{"id":132786,"date":"2025-06-15T21:29:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T21:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/132786\/"},"modified":"2025-06-15T21:29:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T21:29:12","slug":"the-falcoholic-reacts-kirk-cousins-future-after-aaron-rodgers-joins-pittsburgh-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/132786\/","title":{"rendered":"The Falcoholic Reacts: Kirk Cousins\u2019 Future after Aaron Rodgers joins Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As one quarterback saga ends, another one becomes more perplexing. The Steelers had to be considered a realistic trade partner for the Falcons to find a solution for Kirk Cousins. Given the state of their roster, it seemed like an ideal fit to bring some stability to an offense well-suited to a quarterback like Cousins. They opted to go the more direct route by finally signing Aaron Rodgers.<\/p>\n<p>That leaves the front office with minimal options for a possible trade. Barring a training camp or preseason quarterback injury, it\u2019s difficult to envision what team would want to pursue Cousins. The financial circumstances make it even more challenging for a trade to materialize.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The possibility of Cousins being the backup quarterback on opening day is becoming more likely. The organization will focus on what is best for business rather than morally right in this bizarre situation. This is a quarterback they significantly invested in and didn\u2019t get one good season from. The fanbase strongly believes the Falcons will stick with Cousins as their backup quarterback.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\" \" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"500\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/d2547fbc46e8e875d8c063aaa59bcfc5.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Do the Falcons stand firm in keeping Cousins? Will they somehow find a convincing trade offer? Could they shockingly release him? Let us know below.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s result is brought to you by FanDuel Sportsbook.<\/p>\n<p>More from thefalcoholic.com:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As one quarterback saga ends, another one becomes more perplexing. The Steelers had to be considered a realistic&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132787,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2074],"tags":[1586,223,254,2554,224,7,294,6,2661,7215,22697],"class_list":{"0":"post-132786","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-falcons","8":"tag-aaron-rodgers","9":"tag-atlanta","10":"tag-atlanta-falcons","11":"tag-atlantafalcons","12":"tag-falcons","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-kirk-cousins","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-the-falcons","17":"tag-the-steelers","18":"tag-trade-partner"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114689511635055827","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}