They have weapons though. Drake London and Darnell Mooney both have over 900 yards and 5 plus tds and Bijan Robinson has the 3rd most scrimmage yards in the NFL with 1,100 rushing and almost 500 receiving. They also have 6 players over 500 yards which is most in the NFL
I think it's more of the offensive weapons carrying them (Kirk and Sam) more so than the scheme... The scheme helps, but having JJ, Addison, Diggs, AT, Hock, etc. makes mediocre QBs look pretty good.
@@swimclub2829 exactly 🔥 which is why all the people who want to re-sign Darnold to some massive contract are outta their minds. This is 99% KOC and company, and the offensive talent. Which is why JJ will be starting next year, he can easily replicate this.
Cousins performed well in WASHINGTON, he was a pretty darn good QB. I don't feel like he was ever worth what he was paid, but he wasn't terrible - he won a lot of games, had some last-minute heroics and dramatic wins, but he fell short in the playoffs. Now Cousins is simply 36yrs old + an Achilles survivor. He reminds me of Philip Rivers or Matt Ryan, "past his sell-by date".
I don't think what Darnold has accomplished this season is just because of coaching. Coaching certainly plays a big part, but at some point the QB either has nor doesn't have the talent to make the plays. Darnold has it.
It doesn’t matter that Cousins was playing great with KOC. His condition was an unknown and I don’t think anybody had evaluated him post-achilles surgery. The Falcons shouldn’t have been so quick to offer him that kind of money without kicking the tires and slapping the roof. The Falcons were all too ready to throw money at him and ask questions later. They were desperate for a solid veteran who was top 5-10 in many metrics before his injury. I think once they did evaluate things, they had no choice but to go behind his back and draft Penix after telling him that he was their guy for the foreseeable future. The KOC version of Cousins didn’t dupe the Falcons organization. The Falcons organization duped itself.
Agree on your last sentence...and btw Kirk wasn't "playing great with...". "top 5-10 in many metrics" doesn't mean anything, if you can't lead a team and no one follows but sure, top1 in the no value for money ratio aka overpaid underachiever category helps your family for generations to come. I respect that!
@klausdaus8010 I agree he isn’t known for winning in the postseason or making the best decisions, but what you say doesn’t matter either. The point I was making was, that he had the stats to back up that he was “good enough” for a team desperate for a “good enough” kind of guy. If he turned out to play like he did before his injury, he would be leaps and bounds better than the Ridders, Mariotas or Heinekes that the Falcons were going with year after year. They still should have evaluated him before making that offer regardless of whether he was as good as his stats said or not. You’re right, though, his best stat to date is fleecing teams for as much money as possible.
When kirk does amazing we say hes a pro and a veteran and seen it all. When in reality be doesnt even read defenses like majority of the qbs and O coordinators do in their system. Then when darnold finally gets a coach who belongs in yhe nfl and balls out, now its all KOC. But none of yall were saying it was all KOC when kirk balled. This is beyond infuriating. Darnold is 12-2 with KOC hes like 16-33 with everyone else. Kirk is like 20-8 or something with KOC everywhere else he is .500 Dobbs is 1-9 with eveyone else. But 2-2 with KOC. Stop pretending like kirk can do anytbing but collect a paycheck. The only way he could win at this point, is joining a stacked run heavy team, taking a team friendly deal, and hoping they can carry him like peyton in his last SB. Not only has kirk been benched because its clear the game has passed him by while he is taking his tuesdays off, but he also has expressed that he doesnt know how to fix it since he has lost what little confidence he had
I dont think they got duped by this...... Cousins was on an absolute tear last year, and its clear hes not even the same player. Nothing to do with oconnel considering he now cannot move and literally cant get the same juice on the ball. Oconnel is GREAT but kirks regression has less to do with that, and more to do with the body.
How much does it have to do with throwing to Justin Jefferson vs Darnell M. Or Drake London? How much does it have to do with being 2 years younger and being healthier?
@@shawnjohnson9763 Ehhhh. their running backs are better, and they have 2 great WR's. Not as good as JJ, but as a duo, you cant ask for a ton better. Kirk just dont have it anymore. The throw velocity alone is evident. Kevin aint making him throw harder.
I don't even give the Falcons that credit. Kirk Cousins was in the league twelve years before becoming a Falcon. He's been a starter for nine of those years. In that time he's only managed three winning seasons, started a total of four playoff games (1 - 4 record) and hasn't seen a conference championship or Super Bowl except as a spectator. like the rest of us.
It happens. Quarterbacks get old in the same season they start. Aaron Rodgers is cooked. Brett Favre, Big Ben and Brad Johnson couldn't even throw a 10 yard pass anymore when they hung them up. True!
I don’t watch all the falcons games but it sounds like they don’t use Cousins like the Vikings did. Not enough Play-action passes. I am not sure if the O-line in Atlanta is as good as the Vikings. It does appear to me that Cousins isn’t as mobile since the Achilles injury. KOC is great at identifying the QBs strengths and designing a playbook around them.
He won NFC offensive player of the week twice in the first half of the season. He didn’t forget how to play. I think he’s hurt. As a Falcons fan I hope we don’t cut him. Let him get another year ahead of the Achilles injury and see if there is some trade value. If Penix isn’t ready you open up the competition between them next year. Zero chance I would cut him just to do him a favor.
If I were the Falcons, I would just hang onto him until at least close to training camp. Just see where the ankle is. I can't imagine cutting him, eating all that cap hit, and then having to pay another QB to be the backup, then find out that once his ankle healed more, he turned out to be good for someone else. At the very least, if Penix is rolling and Cousins looks closer to normal, you'll get better trade compensation back. At worst, you have an expensive backup, but you're paying almost all that money anyway.
You have the right idea but totally in reverse. Cousins has put up Hall of Fame numbers in Washington, under Zimmer and for a rookie head coach in O'Connell before he was a great coach. Coaching and more specifically offensive play calling and play design are the problems in Atlanta. I know you have always hated Cousins but I don't know why. If you have any question in your mind that Cousins has put up Hall of Fame numbers I would be glad to enlighten you. He actually had one of his worst two seasons as a starter under O'Connell when the Vikings went 13-4. The previous 2 years Cousins led 17 4th quarter comebacks but the defense blew 10 of those leads at the end of the 4th quarter or both those teams would have been approximately 13-4. All 3 of those years the defense was near the bottom of the league as was the offensive line. Cousins was very gracious as always in his first press conference after the change but did say one thing that made me very hopeful about his future, When asked about whether he thought he would be a starting quarterback in the NFL next season Kirk responded "I have not forgotten how to play quarterback". It is all about the offensive coordinator. If he calls some play action passes and throws occasionally on the early downs Penix will have a chance. But if he calls plays the way he has for Cousins, Penix is also doomed.
Kirk Cousins was every bit as good under Zimmer, his first 4 seasons in Minnesota as he did his last 2 under O’Connell. That is a pretty bizarre claim. Cousins also put up numbers before Jefferson, when Dalvin Cook was 2nd on the team in targets behind only Diggs.
Cousins didn’t dupe anyone. He played at a high level before koc was in mn. The dude is coming off a major injury and is getting very old for an nfl player. Look no further than that. The falcons were foolish to give such a contract to a player in that circumstance.
I thought Cousins did fine if you gave him the time! If pinched for time his mobility and ball security hurts the team. Vikings had some offensive lines that weren't that great at protection too. The one year Sam Bradford played he took a beating like no other, but that young man had an arm and could throw bullets. Shame his knees were so bad.
Mr. Florio, Kirk Cousins was never "coached up" - wtf are you talking? Have you watched his career? Kirk is what he is. Always was, always will be. Just a dumb take to put this on KOC or my Vikings. We really suffered enough for Rick's stupidity. Twice. I'll not let you hold my team accountable for another team's stupidity.
Hahaha this is BS.. did it occur to any of you guys that Kevin O is good, but perhaps the other coaches Darnold were with sucked? Come on... Darnold clearly has physical skill and was just in the wrong system... Vikes system works for him. Darnold is clearly better physically... It is what it is..
Might be cause falcons don’t have jj, Addison , hokenson!
They have weapons though. Drake London and Darnell Mooney both have over 900 yards and 5 plus tds and Bijan Robinson has the 3rd most scrimmage yards in the NFL with 1,100 rushing and almost 500 receiving. They also have 6 players over 500 yards which is most in the NFL
Exactly, is it Kevin O'Connell or is it because he is throwing to the best receiver in the game right now?
I mean, Kirk is in his mid-30s and had a major injury to his Achilles last season. He's just cooked, that has nothing to do with sam
I think it's more of the offensive weapons carrying them (Kirk and Sam) more so than the scheme... The scheme helps, but having JJ, Addison, Diggs, AT, Hock, etc. makes mediocre QBs look pretty good.
A guy been trash every where but now all of a sudden he figured it out it was the scheme 9/10
@@swimclub2829 exactly 🔥 which is why all the people who want to re-sign Darnold to some massive contract are outta their minds. This is 99% KOC and company, and the offensive talent. Which is why JJ will be starting next year, he can easily replicate this.
A good O line and great receivers will take you a long way.
Cousins has the best agent by far. He also duped the Vikings!
Why is it so hard for people to understand that people can work hard and get better in professional sports?
I like how they conveniently left Justin Jefferson out of this analysis😅.
Cousins performed well in WASHINGTON, he was a pretty darn good QB. I don't feel like he was ever worth what he was paid, but he wasn't terrible - he won a lot of games, had some last-minute heroics and dramatic wins, but he fell short in the playoffs. Now Cousins is simply 36yrs old + an Achilles survivor. He reminds me of Philip Rivers or Matt Ryan, "past his sell-by date".
I don't think what Darnold has accomplished this season is just because of coaching. Coaching certainly plays a big part, but at some point the QB either has nor doesn't have the talent to make the plays. Darnold has it.
50% coaching, 48% offensive talent, 2% Darnold. He’s played well, but easily half of the QBs in the league could put up his stats on this team.
Between age, injury, and not running any play action, of course he was going to decline.
It doesn’t matter that Cousins was playing great with KOC. His condition was an unknown and I don’t think anybody had evaluated him post-achilles surgery. The Falcons shouldn’t have been so quick to offer him that kind of money without kicking the tires and slapping the roof. The Falcons were all too ready to throw money at him and ask questions later. They were desperate for a solid veteran who was top 5-10 in many metrics before his injury. I think once they did evaluate things, they had no choice but to go behind his back and draft Penix after telling him that he was their guy for the foreseeable future. The KOC version of Cousins didn’t dupe the Falcons organization. The Falcons organization duped itself.
Agree on your last sentence...and btw Kirk wasn't "playing great with...". "top 5-10 in many metrics" doesn't mean anything, if you can't lead a team and no one follows but sure, top1 in the no value for money ratio aka overpaid underachiever category helps your family for generations to come. I respect that!
@klausdaus8010 I agree he isn’t known for winning in the postseason or making the best decisions, but what you say doesn’t matter either. The point I was making was, that he had the stats to back up that he was “good enough” for a team desperate for a “good enough” kind of guy. If he turned out to play like he did before his injury, he would be leaps and bounds better than the Ridders, Mariotas or Heinekes that the Falcons were going with year after year. They still should have evaluated him before making that offer regardless of whether he was as good as his stats said or not. You’re right, though, his best stat to date is fleecing teams for as much money as possible.
When kirk does amazing we say hes a pro and a veteran and seen it all. When in reality be doesnt even read defenses like majority of the qbs and O coordinators do in their system. Then when darnold finally gets a coach who belongs in yhe nfl and balls out, now its all KOC. But none of yall were saying it was all KOC when kirk balled. This is beyond infuriating. Darnold is 12-2 with KOC hes like 16-33 with everyone else. Kirk is like 20-8 or something with KOC everywhere else he is .500
Dobbs is 1-9 with eveyone else. But 2-2 with KOC. Stop pretending like kirk can do anytbing but collect a paycheck. The only way he could win at this point, is joining a stacked run heavy team, taking a team friendly deal, and hoping they can carry him like peyton in his last SB. Not only has kirk been benched because its clear the game has passed him by while he is taking his tuesdays off, but he also has expressed that he doesnt know how to fix it since he has lost what little confidence he had
You're right, the Vikings made Kirk "look" good and not the other way around.
I dont think they got duped by this...... Cousins was on an absolute tear last year, and its clear hes not even the same player. Nothing to do with oconnel considering he now cannot move and literally cant get the same juice on the ball. Oconnel is GREAT but kirks regression has less to do with that, and more to do with the body.
Every Simms reply to Florio in every video is, "yeah, definitely, but also the other side, but also you."
How much does it have to do with throwing to Justin Jefferson vs Darnell M. Or Drake London? How much does it have to do with being 2 years younger and being healthier?
Darnold is nine years younger.
the falcons offense has just as much weaponry.... kirk is just not the same. The eye test can tell you that.
@abyxis Yeah, Kirk is not the same. But the Falcons don't have as good of weapons as the Vikings.
@@shawnjohnson9763 Ehhhh. their running backs are better, and they have 2 great WR's. Not as good as JJ, but as a duo, you cant ask for a ton better. Kirk just dont have it anymore. The throw velocity alone is evident. Kevin aint making him throw harder.
Florio is loving this
Falcons were concerned about cousins, so they picked Penix early in draft.
If ATL was concerned with Cousins, why did they signed the $180 million contract with $100 million guaranteed?
I don't even give the Falcons that credit. Kirk Cousins was in the league twelve years before becoming a Falcon. He's been a starter for nine of those years. In that time he's only managed three winning seasons, started a total of four playoff games (1 - 4 record) and hasn't seen a conference championship or Super Bowl except as a spectator. like the rest of us.
It happens. Quarterbacks get old in the same season they start. Aaron Rodgers is cooked. Brett Favre, Big Ben and Brad Johnson couldn't even throw a 10 yard pass anymore when they hung them up. True!
I don’t watch all the falcons games but it sounds like they don’t use Cousins like the Vikings did. Not enough Play-action passes. I am not sure if the O-line in Atlanta is as good as the Vikings. It does appear to me that Cousins isn’t as mobile since the Achilles injury. KOC is great at identifying the QBs strengths and designing a playbook around them.
He won NFC offensive player of the week twice in the first half of the season. He didn’t forget how to play. I think he’s hurt. As a Falcons fan I hope we don’t cut him. Let him get another year ahead of the Achilles injury and see if there is some trade value. If Penix isn’t ready you open up the competition between them next year. Zero chance I would cut him just to do him a favor.
If Penix not ready you might as well tank and get arch manning they already wasted a season letting Kirk play bc he a nice guy
@@swimclub2829 This makes so little sense.... you dont want 2 rookies to develop. Unless Penix is a trey lance level mess he will get time.
If I were the Falcons, I would just hang onto him until at least close to training camp. Just see where the ankle is. I can't imagine cutting him, eating all that cap hit, and then having to pay another QB to be the backup, then find out that once his ankle healed more, he turned out to be good for someone else. At the very least, if Penix is rolling and Cousins looks closer to normal, you'll get better trade compensation back. At worst, you have an expensive backup, but you're paying almost all that money anyway.
@ To me, I thought they would roll cousins this year at least, but I guess they feel he isn’t going to bounce back.
The key is the difference in offensive concept. The Falcons offense doesn't suit Cousins... 🤷♂️🤯
You have the right idea but totally in reverse. Cousins has put up Hall of Fame numbers in Washington, under Zimmer and for a rookie head coach in O'Connell before he was a great coach. Coaching and more specifically offensive play calling and play design are the problems in Atlanta. I know you have always hated Cousins but I don't know why. If you have any question in your mind that Cousins has put up Hall of Fame numbers I would be glad to enlighten you.
He actually had one of his worst two seasons as a starter under O'Connell when the Vikings went 13-4. The previous 2 years Cousins led 17 4th quarter comebacks but the defense blew 10 of those leads at the end of the 4th quarter or both those teams would have been approximately 13-4. All 3 of those years the defense was near the bottom of the league as was the offensive line.
Cousins was very gracious as always in his first press conference after the change but did say one thing that made me very hopeful about his future, When asked about whether he thought he would be a starting quarterback in the NFL next season Kirk responded "I have not forgotten how to play quarterback". It is all about the offensive coordinator. If he calls some play action passes and throws occasionally on the early downs Penix will have a chance. But if he calls plays the way he has for Cousins, Penix is also doomed.
Should be a warning to teams not to pay the super high amount to the QB
My Seahawks may be a bit of a mess on offense, but at least they don't got this millstone around their neck.
Kirk Cousins was every bit as good under Zimmer, his first 4 seasons in Minnesota as he did his last 2 under O’Connell. That is a pretty bizarre claim. Cousins also put up numbers before Jefferson, when Dalvin Cook was 2nd on the team in targets behind only Diggs.
Let’s not forget who cousins was throwing to… those long range launches were caught by the best receiver in football #18
drake london and mooney aren’t chumps
Cousins didn’t dupe anyone. He played at a high level before koc was in mn. The dude is coming off a major injury and is getting very old for an nfl player. Look no further than that. The falcons were foolish to give such a contract to a player in that circumstance.
I thought Cousins did fine if you gave him the time! If pinched for time his mobility and ball security hurts the team. Vikings had some offensive lines that weren't that great at protection too. The one year Sam Bradford played he took a beating like no other, but that young man had an arm and could throw bullets. Shame his knees were so bad.
Mr. Florio, Kirk Cousins was never "coached up" - wtf are you talking? Have you watched his career? Kirk is what he is. Always was, always will be. Just a dumb take to put this on KOC or my Vikings. We really suffered enough for Rick's stupidity. Twice. I'll not let you hold my team accountable for another team's stupidity.
Falcons didn’t get duped. He’s just not the same after his injury and shouldn’t have been given a long term deal.
No. Their GM doesn't know what he is doing. The owner should have never agreed to that contract.
So Kevin O'Connell is the league's Tony Robbins.
Sam Darnold is going to the Niners. They won’t pay Purdue to get Darnold.
Maybe stop paying filet for frank
The Raiders. They'll chase anything that moves.
I work with a guy like that.
Kirk was as good to better prior to KOC. He simply got old. Sorry.
Was he really good he took over a team that made the nfccg and missed the playoffs
@@swimclub2829 Yes. Wins are a team stat.
Hahaha this is BS.. did it occur to any of you guys that Kevin O is good, but perhaps the other coaches Darnold were with sucked? Come on... Darnold clearly has physical skill and was just in the wrong system... Vikes system works for him. Darnold is clearly better physically... It is what it is..
Kirk falling flat hurts Sam Darnold?
Isn't Florio best buds with cousins? Turn in your vikings jersey Florio, we don't want you
It ain’t KOC. Give me a break.
Vikes Daddy Kirk was better with Zimmer smh.. Like.... KOC lost to the practice squad backup on his roster... lmfao
And you're still here crying, waiting for a Vikes loss 🤣🤣
All the sudden Michael PenixJr. pick makes sense.