Adam WellsSeptember 14, 2024
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After a dull Week 1 efficiency and speculation about the health of his surgically-repaired Achilles, Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins is not being obstructed by the injury he sustained last season.
Per The Athletic’s Dianna Russini, Cousins has “no constraints” and his leg “feels excellent” with recently’s concerns being associated more to rust and dealing with a novice play-caller in offending organizer Zac Robinson.
Cousins’ launching with the Falcons left a lot to be preferred. He completed 16-of-26 for 155 lawns with one goal and 2 interceptions in an 18-10 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Coming out of the video game, it was mentioned how foreseeable the Falcons’ offense was based upon how they were lined up.
Field Yates @FieldYates
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Per Next Gen Stats (h/t NFL.com’s Kevin Patra), Cousins’ 3.1 scramble backyards per dropback was one complete lawn less than he balanced in any other video game over the previous 9 seasons.
The Falcons did get Cousins under-center, play-action associates in practice today, however the action from experts was to mention he still does not look smooth doing that today.
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Cousins is just 11 months eliminated from tearing his Achilles in Week 8 of the 2023 season. He is likewise 36 years of ages and playing in a brand-new offending system. There were constantly going to be some growing discomforts along the method.
The secret for Atlanta is to see favorable development from Cousins, both in regards to movement and his convenience in Robinson’s plan. Robinson can likewise assist in both locations by not making things so foreseeable that the opposing defense understands what’s coming, like the Steelers appeared to in Week 1.
Cousins does have a more beneficial match today versus the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night. The Eagles’ defense has actually enabled a minimum of 400 backyards and 27 points in each of their last 4 video games going back to last season, consisting of the playoffs.
If Cousins does not look much better in Week 2 than he did versus the Steelers, then it may be reasonable for Falcons fans to fret about his outlook and for how long it may be before Michael Penix Jr. gets on the field.