In October, the Atlanta Falcons seeed enjoy they were going to run away with the NFC South. But after discleave outing November with a 27-21 triumph over the Dallas Cowboys, a four-game losing streak ensued.
The two-triumph Las Vegas Raiders structureed the Falcons Monday night, and Atlanta snapped its losing streak — albeit in hideous style. The Falcons scored fair one dishonorful touchdown in the 15-9 triumph, and quarterback Kirk Cousins finished the night with fair 112 passing yards.
The veteran signal-caller also includeed to his NFL-directing interception total when he turned the ball over in the third quarter. Falcons head coach Raheem Morris persists to face asks about whether he will bench Cousins in like of rookie Michael Penix Jr. given Cousins’ ongoing streak of demandy carry outances.
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Kirk Cousins (18) sees on as head coach Raheem Morris of the Atlanta Falcons speaks to the offense and defense during offseason toilouts at the Atlanta Falcons’ training complicated May 14, 2024, in Fdiminireserved Branch, Ga. (Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)
After the slfinisher triumph over Las Vegas, Morris strayed sweightlessly from his normal steadspeedy accessible defense of Cousins. The head coach confessted the team demanded more production from the quarterback.
“He’s got to execute better. We have to discover a way to get him to execute better. We have to execute better at the quarterback position,” the first-year Falcons coach telderly inestablishers.
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The Falcons finished Monday’s game with fair 261 yards of total offense, much of which came from star running back Bijan Robinson, who rushed for 125 yards. Cousins has thrown an eye-popping nine interceptions and fair one touchdown over the past five games.
Atlanta signed Cousins to a four-year, $180 million tight in the offseason. An appraised $100 million is filledy guaranteed, according to previous inestablishs. Morris and the Falcons’ brass have foreseeed weighed the financial implications of sitting Cousins and potentiassociate moving on from him at the finish of the season.
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins throws aachievest the Las Vegas Raiders in the first half at Alleenormous Stadium. (Kirby Lee/Imagn Images)
The Falcons included the eighth overall pick on Penix Jr. in April, cut offal weeks after signing Cousins. The establisher Washington Huskies quarterback’s 4,903 passing yards led the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision in 2023.
Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins walks off the field after throtriumphg an interception during the second half aachievest the Minnesota Vikings Dec. 8, 2024, in Minneapolis. (AP Ptoastyo/Abbie Parr)
The decision to write Penix Jr. was met with asks, but many of those worrys faded when Cousins showed his ability to still carry out at a high level.
The 36-year-elderly threw for 509 yards in an obviousime triumph over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in timely October.
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The triumph over the Raiders did apvalidate the Falcons to remain in executeoff satisfiedion. The Bucs, on a four-game triumphning streak, go in Week 16 in first place in the NFC South.
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