Locked on Falcons POSTCAST: Let’s Talk About Kirk Cousins

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1. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

2. There is not "I" Team. The whole team need help. I am a Falcons fan. I don't see a team who wants to play.

3. they are paying him too much money to bench him it's not just a game it is also a business they should give Pinix a shot what's it gonna hurt they are more worried about the money they are paying Kirk and not so much the wins and loses.

4. Kirk is garbage!

5. What in the world is arron talking about?
   Kirk, sorry as two left shoes,

6. Soooooo much respect to you guys i am a Viking lol but i love the way you guys broke this down with no hate or just blaming one person I wish SKOL nation was like this much respect 🙌🏽

7. Penalties,miscommunication, lack of execution….added all up it sounds like the players are not prepared…COACHING IS THE PROBLEM!

8. Cousins never won anything and never will

9. Don’t put Penix in till after we play y’all

10. Vikings fan here. This type of postgame discussion is exactly what I was used to for 6 years. Lots of talent, just can’t seem to get to that next level, plays down to bad teams, etc. I have no problem with Falcons fans at all, sorry yall are having the same experience. Penix is gonna be a stud, you’ll be alright

11. Falcons 6-7 under Kirk. Why are you surprised? He is a career .500 qb.

12. Kirk is washed. He had some success but the bad out ways the good. 4 weeks in a row. No touchdowns. 8 interceptions.

13. Man…I promise yall go too hard on Kirk…as if the other team’s defense wasn’t shutting us down. Our own defense collapsed. Regardless of Kirk’s performance, we suck on defense…simple as that!

14. Kirk came back too early cuz he was scared of losing his job.
    He's NOT your savior! He's the ultimate MEH QB!
    We warned you in March- Vikings Fans

15. As a Vikings fan watching Kirk play this Sunday, it was obvious he's lost a lot of zip on the ball. Even in his lowest low in Minnesota he was never as bad as he has been for you guys these past few games.

16. The best part of the game was when they showed the Vikings fan with a, “we will never forget you, Kurt,” shirt.😂😂😂

17. This is what I saw: The D-line got after Darnold, and when he scrambled, the back end let us down. The offense failed to capitalize on scoring opportunities. The announcer said, "You're not going to beat them with field goals!" The QB and OC have to be better. We were right there with the Vikings until Kirk threw that pick. His play is costing us games, but collectively, all units need to improve. We still got this! RISEUP!!!! 🙌🏈

18. I agree with Aaron. The expectations of this team were too high by our fan base. This is the facts, first time offensive play caller, first time defensive play caller, new quarterback coming off an Achilles, playing in a new offense with new players, new head coach. For those who is expecting super bowl in 2024 pretty misguided. This is a team that's just trying to make the playoffs. Their super bowl run is in 2025.

    With Dan Quinn first year, we where 5 and 0 then ended the season 8 and 8 and missed the playoffs. Then went to the super bowl the following year. And he didn't have all of the new things going on, like first time play calls, and a quarterback in the system for his first year. This is what normal growth looks like. Too many times we see teams have immediate success and feel that is the norm it is not.

    When it comes to Kirk I'm like this. We finish 7 and 10 again, he either competes for his job next year, or gets traded. But if we have a winning record but we don't make the playoffs he is on a Russell Wilson short leash for 2025. We make the playoffs and all of this goes away.

    Now with all the newness I just mentioned, You put in Penix, you have no idea what you're going to get and you're still going to have the same issues that are many and also not related to the quarterback. Plus he is Left-Handed which means different types of protections, and the receiving core having to adjust to the spin of a left-handed quarterback. Which will be now additional issues. The only way Penix sees the field is if we're out of playoff contention. Period. And by the way that is the smartest thing to do. For quarterback flipping, which is normally unsuccessful, costs people their jobs.

    The only challenging team left right now is the Commanders. And to me Penix does not give you a better chance to win that game. Cuz again there are too many other issues here than just the quarterback.

    If we go to Penix let him have a full off-season where he is working with the ones. In regards to coaching keep the coaching staff get rid of the players that are not pulling their weight. You can't keep changing coaches at some point in time you have to start looking at The players.

19. You realize Jordan Addison is a wr one on most teams? Best combo in the league.

20. Come on Aaron. There was a camera shot of Kirk throwing the ball and he looked like he was in pain. Like it was a struggle to throw the ball. He was a $100m dollar mistake!

21. At least ATL only fully guaranteed 2 years instead of all 4 🤷‍♂️
    Kirk is king of empty stats. Gotta give Penix a look to see if he is the future or if the reboot will take more time

22. ROFL….sorry, not sorry, Kirko chains is our 1998 revenge.

23. Vikings fan here, THANK YOU GUYS FOR PAYING KIRK. We’re so lucky as Vikings fans to have 3 more years of rookie scale contract JJ McCarthy and not paying Kirk 45 million to the salary cap!!

24. The falcons at the end of the day are the falcons.

25. Edit: Kirk has a Hall of Fame Agent.
    Aaron sounds like a typical Kirk Crusader. I am a Vikings Fan. And crusaders have ALWAYS found excuses for him. The amount of money you're spending on mediocrity is insanity. Imagine you didn't pick up Kirk, and drafted Penix. All that extra money could've been used to sign players to elevate your team as a whole. But nah. Falcons put ALL their eggs in one basket. This has been Kirk's MO! Make money first, which is fair. But he sees this as just a job. He doesn't play it for the love of it or he won't make sacrifices to win. He's done it to Washington, Minnesota, and now Atlanta! He is a garbage time warrior. He makes himself look like a fixer, but he is not. 1 play off win in Minnesota. That's it! For how much money he sucks up that isn't great.

26. Kirk can't make the plays anymore and it's clear as day now; it's like you have to keep adjusting the playbook to accommodate him, but you are only hurting the team and literally getting nothing in return.

27. I think the falcons may get lucky.. To be in the hunt ..At the end of the season now… I see them maybe winning one more game…

28. Man what's with all the Viking trolls. Damn.

29. Kirk wasn’t a problem ? Aaron bruh … you’re awful

30. Aaron he three 2 INT and no TD it’s not his fault ? Lol

31. Another Vikings fan here to thank Atlanta for taking Kurt.

    It's never Kurt's fault 🤣

    We don't miss him 💜

32. The Defense sucks, especially the secondary.

33. Aaron “smartest man in the room” Freeman, at it again …. What a joke

34. Raheem is not a nfl head coach. I doubt birds win another game. This team has tanked and he shares the blame.

35. I agree with Aaron!!! Kirk played better, not good but better. It was everything else that was a bigger factor in this loss.

36. $100 Million veteran QB should make better decisions when it comes to protecting the football

37. Kirk has no arm left and he can't run.

38. Can i be paid 180 million to throw interception? Please 😆

39. As a vikes fan…HAHAHAHAHAHAH

40. This is what happens when yall have second lines in NoLA!!😅😊😂🎉

41. Glad we moved on from Cousins. He gave us some good moments but ceiling was low in the long run.

42. I gotta say theres a lot of blame to go around but at the end of the day the great teams. Bills, Chiefs, Chargers, Steelers, Texans, rams, 49ers, lions, vikings, packers all have great coaches the only exception being the eagles who I think have one of the most loaded rosters of all time on offense. Most of those teams have younger QBs who they are making a future for besides Stafford who has a cannon for an arm still and Wilson whos a game manager at this point since they are a defensive power house. We need to start all over with a young up and coming stud coach not a recycled one who has never even been a top coordinator let alone HC. This off season they need to try and trade kirk, get a new coaching staff with veteran coordinators and a innovative young HC. Penix is the future but where punting our future down the road at least 4 more years riding out this sinking ship

43. Failcons 😂

44. Cousins is second in the entire NFL in passing yards. Fire the defensive coordinator

45. I think Zac R does listen to Locked on Falcons cause Aaron definitely been preaching about switching it up