Kirk Cousins’ ‘mastery’ leads Falcons in comeback over Buccaneers | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

Kirk Cousins’ ‘mastery’ leads Falcons in comeback over Buccaneers | Pro Football Talk | NFL on NBC

ANYBODY SAW THAT 1 COMING, I DID NOTICE THE FALCONS SOCIAL MEDIA TEAM TAKING THE VICTORY LAP BECAUSE EVERYBODY PICKED THE BUCCANEERS TO WIN AND THE FALCONS WON. WELL, HERE’S WHY THAT HAPPENED FALCONS? BECAUSE BEFORE LAST NIGHT, YOUR TEAM STUNK. SO WE JUST REACTED TO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN. YOU JUST LOST 37 TO 9 AT HOME TO THE SEAHAWKS. YOU DIDN’T SCORE A TOUCHDOWN, YOU’RE ELIMINATED FROM THE PLAYOFF POSITION. I HATE IT WHEN THESE SOCIAL MEDIA TEAMS DO THIS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE TEAMS STINKS, I’LL LET THEM ENJOY THEIR VICTORY LAP, BUT YOU CAN ENJOY YOUR VICTORY WITHOUT SAYING, HEY, LOOK, YOU RECOGNIZE THAT WE STINK AND YOU THOUGHT WE’D LOSE A GAME TO A TEAM THAT THAT IS STILL ALIVE FOR A PLAYOFF SPOT. LITTLE DID WE KNOW THAT TEAMS? STUNK SO YOU BOTH STINK? THAT’S THE BOTTOM LINE. GOOD MORNING. MICHAEL HAWLEY. IT’S BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE’VE DONE THIS. WE HAD BLACK FRIDAY AND THEN WE HAD A DIFFERENT KIND OF BLACK FRIDAY, FOR ME. I GUESS IT WAS BROWN FRIDAY FOR ME LAST WEEK. AND THEN, AND THEN, AND NOW AGAIN. HELLO? IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU. SO, UH, TO ANSWER THE QUESTION, I THINK THAT QUESTION IS ANSWERED, UH, SOME OF THE EMAILS YOU GOT SO YOU’RE NOT DEAD. IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU. MIKE FLORIO. I’VE BEEN WALKING AROUND HERE, UH PARAPHRASING, UH, TODD BS. THE LAST FEW WEEKS, SAY HEY, THIS IS MY EFFING LIVELYHOOD, THIS IS MY EFFING JOB. I WANT TO, I I BUILD MY DAY AROUND THIS, I WANT TO BE ON THE AIR. I WANT TO TALK TO FLORIO. I WANT TO TALK ABOUT FOOTBALL. SO YEAH, IT’S GOOD TO BE HERE AND YOU WERE RIGHT, THE TEAM SUCK. BUT THAT GAME LAST NIGHT DID NOT SUCK. ALTHOUGH MIKE. THROUGH THE FIRST HALF. I SAID, THIS IS GOING TO BE A DISASTER. THIS IS GOING TO BE A DISASTER FOR THE FALCONS. I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU RAHEEM MORRIS YOUR TEAM. IT’S IT’S THE GANG THAT CAN’T LINE UP STRAIGHT, WHAT’S GOING ON. BUT THAT, THAT WAS AN INCREDIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL GAME. YEAH, IT WAS FLAGFEST LAST NIGHT IN THE FIRST HALF AND REALLY INTO THE SECOND HALF. RIDICULOUS NUMBER OF PENALTIES, AND LOT OF PENALTIES. I HAVE FLASHBACKS TO JON GRUDEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THE PENALTIES AS IF THE OFFICIALS AREN’T SUPPOSED TO CALL THEM WHEN THEY OCCUR THE TEAMS HAVE AN OBLIGATION IF SOMEONE JUMPS BEFORE THE SNAP, YOU HAVE TO CALL THE PENALTY. AND THERE’S ENOUGH PENALTIES THAT AREN’T CALLED LIKE BLATANT HOLDING, I SAW MORE OF THEM LAST NIGHT, BUT IN ALL 23, TOTAL PENALTIES, 19 FOR THE FALCONS AND ONLY 4 FOR THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS AND THE FALCONS OVERCAME, THE 19 PENALTIES WITH 476 TOTAL YARDS OF OFFENSE, KIRK COUSINS, MASTERY OF THE BUCCANEERS CONTINUES. HE BEAT THEM ON A THURSDAY NIGHT LAST YEAR WITH A FRANCHISE RECORD, 509 PASSING YARDS AND A THRILLING OVERTIME. GAME 3630 WON THE REMATCH IN TAMPA 3126 AND NOW I THOUGHT THINGS HAD CHANGED, I THOUGHT KIRK COUSINS HAD LOST TO STEP. WELL JOKES ON US, WHEN YOU DON’T HAVE A STEP TO LOSE, YOU STILL GOT IT AND HE STILL HAS IT AND HE WAS THROWING SOME FAST BALLS LAST NIGHT. I MEAN, THERE WAS A HEATER HE THREW DOWN NEAR THE GOAL LINE AND THE RED ZONE WAS LIKE DAMN, HE FIRED THAT THING. SO KIRK COUSINS. GOT IT DONE. THE FALCONS. GOT TO GIVE IT DONE. I’LL GIVE THE FALCONS THE CREDIT THEY DESERVE BECAUSE THEY CHRIS, AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS YESTERDAY, MICHAEL, WHEN YOU GET TO THIS STAGE OF THE SEASON AND YOU’VE GOT TEAMS THAT AREN’T PLAYING FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN PRIDE AND PAYCHECKS, WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO GET? ARE THEY GOING TO PLAY HARD? ARE THEY GOING TO DO THE THINGS THEY NEED TO DO TO WIN THE GAME? ARE THEY GOING TO GET SWEPT UP IN THE MOMENT? ARE THEY GOING TO BE WATCHING THE CLOCK AND WAITING TO GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE TO START THEIR THEIR BRIEF PERIOD RELATIVE TO THE REST OF THE YEAR WHEN THEY JUST HAVE THEIR TIME TO DO, WHATEVER THEY WANT TO DO. BECAUSE THE WORK WORKOUT STARTS, THEY HAVE TO THE OLD DAYS WHERE YOU THROW THE CLEATS IN THE MUD ROOM. IN DECEMBER AND YOU PICK THEM UP IN AUGUST. NO, YOU’RE YOU’RE WORKING, YOU’RE WORKING, BUT YOU GET A LITTLE TIME. YOU GET A LITTLE TIME AND, YOU KNOW, MEDICATION OR WHATEVER OUR GUYS THINKING ABOUT THAT. WHAT ARE THEY THINKING ABOUT THE FACULTIES ARE THINKING ABOUT WINNING LAST NIGHT? I GOT TO GIVE THEM CREDIT. THEY WERE THINKING ABOUT WINNING MORE THAN THE BUCKS, THEY WANTED IT MORE THAN THE BUCKS EVEN THOUGH THE FALCONS WERE THE TEAM THAT HAD NOTHING TO PLAY FOR. THAT’S WHAT’S SO PUZZLING ABOUT WHERE THE BUCKS ARE TODAY, MIKE? THEY LOST, THEY, THEY’RE PLAYING FOR A DIVISION TITLE AND YOU CAN MAKE FUN OF THE DIVISION AND SAY IT SUCKS AND OKAY IT COMES DOWN TO THE BEFORE LAST NIGHT, THE 7 AND 6 BUCKS AND THE 7 AND 6 PANTHERS. BUT YOU GOT A PLAYOFF BERTH ON A ON THE LINE AND ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. WE KNOW THAT, ONCE YOU GET INTO THE POSTSEASON, THEY’RE PLAYING FOR THAT IN THE LAST 2 WEEKS, A, A SHORT LO LESS THAN A WEEK. THEY LOST TO THE SAINTS AT HOME, YOU LOSE TO THE SAINTS AND THEN YOU LOSE TO THE FALCONS AT HOME TEAMS THAT HAVE NOTHING TO PLAY FOR, AND YOU’VE GOT EVERYTHING ON THE LINE, AND YOU MENTIONED KIRK COUSINS, I JUST WANT TO POINT OUT THIS, THIS MIGHT MAKE RAHEEM MOORE’S. THINK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WELL, YOU KNOW, WAIT A MINUTE. I, I KNOW WE DRAFTED MICHAEL PENNIX IN THE FIRST ROUND AND HE’S OUR FUTURE. BUT IF WE HAD JUST FOCUSED ON COUSINS AS A GREAT DIVISIONAL QUARTERBACK, WE’D BE IN PRETTY GOOD SHAPE. YOU REALIZE THAT I THINK 3 GAMES, THE LAST 3 GAMES AGAINST THE BUCCANEERS NOT ONLY DOES VICTORIES? BUT HE’S THROWN FOR ALMOST 1,200 YARDS IN 3 IT’S 11. I THINK IT’S 11 TOUCHDOWNS AND 1,200 YARDS CLOSE TO IT. AGAINST THE FALCONS THAT’S JUST 1 OPPONENT. THAT’S A, IT’S A PRETTY IMPORTANT STAT AGAINST SOMEBODY IN YOUR DIVISION. SO, A NIGHTS LIKE LAST NIGHT YOU SAY, OH, IT WAS A SMART DECISION DESIGNED KIRK COUSINS TO ALL THAT MONEY AND TO HAVE A SITUATION WHERE YOU HAVE COUSINS AND PENNIX IN THE SAME QUARTERBACK ROOM. WELL, AND COUSINS WAS SPECTACULAR AGAIN. LAST NIGHT. IT WASN’T 509. IT WAS 373, 44, PASSES THROWN, 30 COMPLETIONS, 3, TOUCHDOWNS. NO PICKS A PASSER RATING OF 117, AND THERE’S A LOT WE CAN TALK ABOUT AND WE WILL. AND LOOK THIS IS 1 OF THOSE GAMES WHERE I’M TEMPTED TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE DYSFUNCTIONAL BUCKS. BUT I WANT TO GIVE THE FALCONS THEIR CREDIT. THIS MAY BE THE ONLY TIME WE TALK ABOUT THAT TEAM, THE REST OF THE YEAR UNLESS AND UNTIL THERE IS A CHANGING OF THE GUARD AT THE TOP OF THE ORGANIZATION AND WHO KNOWS AFTER LAST NIGHT, MAYBE RAHEEM MORRIS. GETS ANOTHER YEAR. MAYBE TERRY FONTENOT GETS ANOTHER YEAR, IT FELT LIKE IT WAS INCHING TOWARD AN INEVITABLE END BECAUSE OF THAT QUARTERBACK MESS FROM LAST YEAR. WHEN YOU GIVE KIRK COUSINS, A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS FULLY GUARANTEED AS A PRACTICAL MATTER. YOU’VE PAID HIM 90 MILLION AND YOU BARELY GOT ANYTHING OUT OF HIM. YOU BENCHED HIM LATE IN THE SEASON LAST YEAR BUT WITH MICHAEL PENDEX JUNIOR SUFFERING, THE TORN ACL COUSINS COMING IN AND GETTING A KIND OF WIN THAT JUST GIVES YOU BRAGGING RIGHTS, IT MAKES YOU FEEL GOOD. YOU WENT INTO A DIVISION RIVALS BUILDING ON A NIGHT WHEN THEY WERE CELEBRATING THE 50TH YEAR OF THE FRANCHISE, ALL OF THE FRANCHISE GREATS, AND CHRIS SIMS WERE BACK IN TAMPA, BAY LAST NIGHT FOR THE GAME. THE CREAMSICLE. HEY, I ALREADY SAID THAT TO HIM, SO I AND HE LAUGHED ABOUT IT. SO I’LL SAY IT AGAIN. IT’S ACTUALLY A GOOD LINE, BUT IT WAS IT, BUT IT WAS A BIG. IT WAS A BIG NIGHT. WELL, I SAID TO CHRIS YESTERDAY, IT WAS THE LEAST THEY COULD DO. THEY ALMOST KILLED HIM IN SEPTEMBER OF 2006. THE LEAST THEY COULD DO IS INVITE HIM BACK FOR THE BIG NIGHT WHEN THEY, YOU KNOW, COMMEMORATE 50 SEASONS OF TAMPA BAY MAKE ARTHUR BLANK, FEEL GOOD. IT’S GOT TO MAKE THE ORGANIZATION FEEL GOOD AND IT’S GOT TO IMPRESS ANYONE WHO’S IN A POSITION TO MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT THE TEAM THAT THEY SHOWED UP AND THEY PLAYED WHAT IT RELATES TO FOR COUSINS. I DON’T KNOW BECAUSE HE’S STILL DUE TO MAKE 45 MILLION NEXT YEAR. I CAN’T IMAGINE HIM BEING WITH THE THE FALCONS NEXT YEAR, UNLESS UNLESS WE ASSUME CONTRACT GETS TORN UP, THEY ARE TO HIM 10 MILLION. BUT, SUBJECT TO OFFSET. THE MARKET VERSUS WHATEVER THE FALCONS WOULD OFFER HIM ON A REDUCED DEAL. BUT THEN, LET’S NOT FORGET, HE’S THE MASTER OF FOOTBALL BUSINESS, HE’LL PROBABLY GET ANOTHER 100 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT SOMEWHERE NEXT YEAR. HE’S GOT IT IN YOU KNOW, HE DID THE FRANCHISE TAG DANCE IN WASHINGTON UP TO THE LIMIT AND IT WASN’T HIS CHOICE TO BE SHREWD. AND FRANCHISE OVER A BARREL, THEY FAILED TO GIVE HIM AN ACCEPTABLE LONG TERM OFFER WHEN YOUR FRANCHISE TAGS 20 MILLION IN THE LONG TERM OFFER IS WORTH 16. IT’S A NO-BRAINER, I’LL JUST TAKE THE 20 YOU AND WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT YEAR. AND THEN HE BECAME A FREE AGENT. HE GOT A BIG CONTRACT WITH COUPLE THE VIKINGS AND THEN HE GETS THE BIG CONTRACT WITH THE FALCONS AND IT’LL WORK OUT BUT HE GAVE HIM SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT LAST NIGHT. YEAH. AND MAY, HE MAY WANT TO STICK AROUND. I MEAN, MAYBE GOING INTO NEXT YEAR, THEY HAVE AN OPEN COMPETITION. IT’S NOT LIKE MICHAEL PENIX JR. HAS BEEN A CLEAR OBVIOUS WE’RE NOT TALKING ABOUT DRAKE, MAYE AND BO NICKS HERE, YOU KNOW YOU’VE GOT WELL, WHETHER THERE WERE 6 OF THEM TAKEN IN THE FIRST 12 SELECTIONS THE LAST YEAR. AND I, I’D SAY THE JURY IS STILL OUT ON MICHAEL PENN’S, JUNIOR. WE THOUGHT IT WASN’T BECAUSE HE WON THE STARTING JOB LATE LAST YEAR AND HE PLAYED WELL. IN LIMITED WORK. I THINK BASED ON WHAT WE’VE SEEN THIS YEAR, IT’S STILL UNDECIDED AS TO WHAT HE’S GOING TO BE. YEAH, WHEN YOU MENTIONED KIRK COUSINS, I JUST THE THE FOCUS ON HIM FOR A SECOND. UH, I I DON’T KNOW IF THEY HAVE THIS ALREADY, BUT THEY SHOULD. AND THE NFL PA OFFICES, THEY SHOULD HAVE OIL PAINTINGS OF SIGNIFICANT FIGURES FOR THE ORGANIZATION AND THERE’S BEEN OIL PAINTING OF KIRK COUSINS BECAUSE HE’S AN INSPIRATION. THINK ABOUT ALL THE MONEY THAT HE’S DONE. FOR THE, FOR THE MEMBERS OF THE NFLPA. BUT REALLY THIS COMES BACK TO WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT AT, YOU KNOW, JUST A FEW MINUTES AGO, WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO PLAY FOR? WELL, RAHEEM MORRIS AND TERRY FONTENOT, THEY’RE TRYING TO IMPRESS, ARTHUR BLANK AND SAY HEY WE BUILT SOMETHING HERE. YEAH, WE GAVE UP A FIRST ROUND PICK IN 2026 TO GET BACK INTO THE DRAFT FOR JAMES PIERCE, JUNIOR. BUT LOOK AT, LOOK AT THE PASS RUSH, WE HAVE IN 2025 THAT WE WE DIDN’T HAVE AND WE WENT INTO TAMPA WE DIDN’T HAVE IN 2024 AND WE ELIMINATED. AND IF YOUR COUSINS, WHAT ARE YOU PLAYING FOR? YOU’RE PLAYING FOR RESPECT, AND MAYBE ANOTHER CRACK AT IT, EITHER IN ATLANTA, OR SOMEWHERE ELSE. BUT THE ATLANTA PART IS INTERESTING BECAUSE I, I THINK YOU GOT TO BE SMART AND YOU CAN’T JUST ASSUME ALL RIGHT. HEY, JUST BE OR OR YOU YOU CAN’T BE COMFORTABLE AND AND SO INSECURE I THINK THAT’S THE WORD I’M LOOKING FOR. AND I WELL, WE DRAFTED THIS GUY, WE DRAFTED PENNIX IN THE TOP 10 AND SO WE’RE GOING TO STICK WITH IT, NO MATTER WHAT EVEN IF THERE’S A BETTER OPTION ON OUR ROSTER, WE’RE GOING TO, WE’RE GOING TO JUST STICK WITH IT BECAUSE HE’S OUR GUY. YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR MINNESOTA VIKINGS WHO THEY HAD IN THE BUILDING LAST YEAR AND WHO THEY HAVE NOW I KNOW MCCARTHY WON HIS LAST GAME, BUT YOU HAD, YOU HAD DANIEL JONES AND YOU HAD SAM DARNOLD. AND NOW JJ, YOU’RE YOU’RE LIVING THROUGH THE JJ MCCARTHY EXPERIENCE AND YOU’RE OUT OF THE PLAYOFF RACE, MAN. WOULD IT BE DIFFERENT IF YOU HAD IF SAM DARNOLD COMES BACK? WOULD IT BE DIFFERENT IF YOU HAD HELD ON TO DANIEL JONES? SO YOU GOT TO LOOK AT WHO’S THERE? WHAT YOU HAVE ON YOUR ROSTER AND WHAT’S BEST FOR THE ORGANIZATION EVEN IF IT MAKES YOU LOOK LIKE? UH, DIDN’T QUITE TOP 10 WITH THE QUARTERBACK SPOT, HEY, I’LL PUT IT THIS WAY. THE VIKINGS I FIRMLY BELIEVE WILL BRING IN A VIABLE VETERAN QUARTERBACK. NEXT YEAR TO COMPETE WITH JJ MCCARTHY UNLESS HE JUST LIGHTS IT UP, DOWN THE STRETCH AND THE VIKINGS SOMEHOW SNATCH. APPARENTLY AND GARY PUT ME IN A VERY BAD MOOD, THIS WEEK, WHEN HE TOLD ME THAT THE VIKINGS STILL HAVE A LESS THAN 1% CHANCE OF MAKING IT TO THE PLAYOFFS. IF THEY WIN THEIR FINAL 4 GAMES, AND THEN HE SAID, OH NO, WAIT, I THINK I’M WRONG. LET ME CHECK AND THEN HE SAID NO I WAS RIGHT, IT’S LESS THAN 1%, JUST TO GARY. WAIT, WAIT, THERE’S HOPE. UNLESS THAT. NO, NO, NO. THERE’S NOT. I’M SORRY. NO, THERE’S NO. BUT BUT UH, BUT UNLESS SOMETHING HAPPENS, THAT MAKES THEM SAY. OH, HE’S ABSOLUTELY THE GUY AND THE FANS SAY, OH, HE’S ABSOLUTELY THE GUY, ALL THAT OTHER STUFF THAT, YOU KNOW, THE INACCURACY AND THE 1 PITCH ARSENAL, WHERE IT’S FASTBALL. FASTBALL FASTBALL WHEN YOU NEED, YOU KNOW, A LITTLE, A LITTLE ARC SOMETIMES ON THE THROW TO GET IT TO THE GUY THAT YOU’RE TRYING TO GET IT TO IF THOSE THINGS ARE ALL CURED. OKAY, FINE. I DON’T EXPECT THAT, I EXPECT THEM TO BRING SOMEONE BACK AND I’M WATCHING THAT GAME LAST NIGHT AND I’M THINKING BRING KIRKO CHAINS HOME. BRING HIM HOME. HE’S GOING TO BE A FREE AGENT. BRING HIM HOME, MAKE IT MAKE IT KIRK AND JJ AND MADE THE BEST MAN WIN. NOW, KIRK MAY WANT A MORE OBVIOUS OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY. AND AFTER LAST NIGHT, SEE WE DON’T KNOW BECAUSE STEP 1 IS COACHING CAROUSEL. AND ONCE ALL THE JOBS ARE FULL, THAT’S WHEN YOU CAN SAY, OKAY? WHO’S THE COACH? WHAT CONNECTIONS TO THE COACH HAVE AROUND THE LEAGUE? WHAT CONNECTIONS TO THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR HAVE AND WHO ARE THE QUARTERBACKS THAT MAY BE AVAILABLE? THEN THE QUARTERBACK CAROUSEL SPINS, AFTER THE COACHING, CAROUSEL COMPLETELY ENDS. SO THAT’S COMING IN 3 WEEKS AND 3 DAYS, WHEN THAT ENDS, THEN THE QUARTERBACK CAROUSEL COMES HOW COULD YOU NOT, HOW COULD YOU NOT BE INTERESTED IN KIRK COUSINS AFTER WHAT YOU SAW LAST NIGHT? AND I REALLY DO THINK THE FALCONS HAVE SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT. NOW, HE COULD DIG IN HIS HEELS AND SAY, FINE, FINE. I MEAN, YO ME 45 MILLION NEXT YEAR, SO, YEAH, I’LL IF YOU’RE GOING TO PAY ME, 45, I’LL STAY, BUT THEY’RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO PAY HIM 45. SO THE QUESTION IS, CAN THEY NEGOTIATE SOMETHING LESS OR OR WILL HE BECOME A FREE AGENT ONCE AGAIN AND LAST NIGHT’S GAME. NOW LOOK HE COULD HE COULD FALL APART THE FINAL 3 WEEKS, BUT NONE OF THE NEXT 3 WEEKS ARE. IN PRIME TIME THAT 1 WAS, I HOPE NONE OF THE NEXT 3 WEEKS ARE IN PRIME TIME. I DON’T KNOW AFTER LAST NIGHT, RIGHT. KIND OF KNOW. I I DON’T I DON’T KNOW IF YOU WANT TO SEE THAT. I DON’T THINK. I DON’T, I DON’T THINK YOU’RE READY FOR ANOTHER 19. UH PENALTY GAME FROM 1 TEAM THAT’S JUST FROM 1 TEAM AND AND AND NOT THE ENTIRE GAME IT WAS THE ENTIRE GAME 23, BUT 19 FROM THE FALCONS, BUT FOR COUSINS, YOU KNOW, HE DIDN’T GET THAT OIL PAINTING BY SAYING THINGS THAT HURT HIS BARGAINING POSITION. SO THE TRUTH IS HE PROBABLY WON’T TELL THE TRUTH PUBLICLY, WHICH IS HE’S HEALTHIER HE’S HEALTHIER NOW IN 2025 THAN HE WAS LAST YEAR AND HE HAD HE ASSUMED THE THERE. AND HE WAS BANGED UP, HIS BODY, HAD NOT FULLY HEALED FROM HIS INJURY UH AT THE END OF HIS TENURE IN MINNESOTA. SO PART OF THE REASON, I THINK PART OF THE REASON HE LOOKS GOOD IS BECAUSE PHYSICALLY, HE’S STRONGER NOW THAN HE WAS LAST YEAR AND WITH THAT 373. IF THAT WAS, IF THAT’S WHAT THE NUMBER WAS, IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE. REMEMBER THE DROP? I MEAN, RECEIVER FLAT OUT, DROPPED A TOUCHDOWN, OR AT LEAST. UH, A LONG GAIN, INEXPLICABLY DOWN THE LEFT SIDE LINE. SO HE WAS DEALING LAST NIGHT. HE HAD A COUPLE OF PASSES WHERE HE SAID, I’M NOT SURE WHAT HE WAS LOOKING FOR THERE, BUT FOR MOST OF THE NIGHT HE WAS DIALED IN AND HE LOOKED LIKE A QUARTERBACK WHO COULD AT THE VERY LEAST BE A, A VERY HIGH LEVEL BACKUP A BACKUP WHO HE GOES INTO THE GAME. YOU’RE NOT AFRAID OF WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. UH, COMPARED HIS SITUATION TO SAY. COMPARE HIM TO WHAT THEY’VE GOTTEN INDIANAPOLIS RIGHT NOW, YOU MUCH RATHER HAVE KIRK COUSINS THAN SAY PHILIP RIVERS,

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