Do the Falcons Need to Get Rid of Kirk Cousins This Season?

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00:00I'm digging the Falcons a little bit this year.

00:02And if we take a look from an NFC South perspective,

00:03I do think they're the second best team in that division behind Tampa Bay.

00:07If they play good football and stay injury-free,

00:09they added some components to the defense.

00:11Maybe Raheem Morris catches a clue and learns how to coach on the sideline.

00:14This team might be able to do some damage.

00:15The talent is there where they can win this division.

00:18We just haven't seen it over the past couple of years

00:19actually work its way onto the field.

00:21They also made a major move just an off-season ago to say,

00:25whoa, Kirk Cousins, welcome down, big contracting.

00:28By the way, we're going to draft your replacement right off the bat,

00:32which never made any sense.

00:33It still doesn't make any sense right now.

00:34Kirk Cousins is still on that roster, which doesn't make any sense now.

00:38So let me ask you this question, Joe, on a buy yourself.

00:41The Falcons need to get rid of Kirk Cousins off the roster by any means necessary?

00:48Well, they can't.

00:49I mean, that's the problem because they're saddled with a four-year,

00:53$180 million deal that didn't allow them

00:58to any wiggle room to add anything of value in the off-season here, Donnie.

01:05I mean, they went defense.

01:07They drafted defense this year in the NFL draft.

01:12But, you know, what you see is what you get here

01:14because you have a quarterback who's not even playing

01:17that has all of this salary cap issue going on with him.

01:22He is the ultimate safety net

01:24because you still have a young quarterback going into his sophomore year.

01:29You're still not sure, you know, is he any good?

01:32Is he not any good?

01:33The numbers were up and down last year.

01:35Kirk Cousins is the perfect safety net

01:37unless another team's quarterback gets hurt over the next couple of weeks, Donnie.

01:43And then the phone starts ringing.

01:44And then we'll see, and I'm sure somebody in the front office of Atlanta is going,

01:50well, if that happens, yeah, our asking price could be pretty good

01:55and we might be able to get out from under this contract we gave him.

01:59Yeah, you know what would have been better?

02:00Just don't sign Kirk Cousins.

02:01Draft Michael Penix Jr.

02:02Had $50-plus million to spend on a cornerback, another defensive end,

02:06another wide receiver, what have you.

02:08So this organization, we always remember, Joe, right?

02:10Draft line, best case scenario here.

02:12If Michael Penix never plays, that means it was a great signing.

02:14I'm saying, like, what?

02:15Or if Kirk Cousins is so bad we paid him all that money, we have Michael Penix.

02:19What?

02:20Like, none of that made any sense, and you couldn't sell that to anybody,

02:23and here we are.

02:24But I think you're right about this.

02:26If there's one quarterback or one personality that can say,

02:30I'm getting all of this money, and I won't be a distraction,

02:33and I'll put my best foot forward every single day, it's Kirk Cousins.

02:36You tell most people that are expected starters in the NFL

02:39who were brought to town on a promise they would start

02:41and get paid a lot of money to do that

02:43and then get shoved into the corner by saying, like,

02:45yeah, we'll just play it off because you're not healthy,

02:46and we know you tried to fight through your injury,

02:48but it doesn't matter.

02:48You're not going to play.

02:49Like, Kirk Cousins is that one guy.

02:51And if you are Raheem Morris,

02:53Michael Penix doesn't work out.

02:54At week number three, he goes down with a knee injury.

02:56Not like he hasn't gone down with a knee injury before in his career.

02:58He's been known to have injuries.

03:00That you can bring in Kirk Cousins and salvage your season

03:02and win football games and try to make the playoffs,

03:04that's not a bad option.

03:06They should have never signed Kirk Cousins,

03:08but now that they have him,

03:09they should have gotten rid of him here in the offseason.

03:12They couldn't do that.

03:13You're not just going to cut bait, eat that salary cap,

03:15get nothing back when you go, well, wait a second.

03:17We're one in four.

03:18Michael Penix is playing poorly and injured.

03:20Oh, it would have been nice to have Kirk Cousins come in

03:21and try to right the ship for you.

03:23So for me, I don't think it's off-sell that.

03:25You can't get rid of him at all costs now.

03:27You should have been thinking about that in February, in March,

03:30in April, in May, and in June.

03:32It's too late now for me, Joe.

03:34It's way too late.

03:37I mean, that ship has sailed.

03:38The minute that they made the change last year, that was it.

03:42And quite honestly, I don't blame Kirk Cousins

03:45for what happened there last year.

03:48I am not a big fan of Zach Robinson,

03:50the offensive coordinator in any way, shape, or form.

03:54I don't like his play calling.

03:56I don't like his offense.

03:58I don't think he put Kirk Cousins in a position to succeed

04:01or utilized what he's been really good at his entire career.

04:05So, yeah, I think they're in trouble here, Atlanta,

04:10especially on the defensive side.

04:13They spent, what, three or four draft picks right off the top

04:15on the defensive side, even in free agency.

04:19But what, okay, they're going to play what?

04:22The AFC East, I believe, is on the schedule this year with them.

04:26They have a bye week, week five.

04:30They're going to Berlin in week nine,

04:33and they're not coming out of that with a bye.

04:35They've already had it in week five.

04:38So I don't like the coaching staff,

04:41and I don't like the way the schedule sets up for them.

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