He was the Super Bowl MVP just four seasons ago, and now the Rams cut him. After eight years in Los Angeles, the veteran Cooper Kupp is heading back home to Seattle. Washington back across my chest. Let’s go!

From his late high school through college years, Kupp got to be a counselor at the Manning Passing Academy at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. It was a coup. Because of the superstardom of Peyton and Eli Manning, their academy has become the nation’s premier offensive football skills camp in the country for young players.

From the moment Kupp himself announced that the Rams were trying to trade him, it seemed like an impossibility. No one would be taking on his $20 million compensation package, and Kupp had no reason to take less to facilitate a deal.