< img width="788" height="444" alt="kirk cousins" decoding="async" data-attachment-id="128061" src="https://vikingsterritory.com/2024/news/top_news/purple-rumor-mill-falcons-tampering-penalty-love-for-multiple/attachment/kirktamp1111" data-orig-file="https://vikingsterritory.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=2047,height=1148,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/kirktamp1111.jpg" data-orig-size="2047,1148" data-comments-opened="0" data-image-meta =" " data-image-title="kirktamp1111" data-image-description data-image-caption="pMarch 13, 2024. Recently signed Atlanta Falcons Quarterback Kirk Cousins takes a seat with Falcons Digital Producer Taylor Vismor to discuss his finalizing with the Falcons. Kirk speaks about the interesting playmaking lineup he is signing up with and what a relocate to Atlanta indicates to him and his household./ p" data-medium-file="https://vikingsterritory.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=788,height=444,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/kirktamp1111.jpg" data-large-file="https://vikingsterritory.com/cdn-cgi/image/width=1180,height=662,fit=crop,quality=80,format=auto,onerror=redirect,metadata=none/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/kirktamp1111.jpg"/ > March 13, 2024. Freshly signed Atlanta Falcons Quarterback Kirk Cousins takes a seat with Falcons Digital Producer Taylor Vismor to discuss his finalizing with the Falcons. Kirk speaks about the amazing playmaking lineup he is signing up with and what a transfer to Atlanta suggests to him and his household.
Sunday’s match in between the Vikings and Falcons is a video game that Kirk Cousins, the Vikings company, and fans of the Purple circled around on the calendar when the schedule was revealed back in May.
The dominating expectation then in Atlanta was Cousins(with his $ 45 million each year agreement and $ 100 million warranty that the Vikings balked at)would be the missing out on link to raise a gifted Falcons group that was kept back by poor QB play in 2023. The narrative went that he would lead them to the playoffs for the very first time considering that 2017 and their very first NFC South title considering that 2016.
Vikings and Falcons Showing Predictions Are Mostly Foolhardy
The hope amongst Vikings fans(and most likely the group’s brass)was first-round QB J.J. McCarthy would take control of the No. 1 QB area early on from Sam Darnold and play all right for the group to have a winning season and slip into a wild card area with high expect future seasons under a more youthful QB on a fairly inexpensive novice agreement.
In a league where about half the playoff groups turn over every year, forecasts are primarily reckless with the Vikings and Falcons as prime examples this season. The Vikings have actually ridden Darnold’s profession year and an opportunistic defense to a 10-2 record as one of the league’s greatest surprises. The Falcons and Cousins began all right at 6-3 however have actually given that lost 3 directly with Cousins playing improperly(no TDs and 6 interceptions in the 3 losses, consisting of 4 choices recently in a 17-13 frustrating home loss to the Chargers).
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The Vikings are growing and have 3 of their last 5 video games in the house. The Falcons are having a hard time to hang on in the weak NFC South over the Buccaneers, who connected them for top place at 6-6.
It establishes an interesting video game on Sunday at U.S. Bank Stadium (and it’s still tough to think the NFL and the networks didn’t bend it into prime-time television). It must’ve been bent to this coming Monday night in location of an uninspired match with 4-8 Cincinnati at 5-7 Dallas (without any Dak Prescott).
This is a huge video game for both groups. The Vikings attempt to remain near the Lions and potentially clinch a playoff area, and the Falcons require to restore momentum, with the Buccaneers now connected with them.
Here are my secrets to a Vikings win over Cousins and the Falcons:
1. Win the turnover fight: The turnover ratio is the greatest differentiator in between the 2 groups. The Vikings are plus-5 and lead the league in interceptions (18) while ranking 2nd in takeaways (24 ).
