Another Falcons loss, another Monday trying to sift through the crap this club puts its fans through, and today’s headlines are going to be dominated by questions about Kirk Cousins.
The veteran signal caller now has not thrown a touchdown in more than a month, while throwing eight interceptions in that same span, becoming the first quarterback to start four games without throwing a touchdown while throwing at least eight interceptions since Brett Favre in 2005.
Cousins was marginally better on Sunday against the Vikings than he was against the Chargers. He threw two fewer interceptions and 100 more yards, but there was still far more bad than there was good, a trend through the first 13 games of Cousins’ Falcons career.
Several breakdowns in the secondary and a brutal special teams blunder, along with Cousins’ turnovers, were the story of the afternoon. Though he wasn’t the driving factor in Atlanta’s loss, Cousins still played a role, but you wouldn’t have guessed that from his bizarre post-game quote.
“I was encouraged when it was 21-21, felt good about it. The next time I touched the ball, it was 35-21,” Kirk Cousins said, per Daniel Flick of Sports Illustrated.
I’m going to give Kirk Cousins the benefit of the doubt because he’s always been the quintessential pro’s pro in front of the media, but this is a terrible look for the veteran signal caller.
Again, he’s not incorrect. It’s a true statement. The Falcons didn’t lose this game just because of his turnovers; however, to act like Cousins is innocent in the club’s collapse is just asinine. He’s the primary reason the Falcons find themselves losers of four straight and out of the playoff picture as of today. He shouldn’t be doing much at the podium outside of taking blame for his piss-poor play over the last month.
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