Netflix’s season two of Quarterback was released on Tuesday, and Kirk Cousins has made the deadest time in the offseason entertaining for Falcons fans.
The veteran revealed that he probably wouldn’t have come to Atlanta in free agency had he known about the organization’s interest in Michael Penix Jr. Kevin O’Connell and the Vikings were more open about the possibility that they could draft a quarterback.
The interest in the Falcons was clearly motivated by money, but the fact that Cousins was under the impression the team wasn’t going to draft his eventual successor just six weeks later was also a significant factor. Who knows what would’ve happened had Cousins known both organizations were drafting a quarterback.
Of course, the Falcons don’t owe Cousins anything. They owe him the money that was agreed upon, and that is it, but that kind of attitude invites the possibility of retaliation, which is exactly what happened.
Cousins suffered an injury during the Week 10 contest in New Orleans, and it directly impacted his ability to be productive. Even though it was overwhelmingly apparent to everyone watching the Falcons, Raheem Morris and the medical staff never came to the conclusion to bench Cousins because he said he was healthy.
Considering the circumstances, I can’t believe Falcons fans are blaming Kirk Cousins for not being honest when his heir apparent was waiting in the wings to take over. Cousins did what any player at the end of his career would do, as he said himself.
“The information I had at the time, I made the best decision. You also know that if you sit down Week 10 and take two or three weeks or more to let it heal, you may never get your job back. I remember reading Drew Brees’ book back in 2010 when he first wrote it, how he made the point that he tried to never let his backup see the field — even if it was somebody who was really no threat. He just felt like you should never do that. Doug Flutie taught him that,” Cousins said on Quarterback via Marc Raimondi.
You can be upset at Kirk Cousins all you want as a Falcons fan, but at the end of the day, the Falcons spited Cousins when they drafted Penix. That was their right, but expecting him to be an upstanding teammate afterwards is borderline insane. In fact, the ramifications of what the Falcons did to Cousins might not be over.
According to former NFL agent Joel Corry, he took notes of teams around the league that engaged in “suspect behavior” and would go into interactions with those teams and act accordingly.
When I was an agent, I took note of teams around the NFL that engaged in suspect behavior or worse with other players. I would go into interactions with such teams knowing my clients could expect same & act accordingly. https://t.co/HeVJBoZ1Zd
— Joel Corry (@corryjoel) July 8, 2025
Corry went further and said that, because the Falcons weren’t candid about their quarterback situation during free agency, it would’ve prompted him to “fuck” the Falcons at the first opportunity he could.
The point is the Falcons weren't candid about the QB situation when Kirk Cousins was making his decision in free agency. If I represented Cousins, I would pissed about key info being withheld. The 1st chance I had, I would be looking to fuck the Falcons. https://t.co/sVExs1TJ02
— Joel Corry (@corryjoel) July 8, 2025
The Falcons can’t be surprised by Cousins’ actions, and they shouldn’t be shocked if future deals are impacted by this entire fiasco.
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