Kirk Cousins doesn’t have to fret in regards to the bench in the interim.
On Sunday, NFL Community’s Ian Rapoport reported that Cousins, regardless of his latest struggles, received’t be benched for rookie Michael Penix Jr.
“They do believe he will bounce back, they believe he’ll be resilient,” Rapoport stated of the Falcons. “They want to rally around Cousins.”
In his final three begins, Cousins has didn’t throw a landing move, and as a substitute threw six interceptions to just about match his whole of seven from the earlier 9 weeks mixed.
It marks the coldest skid within the 36-year-old’s 13-year NFL profession.
The skid isn’t one thing the Falcons envisioned when signing Cousins to a four-year, $180 million contract together with a $50 million signing bonus from the Vikings.
In six of his seasons in Minnesota, Cousins led the crew to 3 profitable seasons, together with two playoff appearances in 2019 and 2022.
Cousins can be the primary participant with 100 or extra move makes an attempt, zero move touchdowns, at the very least six interceptions, and at the very least one pick-six throughout three video games since Brett Favre endured an analogous skid in Week 14 via Week 16 whereas with the Packers in 2005.
The lefty Penix, who was chosen No. 8 total within the 2024 NFL Draft out of Washington, has performed in two of the Falcons’ blowout losses this yr — to the Broncos and Seahawks.
Throughout the 2 video games of 9 collective snaps, he has accomplished 3 of 5 move makes an attempt for 38 yards, together with three first downs, however zero touchdowns and interceptions.
The shortcomings of Cousins have value Atlanta to slide to a .500 report (6-6) to take a seat tied atop of the NFC South with the Buccaneers.
