Falcons Bench Kirk Cousins, to Start Michael Penix in Week 16

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00:00They put Kirk Cousins on the bench. The Falcons now starting

00:07Michael Pennix Jr. DRS, a ton of reaction from us. But before

00:10we get there, let's hear from the head man in the A. That's

00:14Raheem Morris. Yeah, Mike's been doing everything we've

00:16asked him to do since he's been here. You know, for us, it was

00:18just a plan with Mike that he didn't have to play right now

00:20because we had our quarterback rolling the right direction. Our

00:22team rolling the right direction. We're doing a lot of

00:24really good things. We got a lot of really good stats, a lot of

00:26little things that you guys all love and then right now, it's

00:29time to make a change and that's what we're doing. What were the

00:31biggest things that stood out to you just recently from like

00:34Kirk Cousins' recent play that you felt like you needed to make

00:37this change? The turnovers. You know, you can't turn the ball

00:40over National Football League and expect to win and we got to

00:42stop those things and that was a big part of it. You know, some

00:45other things in there too, but you know, obviously, the

00:47turnovers were a big one, the big factors. Listen, that was

00:50blunt from Raheem Morris, DRS, but you can't really fault him.

00:53Atlanta, of course, snapping the four-game slide on Monday night

00:57in Las Vegas. Wasn't pretty though. Fifteen to nine, one

01:01total touchdown for that Atlanta offense thrown by Kirk

01:04Cousins, but just 112 yards and yet another interception in the

01:09four-game slide plus the victory in Sin City. One

01:13touchdown to nine INTs for Kirk Cousins. Raheem Morris spelled

01:19out some of the thoughts behind the decision. Donnie, where do

01:21you land? Yeah, I land on this as the absolute right move and

01:25good on that organization and maybe Raheem Morris had a lot

01:28more pull than we thought because the one thing you do

01:30know is the owner is going to get upset with the general

01:32manager and the general manager is going to offset that like,

01:34look, you paid this guy $180 million, $100 million

01:36guaranteed. You drafted a quarterback. This looks like a

01:39disaster. So, it's the right move and also keep in mind, the

01:42previous four games as we talked about Kirk Cousins never

01:44threw a touchdown pass, which is wild to think about with all

01:47the success that Kirk Cousins has had in the past and then I

01:50said to myself, handicapping that game Monday night, boy,

01:53Atlanta should go up and down the field. This is a get

01:55right game for them to sort of hit that sprint where you're

01:57going to knock off the Raiders. You're going to lay up against

02:00the Giants and then you might be able to get back into that

02:02playoff picture and win the, excuse me, win the division to

02:04get that home playoff game and away you go and then you watch

02:07that football game and go, something just isn't right with

02:10Kirk Cousins because this is the worst secondary in football

02:12that you can't take advantage of. As the game wore on, he

02:15looked unathletic and not making the right decisions, which

02:18means, Ben, I don't even think he was trusting himself. So, I

02:21love this move and also keep in mind, you're not playing the

02:24Kansas City Chiefs this week and saying, hey, Michael

02:26Pennix, save our season. You're getting a layup against the

02:28Giants. Get the young kid, Michael Pennix, some good

02:31passing spots here. You should win this game going away

02:34regardless of his performance, which is going to help the

02:36following week when you play the Commanders. Perfect time to

02:39make that change because also, Ben, you could have took the

02:42easy way out. Well, Kirk won the football game. As long as you

02:44win, that's all that matters and they would have beaten the New

02:46York Giants with Kirk Cousins out there, no doubt about it,

02:49but you probably aren't going to beat the Commanders when you

02:51need elevated quarterback play and it's clear, he couldn't

02:53give that to you.

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