@@jonathonbader1312 they ran 0 play action plays, steelers pass rush wet dream, they just had to rush QB every play, which they did, and win their one on ones on shotgun.
Yeah after not playing since week 8 last year and no preseason practice I don’t think the first defense you want to go against is TJ Watt and the Steelers. Steelers defense is top 3 if not the best.
I don't want to take anything away from the Steelers, but any defense is elite when their initial game plan works and the offense does NOTHING to change the scheme. We tried the same thing 50+ times yesterday despite it not working at all. There was no adjustments on offense, we just let Watt tee off on Cousins and did nothing to slow him down. One of the worst called games I've ever seen on offense.
Cousins learned almost immediately that if he tried to pass the ball he would have 2-3 seconds before he was sacked, and sacked hard. He was thereafter clearly rattled by the pressure. It wasn't just Watt. The whole OL got dominated. All the pre-season Falcons hype evaporated after this game. Cousins is not nearly as good as we expected. Not just in mobility, but in accuracy and decision-making. I wonder how many fans now fully expect us to begin 0-3. I'm guessing about 90%. And the offensive game plan was just plain weird. No play-action passes to give Kirk a little more time? No blocking TE on the right side on almost every play to help McGary? (Pitts can't block at all.) Why didn't Zach Robinson adjust?
Kirk Cousins is a play action pass quarterback. You need to put him understand center and were is the running game for Atlanta that looked like a college "pistol offensive" it looked totally amateurish.
There is only one reason Kirk holds the ball, because receivers are covered like blankets. Like you said, he gets one read on most every play here, the O'line was pummeled in the trenches. You can make adjustments by changing the scheme to accommodate faster developing plays. Screens, use the middle of the field for short darts, jets sweeps, run the ball. All of which they were successful at in the 1st half, but did less of in the 2nd half. Coaches didn't even try to adjust to combat the Steelers interior penetration. Get your shots on Kirk now because one thing is sure, you won't even remember this game come week 5. Kirk always flips the script, always.
First play; no separation by the receivers. The 1st read wr started breaking down before he got to the 45, so the db stopped back peddling to jump the route, so the receiver has to come back to the ball. Bad wr play. Second play; no separation by any receiver again. Best read should have been Allgeire in the flat. Third play you start to see teams don’t respect or expect Cousins to throw deep so they sit on short routes and quick throws. Plus they couldn’t keep Watt out of the backfield long enough to look downfield. So yes, the wr aren’t as good as they think, that’s why Ray Ray got so many looks. And yes, the offense should have played more in Pre-season. You can't hide from injuries.
@slumdogrio yes he is, wtf are you talking about? He was statistically one of the best coverage corners in the league period last year as a rookie while shadowing the opposing teams best receiver for most of the game.
@@thatoneguy5512 You people are killing me, this is the NFL, Kirk did a lot wrong, first of all does this guy has any mobility at all ? This guy had a chance to extend the play several times and he did nothing. No one forced dude to make several horrible throws when he should have threw the ball away. Athleticism do you guys know what his word means ?
@dmac5808 it's a sarcastic joke about Cousins. All of his fans will never blame him. This came about when he was with the Vikings. Everybody kept blaming everything but him, even though he makes more money than anybody else on the team.
What went wrong for us was the second Arthur Blank thought bringing back Raheem Morris as a head coach was a good idea. You already fired him once Arthur. WTF!!! Awful hire.
@@Dnasty0118 He is a DC not a head coach. Has never been able to get the job done as a HC. 21-39 record proves that. We are going to be 0-3 before you know it.
Even with just stepping up into the pocket at times to avoid the backside sack, but he just stood there. The only play that we saw him move resulted in a TD
Kirk has of course always lacked mobility, but he looked more immobile than usual in this game. It was a flashback to the first couple of years in Minnesota when he was slow to release the ball and had no movement in the pocket, getting a lot of strip sacks. He did improve on this in his later seasons with the Vikes. I think the Achilles was still hurting him, or at least he still was not confident it was healed. I a not a Cousins fan, and am glad the Vikings moved on, but he is definitely (or was before the injury at least) a better QB than he showed in that game. Personally, though, I dont think the Falcons are as talented at the skill positions as a lot of people think, and the O-line clearly was overpowered. It has to definitely be an adjustment for Cousins after having Dalvin Cook in the backfield and throwing to Jefferson, Addison, and Hockinson, possibly the best overall receiving corps in the league when all 3 are healthy.
When you rush the passer, you manage to disrupt their field view and timing. That's why good teams create a good attacking balance to keep the pass rushers in check. I just hope and pray that Zack Robinson learns very very fast and not taking the whole season
Kirk never plays shotgun, he's not participating in a RPO Offense. He's always under center and is a playaction kinda qb. This game made zero sense, but defense looked potentially promising. We're probably going to start the year at 0-3, possibly 0-4. This was a winnable game, gotta win em.
@@Aaron-lt3hk He's been doing it all summer long. There are three simple reasons he didn't drop back... #1 he hasn't played against the starters on another team for a year #2 he's on new team #3 the Steelers pass rush is legit
@slumdogrio it's always someone else's fault with him. You'll be begging for Penix in 2.5 weeks. He got you, but to be fair, he got us twice. Enjoy him
@@Paula-mv8im wouldn't the fact that Steelers pass rush is legit be even more reason that you would want to line up under center and mix in some play action instead of being so predictable in shotgun or pistol?
Kirk did nothing wrong 😂😂😂 your sorta right ✅ as he has his plant foot in the air on most throws.. he shouldn't be playing if he can't drop back hitch and plant throw.. pennix will end up playing if his Achilles doesn't work right.. he's obviously still feeling it.. watch his feet
To be fair to Cousins, the steelers defense was like, 6th in scoring last season is straight up significantly better this year with the various additions (also, not having the entire linebacker corp on injury reserve helps). And TJ Watt honestly looked like he's trying to make it impossible for him not to be dpoy this year if he keeps playing like this.
As a Minnesota Vikings fan, I'm tired of people blaming everybody but Kirk (AKA Kurt) he is the $180 million man and they are paying him that amount of money to rise above the mistakes from other players. He's a 500 , stat padding son of a gun and he conned the falcons organization out of $150 million.
Sorry to have to tell Falcons fans this but Cousins doesn’t see the field well. This game was not something unusual, he played decent for Mn but missed open receivers all the time.
Interesting comment...all of his coaches have said the complete opposite, that Kirk has great field vision. Kirk throws his receiver open and to a certain spot on the field. He's not missing open receivers. Maybe on a extremely rare occasion as no one is perfect. Analyzing Kirk Cousin's 2022 season: ua-cam.com/video/-RCh-9miJC8/v-deo.html
If the O-Line continues to look as bad as they did moving fwd? Cousins won't last long. He will either get hit and get knocked out of the game..or he'll get pulled. Penix in that same situation would be way better.
What went wrong ? He is a mediocre QB, who sat on the bench in the preseason, going against the NFL's best defensive player in TJ Watt. And holding on to the ball is something that can be practiced , so yeah, fumbles are his fault.
Or we were in pistol the entire game vs a elite defense and Kirk looked hurt. He might be healed mentally but physically he was scared to plant that foot probably why we saw so many floaters
Falcons having kirk play out of shotgun kinda wild . He has his most success when running play action falcons didn't play to his strengths at all on Sunday
I almost feel bad for Falcons fans. We watched this man on the Vikings take over a 13-3 team to only win 8 games when we signed him. 6 years later and we were left in cap with just one playoff win. You are going to hear every excuse why this man could not win the big game. Trust me I have no doubt he will put up big stats this year, but you will be perplexed why Falcons are not winning a lot of games or why is every game so close against lesser competition. You will have games when he starts off slow and the other team takes a big lead. In those situations he will end up with huge passing yards late in the game as the defense plays more off coverage. The most exciting day this offseason was when Kirk didn't resign with Vikings. Now we can rebuild this team. Penix is going to be a stud for you guys!
So true, Kirk "the King of trash stats" Cousins knows what to do to build up his stats but stats and hype don't win games. Any O-line in the league will look bad with Cousins at QB because of his lack of pocket awareness and immobility. Listening to the commentator in this video making excuses for Cousins dismal showing reminds me of what we as Vikings fans went through. The Kirk fans are Kirk fans not Falcons fans as Falcon fans will find out soon enough
By week 5, you and Darnold will be eating crow, when Kirk flips this script. Furthermore, Zimmer was your "other" opponent every week and was about the worst HC I've ever seen, so don't give us your bullshit.
@@michaelk8710 You're right Zimmer and Spielman along with Cousins was our problem, if Cousins is still with the Falcons after 5 seasons with only 1 playoff win and 120 million dollars less plus facing cap space hell, I would be interested to hear your opinion of him then.
The thing is, the Falcons just went through the same thing with Matt Ryan as he aged. Certain fans made every excuse for him but all he did was waits for a big deficit and the soft coverage to generate stats. Cousins looked every bit as weak as the old Matt Ryan. I for one am selling my tickets since I feel the team duped the fans. They had us thinking we would get the athletic Justin Fields but the played “identity politics” and signed an old injured statue with a history of playing poorly in big games. What an awful deception by the team.
The Steelers defense dominated their O-line and gave Kirk no time to throw while at the same time the Steelers secondary clamped receivers and didn’t give easy completions. Drake London went on vacation to Porter island and Kirk is having Vietnam flashbacks of TJ Watt running at him
I was at the game. Steelers defense didn't do anything exotic. Tj watt didn't wreck the game. Kirk cousins had time to throw on most of his drop backs and still made bad decisions
i think KOC elevated Kirk, and the elite WRs made his stats look even better. Now Kirk has neither and he is older and slower and coming off an injury, and at 36 is nearing the end. Meanwhile 27 year old Sam Darnold has inherited KOC and Jettas, and all of a sudden looks like a top 3 pick and is throwing an 80% completion rate.
Yeah....thanks for the laugh! You don't beat out a first round draft pick if you're not already elevated in the first place. Even in Washington, McVay said that Kirk could win a championship. Again, he's not gonna say that if Kirk was just so-so. Kirk is improving every year as he gets older....top 10 performance in 2022 and then a top 5 performance in 2023. Check his stats sometime. Kirk has been making his receivers look good for years. He's had two 1000 yard receivers in Washington and had two 1000 yard receivers for multiple years in Minnesota. And after Jefferson got hurt, he turned Addison into an immediate starter as he would have easily had a 1000+ yards had Kirk not gotten hurt. Get real...Darnold is Keenum 2.0. His receivers make him look better than he actually is. The Vikings played the Giants who are not very good. Remember when everyone thought that Dobbs was the real deal??
This is nothing new as a Viking fan. Kirk is just being Kirk. This is what he what he was like for six seasons with the Vikings - mediocre at best. He will play well against bad teams play and get beat up by good teams. Then you will get a laundry list of excuses why Kirk is not in a position to succeed.
The big question is if Cousins has more outings like this, how long does Raheem Morris stick with him? After yesterday it's a very real possibility that Atlanta could start off 0-3 since they have Philly and KC in their next two games. My guess is if it's 0-3 or 0-4 they make the switch to Penix, and this will be remembered as probably the worst free agent signing in pro sports history.
This was all Steelers defense. Cousins and the falcons will be ok. They went up against a healthy, arguably the best defense in the NFL. He will be much better next week
Here’s the thing, clearly not healthy. Pressure rattled him, and unlike in Minnesota where he knew the offense and familiarity built up, he doesn’t have that as engrained here. His hot routes/checkdowns aren’t second nature to him yet. Add to that how annoying it is that Atlanta hid all of this stuff with just how healthy and viable it is to have him play QB by not having proper training camp reporting and it being closed off to the public and all this is surprising. But not really once you except he’s a nearly 40 year old QB who just had a major injury and who is in a new offense with new players he’s gotta build chemistry with. 2nd half of the game everyone knew if it was a run or pass play just by how Kirk was taking the ball. This was a disaster and I kinda feel for him because honestly he should not be playing.
He has to be hurt. I watched all the plays in this video and every single one of them instead of moving away from the pass rush he just stands there and prays they dont hit him. Almost every bad pass is a result of not taking 1 or 2 steps left or right then setting and passing... he just stands there like a tackling dummy then heaves it up with a pass rusher in his face every single time
FYI.....per PFF, he's one of the best at play action, rollouts and bootlegs. Per Wikipedia...."A bootleg is called to confuse the defense, by moving the quarterback away from where they expect him to be, directly behind the center. The play is typically used by teams with mobile quarterbacks." You're welcome for clearing that up.
Kirk Cousins look like a worst version of Ridder without the Athleticism. Several time the pocket collapsed even Steven Wonder could see it coming and what did Kirk do ? Nothing, Did not roll out, shift in the pocket, nothing.
i feel for ya iam in minny and i told my brothers when we got cousins WE WILL NEVER EVEN SEE THE NFC CHAMPIONSIP GM MUCH LESS THE SB same in dallas with presscott neither one shows up in big games
I think Kirks folding under pressure think about it he gets paid a lot of money cause we desperately needed a consistent experienced QB so that gives him to much credit he has never been under the spotlight like he has been since signing contract so all off-season he's been prepping like he's an Aaron Rodgers type of player and status then he's not connecting with the offense nor players first game is in Mercedes Benz Stadium It's Loud a Hype Atmosphere plus against Steelers A lot of pressure this Season for a rebuilt talented team then you have TJ Watt a beast at edge rusher one of the best if not the best breathing down your back trying to retear your Achilles, boom he folds we lose!
BLANK STEP OUT OF Atlanta you are the worst owner in professional sports 🏈 Latest demented move paying Cousins 180 mill a third string old QB and then you waste a first round pick on a at best a back up QB You don’t need to be involved at all Although the new lockeroom looks nice
I agree except the Penix part remains to be seen. Hiring Morris was one of the biggest mistakes he has made since Bobby Petrino. Maybe we will get lucky and Morris will bail after 7 or 8 games like Patrino did. Awful hire, just awful
@@TheBigFalcon no crack here ! Penix will never develop with the falcons like Bret Farve he may be able to develop elsewhere Falcons are a well documented loosing organization
Kirk on the Vikings - Hated endlessly by everyone. They all blame him for all the teams failure Kirk leaves the Vikings - Kirk super hyped up endlessly and when he plays like he did week 1 -> It’s not Kirk’s fault….. HILARIOUS.
I’m a bucs fan and I see this sentiment as well, I would much rather have Fields or Baker as my qb than Kirk… like what? He sucked then and he sucks now. Fields at least put up fantasy football numbers lol
Jus rusty for Kirk , he played scared, Kaleb mcgary played like shi , Kirk has to not pannick when he doesn't see his first option , he should've played preseason at least one drive ,
Kaleb is terrible against speed rushers, so this was an obvious situation. Biggest issue was having him go 1v1 the entire game instead of adding a TE to help him out.
I'm not a Falcons fan but from watching the game. Cousins has no mobility. He can't get out of the pocket..And the O-line didn't look very good..
don't think its an o-line issue as much as it is the steelers pass rush just being good. Im expecting falcons o-line to look better in the future
@@jonathonbader1312 Agreed they have a very solid OL, steelers bread a butter is their pass rush tho. Falcons will be just fine
@@jonathonbader1312 they ran 0 play action plays, steelers pass rush wet dream, they just had to rush QB every play, which they did, and win their one on ones on shotgun.
only watt looked good 😂😂
@@drew388 lmao no JPJ had London in hell all game lol
what went wrong??? the steelers defense is ELITE
Facts
Yeah after not playing since week 8 last year and no preseason practice I don’t think the first defense you want to go against is TJ Watt and the Steelers. Steelers defense is top 3 if not the best.
I don't want to take anything away from the Steelers, but any defense is elite when their initial game plan works and the offense does NOTHING to change the scheme. We tried the same thing 50+ times yesterday despite it not working at all. There was no adjustments on offense, we just let Watt tee off on Cousins and did nothing to slow him down. One of the worst called games I've ever seen on offense.
@@evangelionl0vr857FACTS💯💯💯💯💯
@@evangelionl0vr857you’re wrong though. They designed chips and motioned TEs over and away from TJ to slow him down.
Penix Jr. sooner than later
😊. To be fair, TJ Watt rekt that game yesterday
Yes, the way Watt was playing yesterday, I called two of my bookies to make a DPOY bet on him.
You are right on....I am a Falcons fan.
Because McGary
And get injured in his first start because McGary is not a good blind side protector. Penix is not durable at all.
I'm sure Kirk is having nightmares about TJ now.
Cousins learned almost immediately that if he tried to pass the ball he would have 2-3 seconds before he was sacked, and sacked hard. He was thereafter clearly rattled by the pressure. It wasn't just Watt. The whole OL got dominated. All the pre-season Falcons hype evaporated after this game. Cousins is not nearly as good as we expected. Not just in mobility, but in accuracy and decision-making. I wonder how many fans now fully expect us to begin 0-3. I'm guessing about 90%. And the offensive game plan was just plain weird. No play-action passes to give Kirk a little more time? No blocking TE on the right side on almost every play to help McGary? (Pitts can't block at all.) Why didn't Zach Robinson adjust?
You sir are exactly right, can't block the Steelers D line with 5 lineman and a Rb. That shotgun, 3Wr or 4Wr stuff not gonna work against them.
Kirk Cousins is a play action pass quarterback. You need to put him understand center and were is the running game for Atlanta that looked like a college "pistol offensive" it looked totally amateurish.
its ur team not cousins lolololol
Do the Steelers fans bank roll your channel??? Don’t care I love it. Keep em coming
There is only one reason Kirk holds the ball, because receivers are covered like blankets. Like you said, he gets one read on most every play here, the O'line was pummeled in the trenches. You can make adjustments by changing the scheme to accommodate faster developing plays. Screens, use the middle of the field for short darts, jets sweeps, run the ball. All of which they were successful at in the 1st half, but did less of in the 2nd half. Coaches didn't even try to adjust to combat the Steelers interior penetration.
Get your shots on Kirk now because one thing is sure, you won't even remember this game come week 5. Kirk always flips the script, always.
Certainly didnt help that the defense he faced is incredible
First play; no separation by the receivers. The 1st read wr started breaking down before he got to the 45, so the db stopped back peddling to jump the route, so the receiver has to come back to the ball. Bad wr play. Second play; no separation by any receiver again. Best read should have been Allgeire in the flat. Third play you start to see teams don’t respect or expect Cousins to throw deep so they sit on short routes and quick throws. Plus they couldn’t keep Watt out of the backfield long enough to look downfield. So yes, the wr aren’t as good as they think, that’s why Ray Ray got so many looks. And yes, the offense should have played more in Pre-season. You can't hide from injuries.
First reasonable comment on here. Or person actually acknowledging how the WR’s just could get open
Joey Porter Jr had London locked up
No he didnt lmao. Kirk was dancing with Watt the entire game. NONE of those were coverage sacks or pressure because of it. Porter ain’t like that
@slumdogrio yes he is, wtf are you talking about? He was statistically one of the best coverage corners in the league period last year as a rookie while shadowing the opposing teams best receiver for most of the game.
@@danieldaw1778he’s a causal definitely clamped him up. 1 catch lol
@@King_mor33 so he didn’t have many targets because he was clamped?.. what game were you watching 💀💀💀💀
@@King_mor33 if Watt continues to play like that he won’t have to guard anybody for long lmao.. CASUAL. Watch the game not just sport center
well, Kirk didn't practice against his first team defense this summer! Penix did! Hiding Kirk to sell season tickets! 😔
I see his issues but I’m seeing a lot of bad route running by the wr’s. Not making sharp cuts, pushing into traffic.
Kirk did nothing wrong. Either it was his rbs fault, or his line, or his receivers, or his coach, or his defense. But its never Kirk's fault.
Exactly! He wasn't able to get 2 minutes in the pocket to make a decent throw. Chill guys.
@@thatoneguy5512 You people are killing me, this is the NFL, Kirk did a lot wrong, first of all does this guy has any mobility at all ? This guy had a chance to extend the play several times and he did nothing. No one forced dude to make several horrible throws when he should have threw the ball away. Athleticism do you guys know what his word means ?
As long as he plays it will never be Kirk’s fault. Take it from a Vikings fan.
@dmac5808 it's a sarcastic joke about Cousins. All of his fans will never blame him. This came about when he was with the Vikings. Everybody kept blaming everything but him, even though he makes more money than anybody else on the team.
😂
What went wrong for us was the second Arthur Blank thought bringing back Raheem Morris as a head coach was a good idea. You already fired him once Arthur. WTF!!! Awful hire.
So after one game blame HC..yall folks are disgusting
Interim coaches don't get fired....smh
You talking about everything but the game 😂😂😂😂
@@Paula-mv8im Ok, let go because he was ineffective, couldn't do the job, couldn't get the wins. What has changed?
@@Dnasty0118 He is a DC not a head coach. Has never been able to get the job done as a HC. 21-39 record proves that. We are going to be 0-3 before you know it.
Like buying a Lamborghini and the engine blows up the first day
More like buying a Sedan , sold at a Lamborghini price , and it breaks down on the first day
Are you kidding me. Kirk had zero mobility. Kirk had plenty of chances to roll out and try to extend the plays.
Even with just stepping up into the pocket at times to avoid the backside sack, but he just stood there. The only play that we saw him move resulted in a TD
hes very clearly still injured, they ran ZERO play action plays and only ONE snap from under center, he cant step back
Kirk has of course always lacked mobility, but he looked more immobile than usual in this game. It was a flashback to the first couple of years in Minnesota when he was slow to release the ball and had no movement in the pocket, getting a lot of strip sacks. He did improve on this in his later seasons with the Vikes. I think the Achilles was still hurting him, or at least he still was not confident it was healed. I a not a Cousins fan, and am glad the Vikings moved on, but he is definitely (or was before the injury at least) a better QB than he showed in that game. Personally, though, I dont think the Falcons are as talented at the skill positions as a lot of people think, and the O-line clearly was overpowered. It has to definitely be an adjustment for Cousins after having Dalvin Cook in the backfield and throwing to Jefferson, Addison, and Hockinson, possibly the best overall receiving corps in the league when all 3 are healthy.
Just give him 3 years on a massive salary to get acclimated before be works his way up to garbage time stat padding and .500 records.
Thielen and Diggs. And Kyle Rudolph too.
When you rush the passer, you manage to disrupt their field view and timing. That's why good teams create a good attacking balance to keep the pass rushers in check. I just hope and pray that Zack Robinson learns very very fast and not taking the whole season
😮 receivers to close to each other looked like Arther Smith pass routes. Completely disgusting
@4:11 Cousins takes a shot to his ribs just prior to releasing the ball. It's not related to his achilles.
This is almost as bad as MN media and fans making excuses for Kirk the past six years
Kirk never plays shotgun, he's not participating in a RPO Offense. He's always under center and is a playaction kinda qb. This game made zero sense, but defense looked potentially promising.
We're probably going to start the year at 0-3, possibly 0-4. This was a winnable game, gotta win em.
Kirk can't drop back with his Achilles. He hosed you guys...
@@Aaron-lt3hk He's been doing it all summer long. There are three simple reasons he didn't drop back...
#1 he hasn't played against the starters on another team for a year
#2 he's on new team
#3 the Steelers pass rush is legit
@@Paula-mv8im he's also been hurt all summer long?
@@Aaron-lt3hkyou can’t comprehend what the guy said.. HES DONE IT ALL SUMMER. seen it all camp with my own eyes 💯 you just on here talking
@slumdogrio it's always someone else's fault with him. You'll be begging for Penix in 2.5 weeks. He got you, but to be fair, he got us twice. Enjoy him
But why was he in shotgun or pistol the entire game???
#1 he hasn't played against the starters on another team for a year
#2 he's on new team
#3 the Steelers pass rush is legit
@@Paula-mv8im wouldn't the fact that Steelers pass rush is legit be even more reason that you would want to line up under center and mix in some play action instead of being so predictable in shotgun or pistol?
Kirk did nothing wrong 😂😂😂 your sorta right ✅ as he has his plant foot in the air on most throws.. he shouldn't be playing if he can't drop back hitch and plant throw.. pennix will end up playing if his Achilles doesn't work right.. he's obviously still feeling it.. watch his feet
To be fair to Cousins, the steelers defense was like, 6th in scoring last season is straight up significantly better this year with the various additions (also, not having the entire linebacker corp on injury reserve helps). And TJ Watt honestly looked like he's trying to make it impossible for him not to be dpoy this year if he keeps playing like this.
As a Minnesota Vikings fan, I'm tired of people blaming everybody but Kirk (AKA Kurt) he is the $180 million man and they are paying him that amount of money to rise above the mistakes from other players. He's a 500 , stat padding son of a gun and he conned the falcons organization out of $150 million.
Can’t drive on his passes cuz he tore that right Achilles… A-rod tore his left so maybe that will be the diff. Guess we will see tonight
And it hasn’t even been a year yet for Kirk plus virtually no real training camp. I think he will improve but it might be a kong first few games
Sunday at noon AT home is Cousins’ safe space… thank you Atlanta. Thank you thank you. From a Vikes fans.
You’re worse without him 😂
What went wrong?
- Kirko Chainz showed up after zero prep!
Worst free agent signing ever in Atlanta so, far!!!
Sorry to have to tell Falcons fans this but Cousins doesn’t see the field well. This game was not something unusual, he played decent for Mn but missed open receivers all the time.
Interesting comment...all of his coaches have said the complete opposite, that Kirk has great field vision. Kirk throws his receiver open and to a certain spot on the field. He's not missing open receivers. Maybe on a extremely rare occasion as no one is perfect.
Analyzing Kirk Cousin's 2022 season:
ua-cam.com/video/-RCh-9miJC8/v-deo.html
Let Michael Penix Jr play I want to see him on the field.
If the O-Line continues to look as bad as they did moving fwd? Cousins won't last long. He will either get hit and get knocked out of the game..or he'll get pulled. Penix in that same situation would be way better.
Everyone scoffed at the Penix pick, but it’s looking more like one of the best decisions they could have made.
Wow the Kirk Cousins cult are still blaming O-line
Dude, Mahomes would have problems with this O'line.
O line again wasn't that bad except the right tackle against watt
Penix would do better but wouldn’t be all that great behind that pass protection 😂
What went wrong ? He is a mediocre QB, who sat on the bench in the preseason, going against the NFL's best defensive player in TJ Watt. And holding on to the ball is something that can be practiced , so yeah, fumbles are his fault.
Or we were in pistol the entire game vs a elite defense and Kirk looked hurt. He might be healed mentally but physically he was scared to plant that foot probably why we saw so many floaters
The issue was not playing any in the preseason. I saw no mobility from him. He should get better in a few weeks but definitely not ready for week 1.
The most expensive defense ($137,250,381) in a league where according to week 1's results, Defenses have caught up with the Offenses.
Kirko will get benched by week 5...just cause someone is nice doesn't mean they are a good QB
#startpenix
Look, I'm sorry but offensive scheme did not look good for Atlanta. They need to run the ball and do play action passing.
Benched week 5??….. DELUSIONAL
Nah u mean week 3 we not going that long
Feet of clay……..👍
Trust me - I’m a Vikings fan - I know this all too well…………😕
ATL - get ready for “rinse and repeat”……….😂
Falcons having kirk play out of shotgun kinda wild . He has his most success when running play action falcons didn't play to his strengths at all on Sunday
I've been saying this too, Kirk is statistically EXTREMELY successful behind play action- and they ran play action ZERO TIMES. What?
I almost feel bad for Falcons fans. We watched this man on the Vikings take over a 13-3 team to only win 8 games when we signed him. 6 years later and we were left in cap with just one playoff win. You are going to hear every excuse why this man could not win the big game. Trust me I have no doubt he will put up big stats this year, but you will be perplexed why Falcons are not winning a lot of games or why is every game so close against lesser competition. You will have games when he starts off slow and the other team takes a big lead. In those situations he will end up with huge passing yards late in the game as the defense plays more off coverage. The most exciting day this offseason was when Kirk didn't resign with Vikings. Now we can rebuild this team. Penix is going to be a stud for you guys!
💯 That Penix selection looks better n better by the day
So true, Kirk "the King of trash stats" Cousins knows what to do to build up his stats but stats and hype don't win games. Any O-line in the league will look bad with Cousins at QB because of his lack of pocket awareness and immobility. Listening to the commentator in this video making excuses for Cousins dismal showing reminds me of what we as Vikings fans went through. The Kirk fans are Kirk fans not Falcons fans as Falcon fans will find out soon enough
By week 5, you and Darnold will be eating crow, when Kirk flips this script. Furthermore, Zimmer was your "other" opponent every week and was about the worst HC I've ever seen, so don't give us your bullshit.
@@michaelk8710 You're right Zimmer and Spielman along with Cousins was our problem, if Cousins is still with the Falcons after 5 seasons with only 1 playoff win and 120 million dollars less plus facing cap space hell, I would be interested to hear your opinion of him then.
The thing is, the Falcons just went through the same thing with Matt Ryan as he aged. Certain fans made every excuse for him but all he did was waits for a big deficit and the soft coverage to generate stats.
Cousins looked every bit as weak as the old Matt Ryan. I for one am selling my tickets since I feel the team duped the fans. They had us thinking we would get the athletic Justin Fields but the played “identity politics” and signed an old injured statue with a history of playing poorly in big games. What an awful deception by the team.
They did not prepare well for the Watts factor ....so it is not all Cousins fault. That goes against the offensive line and head coach.
it was just first game jitters, but not something a seasoned qb should expect.
I have never heard anyone claim that a fumble isn’t the fault of the person carrying the ball. Wish this guy was my coach.
The Steelers defense dominated their O-line and gave Kirk no time to throw while at the same time the Steelers secondary clamped receivers and didn’t give easy completions. Drake London went on vacation to Porter island and Kirk is having Vietnam flashbacks of TJ Watt running at him
What went wrong for kirk was the fact that jj Watt's mom and dad had more than one son
I was at the game. Steelers defense didn't do anything exotic. Tj watt didn't wreck the game. Kirk cousins had time to throw on most of his drop backs and still made bad decisions
Dalman barely touched the guy he was suppose to block, then gone sit up there and look at everybody on the ground, like wtf 🙄
i think KOC elevated Kirk, and the elite WRs made his stats look even better. Now Kirk has neither and he is older and slower and coming off an injury, and at 36 is nearing the end. Meanwhile 27 year old Sam Darnold has inherited KOC and Jettas, and all of a sudden looks like a top 3 pick and is throwing an 80% completion rate.
Yeah....thanks for the laugh! You don't beat out a first round draft pick if you're not already elevated in the first place. Even in Washington, McVay said that Kirk could win a championship. Again, he's not gonna say that if Kirk was just so-so.
Kirk is improving every year as he gets older....top 10 performance in 2022 and then a top 5 performance in 2023. Check his stats sometime.
Kirk has been making his receivers look good for years. He's had two 1000 yard receivers in Washington and had two 1000 yard receivers for multiple years in Minnesota. And after Jefferson got hurt, he turned Addison into an immediate starter as he would have easily had a 1000+ yards had Kirk not gotten hurt.
Get real...Darnold is Keenum 2.0. His receivers make him look better than he actually is. The Vikings played the Giants who are not very good. Remember when everyone thought that Dobbs was the real deal??
Cousins is the best in football - best business man.
😮 On That first Int you should of pointed out that he was getting hit right before or same time as he threw the pass ?? 😮😮
Do the entire video focusing on the worthless o line
This is nothing new as a Viking fan. Kirk is just being Kirk. This is what he what he was like for six seasons with the Vikings - mediocre at best. He will play well against bad teams play and get beat up by good teams. Then you will get a laundry list of excuses why Kirk is not in a position to succeed.
there was a fumble that counted
For Kirky to be better, he needs to practice more with the oline and receivers.👍
also practice against the starting defense. Which he didn't do this summer.
The big question is if Cousins has more outings like this, how long does Raheem Morris stick with him? After yesterday it's a very real possibility that Atlanta could start off 0-3 since they have Philly and KC in their next two games. My guess is if it's 0-3 or 0-4 they make the switch to Penix, and this will be remembered as probably the worst free agent signing in pro sports history.
It's funny because Cleveland is saying the same thing right now and neither are bad players. You just paid way too f***** much
The sacks might not be his fault but the fumbles certainly are
I keep telling these folks we need a wr.. London a #2 receiver
The Media Sucked the Falcons all week........Looks like they were wrong again....🟡🔴🔵Here We Go
This was all Steelers defense. Cousins and the falcons will be ok. They went up against a healthy, arguably the best defense in the NFL. He will be much better next week
Here’s the thing, clearly not healthy. Pressure rattled him, and unlike in Minnesota where he knew the offense and familiarity built up, he doesn’t have that as engrained here. His hot routes/checkdowns aren’t second nature to him yet. Add to that how annoying it is that Atlanta hid all of this stuff with just how healthy and viable it is to have him play QB by not having proper training camp reporting and it being closed off to the public and all this is surprising. But not really once you except he’s a nearly 40 year old QB who just had a major injury and who is in a new offense with new players he’s gotta build chemistry with. 2nd half of the game everyone knew if it was a run or pass play just by how Kirk was taking the ball. This was a disaster and I kinda feel for him because honestly he should not be playing.
It looked like the men against the boys😂
Kirk should take the sack and not force the ball. I’ll rather have 2nd and 15 than you throwing a pick!
kirk is clearly still injured
He has to be hurt. I watched all the plays in this video and every single one of them instead of moving away from the pass rush he just stands there and prays they dont hit him. Almost every bad pass is a result of not taking 1 or 2 steps left or right then setting and passing... he just stands there like a tackling dummy then heaves it up with a pass rusher in his face every single time
180 mil to play like Ridder..not bad.
No offensive line just like when he was on the Vikings
No protection
before season started ❗️
all that hype ......😶.....
He’s a statue so he must throw the ball within 3 seconds. He will continually be ineffective in these “big games.”
FYI.....per PFF, he's one of the best at play action, rollouts and bootlegs.
Per Wikipedia...."A bootleg is called to confuse the defense, by moving the quarterback away from where they expect him to be, directly behind the center. The play is typically used by teams with mobile quarterbacks."
You're welcome for clearing that up.
@@Paula-mv8im How did he do in those categories Sunday?
Kirk will get rolling closer to kirktober , relax
Kirk Cousins look like a worst version of Ridder without the Athleticism. Several time the pocket collapsed even Steven Wonder could see it coming and what did Kirk do ? Nothing, Did not roll out, shift in the pocket, nothing.
i feel for ya iam in minny and i told my brothers when we got cousins WE WILL NEVER EVEN SEE THE NFC CHAMPIONSIP GM MUCH LESS THE SB same in dallas with presscott neither one shows up in big games
Guy going in motion gets hit with football by the center seen this multiple times in college already and now in the pro's
I think Kirks folding under pressure think about it he gets paid a lot of money cause we desperately needed a consistent experienced QB so that gives him to much credit he has never been under the spotlight like he has been since signing contract so all off-season he's been prepping like he's an Aaron Rodgers type of player and status then he's not connecting with the offense nor players first game is in Mercedes Benz Stadium It's Loud a Hype Atmosphere plus against Steelers A lot of pressure this Season for a rebuilt talented team then you have TJ Watt a beast at edge rusher one of the best if not the best breathing down your back trying to retear your Achilles, boom he folds we lose!
Hire Arthur Smith! 💀
BLANK STEP OUT OF Atlanta you are the worst owner in professional sports
🏈 Latest demented move paying Cousins 180 mill a third string old QB and then you waste a first round pick on a at best a back up QB
You don’t need to be involved at all
Although the new lockeroom looks nice
your smoking if you think penix is bad. Lay off the crack.
I agree except the Penix part remains to be seen. Hiring Morris was one of the biggest mistakes he has made since Bobby Petrino. Maybe we will get lucky and Morris will bail after 7 or 8 games like Patrino did. Awful hire, just awful
@@TheBigFalcon no crack here ! Penix will never develop with the falcons like Bret Farve he may be able to develop elsewhere Falcons are a well documented loosing organization
The problem is Jefferson and Addison always win 1 on1s Falcons weapons aren’t as talented
This team is trash they built us up to buy season tickets only to be a 7-10 team again
COUSINS OVERRATED THROWS INTERCEPTIONS HE IS WHO I THOUGHT HE WAS AND IS
Drake was open? First play u did!
TJ WATT.
That's what happened.
It was one of the worst offensive line performances I’ve ever seen in my life. Yeah blame cousins lol.
I don't understand why you bring in one of the all-time great play action QBs and then run ZERO play action plays
Are Atlanta's coaches stupid or?
Kirk is garbage 🗑️
They got their but handed to them😂
Tha Oline was azz.. a lot of those plays didn’t have time to develop.
Stillers Football
Falcons won't play a pass rush quite like the Steelers again until the play offs.
Jalen Carter and the Eagles next week
Playoffs ??
@@maccmars8903 NFC South ain't so bad
@@eastsidethali6914 better run defenders but a lesser pass rush.
Hate to break it to you, but Kirk never does well in Philly. And that Eagles team and crowd will be amped.
Hes doubg what he always has done sucked
You know nothing about breaking down film😂😂😂😂 go watch kurt warner breakdown & try it again
Kirk on the Vikings - Hated endlessly by everyone. They all blame him for all the teams failure
Kirk leaves the Vikings - Kirk super hyped up endlessly and when he plays like he did week 1 -> It’s not Kirk’s fault…..
HILARIOUS.
I’m a bucs fan and I see this sentiment as well, I would much rather have Fields or Baker as my qb than Kirk… like what? He sucked then and he sucks now. Fields at least put up fantasy football numbers lol
Jus rusty for Kirk , he played scared, Kaleb mcgary played like shi , Kirk has to not pannick when he doesn't see his first option , he should've played preseason at least one drive ,
Truth is he won't see a pass rush like this until the playoffs maybe 🤔
Kaleb is terrible against speed rushers, so this was an obvious situation. Biggest issue was having him go 1v1 the entire game instead of adding a TE to help him out.
I thought nobody could stop this offense? 🥱