right now.
Matthijs de Ligt, Joshua Zirkee, and Leny Yoro are. key names to watch out for. But most particularly, Yoro looks to be the successor of the net.
All the others have to earn themselves a price worthy spot and if anything, 2028 is three years from now so recruitments are plenty to be had, in just that time.
What, of course, lacks is a premier world common star, of half the globe. Thankfully enough, Man United won vs. Ipswich Town yesterday 3-2. They managed lesser time with the soccer ball, with fewer corners and shots.
They are 9-12 and will have to work with their veteran cast and capitalize on their good history as a long-standing franchise in the Premier League.
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Travis Kelce Plans to Return for ’25 Season
Travis Kelce plans to return for ’25 season. He says the following to ESPN.
“I’m coming back for sure.” Going to try to get to the best shape I’ve been this offseason and get back to the mountaintop. Got a real bad taste in my mouth with how I played in that last game and how I got the guys ready for battle.
“I can’t go out like that!!!!”
And this is off the heels of a confirmation by Chiefs general manager Brett Veach and personality Pat McAfee.
This is of kind unreal to put into perspective.
Veach goes on record to confirm the following then McAfee looks better than ESPN reporter Adam Schefter.
Since when did, McAfee overtake the responsibilities of Schefter? I digress, Veach wants Kelce more than anything after an abysmal Super Bowl loss and righteously after even surpassing Jerry Rice’s reception record.
That did not serve enough justice for the hair, outfit, Taylor Swift, camera film, and Heights podcast to release a statement with his brother Jason that the first butt kicking Super Bowl over his sibling just was not enough.
Let me be clear and explicit, Travis is one of the best tight ends to ever touch a football with over 1,000 receptions, 12,451 receiving yards by his understandable partner, Patrick Mahomes, and packing on fifth all-time receiving touchdowns (77).
But that is not all.
Travis has no misogyny and that is him. He loves Taylor Swift’s music albums. But, one thing that sets him apart from the rest is that he is a hustler from my point of view. He will come back, it is a matter of time.
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Did KD Make the Right Decision?
Kevin Durant is a prized enterprise. He has been around as long as the Longhorns have won their last national college football championship with Vince Young tunneling in pretty much. KD is ferocious. He does not allow any decision to go un guard. Just like the ones that have still made one of the small forwards in the NBA.
But, more recently KD decided to do something nobody feasibly thought. He went ahead and, okay, decided to reject a trade back to his former team, the Golden State Warriors. The exact team or enterprise in 2017 that led him to first championship gold and hugging mom and expressing to the world how hardship of a Warrior pays off along the likes of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Green.
As most may know then later behind closed doors, something broke out. Draymond Green not only got into with Jordan Poole or drew as many technical fouls in the recent past, he notably unleashed on KD. KD’s chemistry from then on was not the same and no personnel was their not even Bob Myers to retreat the damage.
It was said KD’s last days in Golden State rung true and to this day righteously so as he decided to reject the trade to GS and is stationed in Phoenix where leaking immediate claimed owner Mat Ishbia would pay and retain him there until it is time to seek a better trade destination and value offer.
KD is a prized player and possession. He is used to this pressure before from Oklahoma City to Brooklyn and so forth. He wants to cap off his career right one last time before it ends like Lebron James, Kyrie Irving, and all the rest who are currently struggling to maintain in series of big alliances, international prospects, or rival opponents.
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Do Not Make the Travis Hunter Story Complicated
Travis Hunter is a two-way star out of Colorado University. He was highly recruited by coach Deion Sanders and played good enough to earn this year’s Heisman’s award.
Now what I am not understanding is why teams such as the Tennessee Titans (No.1) followed by the Cleveland Browns are making things sound complicated about Hunter? Browns GM Andrew Berry goes on to state that given the opportunity, Hunter will most likely play wide receiver and punt returner but that does not mean we should rule out the eligibility of Hunter’s abilities on both sides of the field.
Last year at Colorado, Hunter played 86.8 percent of offensive snaps for Colorado while on the defensive side, he performed 82.9% of reps. Just think about that, traveling back and forth, from play call to executional work.
Hunter has the ability to go the distance whether offense, defense, special teams or splitting it meticulously to start the season with the Tennessee Titans or Cleveland Browns.
The Titans coach Brian Callahan has said to be cautious but there is also the Cleveland Browns who have not been successful in finding a premier athlete such as Hunter and begging he does not get hurt. It could be a win unlike the column shows in Cleveland.
The NFL Draft Combine begins Thursday, February 27 and expect Travis Hunter to turn some scouts’ faces along the other likes of Abdul Carter, Tyler Warren, and Ashton Jeanty.
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Are the Cowboys Unveiling ‘Too’ Much?
The Dallas Cowboys EVP Stephen Jones recently pointed out that the team plan to be ‘selectively aggressive.’
Cause for concern, you might ask?
Of course, when you consider the 2024 offseason moves such as Rico Dowdle, Stephon Gilmore, and Tyron Smith just to name a few.
Dowdle was a key cog in their offense but as for Smith and Gilmore. They did not succeed to have one of their most prime years in a Cowboys uniform.
As for the rookies, Tyler Guyton had a weak rookie season and will work with the new coaches on staff to deliver a redeemable and Marshawn Breeland seems to be a highlight reel, at least, waiting.
He accumulated an average PFF rating and put up decent pressure numbers to finish 2024.
But the main issue, once again lingers back to the mouth of the Jones’ family. If they just let the darn team go out and play football for one year or two, they might be on to some better traction.
Instead, poorly judged remarks at the wrong time enter a wrong phase of Cowboys football and the entire NFC East.
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Edmonton Hangover
The 4 Nations play comes to a close as now the Edmonton Oilers find themselves in a bit of a hole. That has begun with captain of Edmonton, Conor McDavid. He has only accrued one power play assist in the last two games. Not so Conor McDavid after his pickup win over USA.
He said the following, “We haven’t been very good. Just getting back to work. Sometimes this happens after breaks. Some teams come up flying. Some teams come up flat. We have obviously done the latter. So yeah, gotta get back to it.”
Even though he was not Team Canada captain, Sidney Crosby, I respect his leadership but not his accountability. This has been the eying problem of McDavid from time to time especially against the Philadelphia Flyers, to no fault are in a rebuilding phase and look great with rookie Matvei Michkov and John Tortorella trying to prove on his resume he can take a seed and rise to the occasion.
All that aside, they did also play Alexander Ovechkin and the defense cannot allow errors in the marginal column when it enters the postseason. It is highly touted with Darnell Nurse and Evan Bouchard.
Nurse is in fact the nephew of star quarterback Donovan McNabb and comes to the aid when necessary. Edmonton cannot afford to lose out because if they do, the Calgary Flames or Vancouver Canucks might creep up, and you do not want that, Edmonton, Canada.
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