<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/los-angeles-rams/rams-rumors-kirk-cousins-watch-trade-deadline');   ga('set', 'title', 'Rams rumors: Kirk Cousins a name to watch before trade deadline');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Kirk-Cousins-of-the-Atlanta-Falcons.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Rams rumors: Kirk Cousins a name to watch before trade deadline</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-08-15T16:41:00-07:00">August 15th, 4:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-08-15T16:41:00-07:00">August 15th, 4:41pm</time><address><a>Benedetto Vitale</a>Benedetto Vitale is an avid sports writer who is an expert at covering the NFL, college football, NBA, and UFC. He graduated from the University of Oregon in 2016 with a film degree but has since dedicated his career to sports writing.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Los Angeles Rams</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Trade rumors have been surrounding the Atlanta Falcons all offseason as Michael Penix Jr. is set to be the starting quarterback. All signs point toward <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/atlanta-falcons/falcons-news-gm-terry-fontenot-kirk-cousins-dilemma">Kirk Cousins staying</a> on the roster for now. However, rumors are swirling after one NFL Insider speculated the Los Angeles Rams could make a trade for Cousins before the trade deadline.</p><p>During a guest appearance on the NFL Network, Insider Tom Pelissero thinks the Rams could be <a href="https://x.com/TomPelissero/status/1956484530786689525" rel="noopener">a potential landing spot</a> for the 36-year-old quarterback. Although the Falcons seemingly claimed they have no intentions of trading Kirk Cousins, Pelissero believes things could change as the regular season proceeds.</p><p>“I’ve been told [Kirk Cousins] has had a great camp. He’s healthy again, coming off that Achilles [injury]… But Cousins has made it clear he wants to play. The Falcons did get calls on Cousins back in the spring. But it was nothing that really moved the needle… Now, if there is a coach and a scheme that Cousins knows well, for instance, the Rams and Sean McVay, it is certainly possible that Cousins could end up elsewhere at some point between now and November 4 trade deadline.”</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcons?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Falcons</a> QB Kirk Cousins, who won’t play tonight, is finally healthy again and has impressed in training camp. So could he see the field — somewhere — in 2025? The latest from <a href="https://twitter.com/NFLGameDay?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NFLGameDay</a> Kickoff <a href="https://twitter.com/nflnetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@nflnetwork</a>: <a href="https://t.co/Wp2qubVpiH">pic.twitter.com/Wp2qubVpiH</a></p><p>— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a href="https://twitter.com/TomPelissero/status/1956484530786689525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 15, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Trading for Kirk Cousins would likely only occur if something major happened to Matthew Stafford. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/los-angeles-rams/rams-news-sean-mcvay-hopeful-take-next-matthew-stafford-workout">The Rams’ quarterback has been dealing with</a> a back injury throughout the preseason and has yet to participate in training camp. However, Los Angeles seems positive that Stafford will be ready to go by the start of the regular season.</p><p>Additionally, the Falcons seem to like the idea of having Kirk Cousins play the backup role behind Penix. He brings quality insurance in case Penix falls to injury, as Atlanta is a team with playoff aspirations. With the NFL trade deadline in early November, there is plenty of time to see where both teams are in the standings before a potential trade falls through.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Rams rumors: Kirk Cousins a name to watch before trade deadline

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/atlanta-falcons/falcons-news-raheem-morris-michael-penix-jr-kirk-cousins-preseason-updates');   ga('set', 'title', 'Falcons’ Raheem Morris gives Michael Penix Jr., Kirk Cousins preseason updates');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Michael-Penix-Kirk-Cousins.jpg"><figcaption>Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Falcons’ Raheem Morris gives Michael Penix Jr., Kirk Cousins preseason updates</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-08-04T07:27:32-07:00">August 4th, 7:27am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-08-04T07:27:32-07:00">August 4th, 7:27am</time><address><a>Troy Finnegan</a>Troy Finnegan is a Senior Editor and College Sports Lead at ClutchPoints. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Falcons</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Atlanta Falcons have a quarterback controversy of sorts, but not a quarterback competition. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/falcons-news-michael-penix-jr-among-players-best-offense-declaration">Michael Penix Jr. is the cemented starter in Atlanta</a> after taking over for Kirk Cousins late in the 2024 season, but now the Falcons must decide what to do with the veteran backup.</p><p>Unfortunately for Falcons fans, they won’t get to see either of their quarterbacks in action on Friday in the first game action of the season. Head coach Raheem Morris said on Monday that both Penix and Cousins <a href="https://x.com/JFowlerESPN/status/1952356570978750817" rel="noopener">will not play in the game</a> and Easton Stick will get the start, according to ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler.</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/falcons-news-kirk-cousins-calls-out-falcons-misleading-him-michael-penix-jr-pick">Cousins understandably wants to go</a> somewhere where he can play, while the Falcons wouldn’t mind keeping him on as one of the best backups in football. However, Cousins <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/45867206/2025-nfl-training-camp-latest-updates-buzz-notes-news-fantasy-football" rel="noopener">has been present and professional</a> at Falcons training camp as Atlanta gears up for its first preseason game on Friday against the Detroit Lions.</p><p>“There’s all that stuff outside, but in the building, he’s been an ultimate professional,” general manager Terry Fontenot said, according to Fowler and Dan Graziano. “He handles things the right way. … Where we could have an issue is, ‘What’s the mindset of the starter? What’s the mindset of Kirk?’ But they’re both professionals, so it’s been good.”</p><p>Stick spent the last few seasons as Justin Herbert’s backup with the Los Angeles Chargers, and now the North Dakota State product will be able to show off all of his skills with the bulk of the reps on Friday night.</p><p>Penix and Cousins are both likely to get reps in one of the remaining two preseason games for the Falcons as they get ready for their season opener on Sept. 7 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.</p><p>Penix started three games last season after the Falcons stunningly took him in the top 10 of the 2024 NFL Draft, just after signing Cousins to a big contract in free agency. As a rookie, the former University of Washington superstar completed 58.1% of his passes with three touchdowns and three interceptions, but showed flashes of the traits that had Atlanta so enamored with him in the pre-draft process.</p><p>On the other hand, Cousins struggled in his first year in Atlanta while recovering from a torn Achilles. His mobility clearly suffered and his decision-making took a hit from his successful years with the Minnesota Vikings, leading Morris to go with Penix at the end of the season while the Falcons chased a playoff berth.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Falcons’ Raheem Morris gives Michael Penix Jr., Kirk Cousins preseason updates

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/atlanta-falcons/falcons-news-gm-terry-fontenot-kirk-cousins-dilemma');   ga('set', 'title', 'Falcons GM Terry Fontenot breaks silence on Kirk Cousins dilemma');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Kirk-Cousins.jpg"><figcaption>Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Falcons GM Terry Fontenot breaks silence on Kirk Cousins dilemma</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-27T07:47:45-07:00">July 27th, 7:47am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-27T07:47:45-07:00">July 27th, 7:47am</time><address><a>Troy Finnegan</a>Troy Finnegan is a Senior Editor and College Sports Lead at ClutchPoints. He graduated from the University of Colorado Boulder in 2023 with a degree in journalism and minors in communications and sports media, as well as a critical sports studies certificate. He has had a passion for sports his entire life, and enjoys covering and writing about all sports.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Falcons</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/falcons-news-kirk-cousins-calls-out-falcons-misleading-him-michael-penix-jr-pick">Kirk Cousins experiement with the Atlanta Falcons</a> didn’t go as expected last season, as the former Minnesota Vikings standout had one of the worst campaigns of his entire career in 2024 before being benched late in the season for Michael Penix Jr.</p><p>In free agency before the 2024 season, Cousins signed a four-year, $180 million contract with the Falcons and was clearly still under the impression that he would be the starter for the team for the foreseeable future. However, he was <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/falcons-news-legendary-wr-michael-penix-jr-kirk-cousins-dynamic">blindsided when they drafted Penix</a> and decided to make Cousins the backup late in the season.</p><p>Now, the veteran signal caller is looking to find a new home, but there aren’t a ton of logical landing spots for him as week two of training camp gets underway. On Sunday, Falcons general manager Terry Fontenot spoke about Cousins’ situation and <a href="https://x.com/DOrlandoAJC/status/1949459860275204495" rel="noopener">where it stands at the moment</a>, via Falcons beat writer D. Orlando Ledbetter.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Falcons?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Falcons</a> GM Terry Fontenot on backup quarterback Kirk Cousins. <a href="https://t.co/9n5nERt78Z">pic.twitter.com/9n5nERt78Z</a></p><p>— D. Orlando Ledbetter (@DOrlandoAJC) <a href="https://twitter.com/DOrlandoAJC/status/1949459860275204495?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 27, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>“Outside, it’s a lot more of a deal than it is in the building,” Fontenot said, per Ledbetter. “He shows up, he does his job, just like anybody. Our job is to do the best for this football team. … We’ve gotta build the best 70-man roster so we can go win games. That’s what we’re focused on and Kirk, just like all the other players, they’re focused on coming in here and doing their job. That’s what he’s been doing.</p><p>“In terms of making moves, whether it’s trades or acquiring players, we’re always looking at those factors. We’re gonna do whatever we can do to make this team the best it can possibly be. But he’s been a great professional and he’s handled himself well.”</p><p>While getting rid of Cousins may be in the best interest of Cousins, the Falcons also have a strong argument to keep him around. While he had deteriorated as a starting quarterback after tearing his Achilles during the 2023 season, Cousins is still surely one of the top backups in the league.</p><p>Fontenot knows that and also knows that <a href="https://x.com/TerrinWaack/status/1949461160366842323" rel="noopener">he is still a valuable asset</a> to Atlanta’s quarterback room, via Falcons beat writer Terrin Waack.</p><p>“To be a good football team, you have to be good at that position,” Fontenot said. “Right now, we can’t say too much because we have to go out there and prove it, but we love where we’re at with that position.”</p><p>Whether Cousins is in the red and black when the season starts or elsewhere will be an interesting storyline to follow as training camp unfolds. For now, however, it appears that he is still locked in with the Falcons to start the season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Falcons GM Terry Fontenot breaks silence on Kirk Cousins dilemma

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/atlanta-falcons/falcons-news-legendary-wr-michael-penix-jr-kirk-cousins-dynamic');   ga('set', 'title', 'Legendary Falcons WR gives inside scoop on Michael Penix Jr.-Kirk Cousins dynamic');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Penix-and-Cousins.jpg"><figcaption>Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Legendary Falcons WR gives inside scoop on Michael Penix Jr.-Kirk Cousins dynamic</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-22T11:01:17-07:00">July 22nd, 11:01am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-22T11:01:17-07:00">July 22nd, 11:01am</time><address><a>Jackson Stone</a>Jackson Stone is a Mercer University senior from Atlanta on track to graduate with a BA in communications. A lifelong sports lover, Jackson is a die-hard fan of all Atlanta teams. He joined ClutchPoints in 2023.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Falcons</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/atlanta-falcons/falcons-news-kirk-cousins-calls-out-falcons-misleading-him-michael-penix-jr-pick">Falcons have arguably the most awkward</a> quarterback room situation heading into the 2025 NFL season, as the team replaced <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/atlanta-falcons/falcons-news-kirk-cousins-coldplay-admission-resurfaces-internet-frenzy">free agent signee Kirk Cousins</a> with rookie Michael Penix Jr. down the stretch of the 2024 season. The move came as Cousins saw his play fall off a cliff midway through the year, which he retroactively blamed on injuries despite denying them at the time.</p><p>Meanwhile, Penix Jr. played relatively well after being thrown into a tough situation.</p><p>Recently, former Falcons star wide receiver Roddy White broke down how he still thinks Cousins can help out Penix Jr. moving forward and shared <a href="https://www.vegasinsider.com/roddy-white-exclusive-interview-on-atlanta-falcons-michael-penix-kirk-cousins-recievers/" rel="noopener">some inside scoop</a> from his time at Falcons practice, per Dylan Wilkerson of Vegas Insider.</p><p>“I was able to watch and go inside the building and I could see by how he moves and how he is in meetings that Kirk Cousins is helping him out a real lot,” said White. “Penix Jr. has been able to see how Cousins goes through the meetings, and you can see this by the way he started to come in once he got the starting job and started to take control of meetings. He’ll have definitely learned this from Cousins.”</p><p>White also added that “it’ll be helpful for Penix Jr. to bounce any questions off Cousins and learn just like he did last year.”</p><h2><b>Strange times in Atlanta</b></h2><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Michael-Penix-Jr2.jpg"><figcaption>Brett Davis-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><p>Things were already awkward enough for the Falcons when they drafted Michael Penix Jr. in 2024 just weeks after signing Cousins to a massive contract.</p><p>That draft decision ended up being a saving grace for the franchise down the stretch of last season, as Penix moved into the starting role and performed about as well as you could hope for a rookie thrown into the fire of a heated playoff race.</p><p>Many expected the Falcons to either trade or waive Cousins this offseason, but his massive contract and lukewarm reputation around the league have made those avenues difficult to pursue. At the present moment, it sure seems that both Cousins and Penix Jr. will be on the roster by the time next season rolls around.</p><p>The Falcons are slated to begin their 2025 campaign on September 7 at home against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Legendary Falcons WR gives inside scoop on Michael Penix Jr.-Kirk Cousins dynamic

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/nfl/atlanta-falcons/falcons-news-kirk-cousins-coldplay-admission-resurfaces-internet-frenzy');   ga('set', 'title', 'Falcons star Kirk Cousins’ Coldplay admission resurfaces amid internet frenzy');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Cousins-warms-up-1.jpg"><figcaption>Dale Zanine-Imagn Images</figcaption></figure><h1>Falcons star Kirk Cousins’ Coldplay admission resurfaces amid internet frenzy</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2025-07-18T05:05:01-07:00">July 18th, 5:05am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2025-07-18T07:02:39-07:00">July 18th, 7:02am</time><address><a>Paolo Mariano</a>Paolo Mariano is a freelance writer, editor, and producer based in Manila, Philippines. He is a journalism graduate from the University of Santo Tomas and the father of a young girl whose personality swings from Simone Biles to Dillon Brooks. A beacon of objectivity, he believes Penny Hardaway is the true NBA GOAT.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Atlanta Falcons</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Many things are known about Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins, including that he is a big fan of Coldplay.</p><p>That fact was revealed in the second season of the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/cincinnati-bengals/bengals-news-joe-burrow-praise-chiefs-coach-week-2">“Quarterback” documentary series on Netflix</a>, which premiered in mid-July. In one of the scenes, Cousins said Coldplay was “one of the best concerts I’ve been to.”</p><p>There’s nothing like listening to a banger like “Yellow” to pump up the adrenaline and get the testosterone going before a furious battle on the gridiron.</p><p>Like a sky full of stars, Cousins’ admission came to light <a href="https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/chris-martin-catches-horrified-couple-152021390.html" rel="noopener">amid the viral story</a> about a company executive caught allegedly cheating with his human resource officer during Coldplay’s concert in Boston on Wednesday. Jumping on the bandwagon, Netflix posted on X screenshots of Cousins’ comment about the award-winning band from London.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="zxx"><a href="https://t.co/tiDU4G8UfN">pic.twitter.com/tiDU4G8UfN</a></p><p>— Netflix (@netflix) <a href="https://twitter.com/netflix/status/1945906858281312516?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 17, 2025</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>Fans immediately chimed in, acknowledging the genius of the post.</p><p>“Netflix social department knew exactly what they were doing here,” <a href="https://x.com/KyderGames/status/1945930787313913971" rel="noopener">said</a> @KyderGames.</p><p>“Haha! Good one, Netflix,” <a href="https://x.com/KatySteele4real/status/1945907498692567474" rel="noopener">echoed</a> @KatySteele4real.</p><p>“Damn, dude, even Netflix is getting in on the action today,” <a href="https://x.com/CintrixIRL/status/1945942421675688292" rel="noopener">wrote</a> @CintrixIRL.</p><p>“Damn, even Netflix is roasting these two lol,” <a href="https://x.com/PatSharp100185/status/1945955607409823790" rel="noopener">commented</a> @PatSharp100185.</p><p>“Top tier social media manager +10 points,” <a href="https://x.com/StephieSmallls/status/1945929439046512815" rel="noopener">posted</a> @StephieSmalls.</p><p>“Timing is uncanny and uncomfortable for a certain CPO and CEO today,” <a href="https://x.com/Cparkin2009/status/1945908428712378375" rel="noopener">added</a> @Cparkin2009.</p><p>Some who seemingly didn’t appreciate the tongue-in-cheek humor also came to immediately defend Cousins. They pointed out that the four-time Pro Bowler is a religious family man who would never cheat on his wife.</p><p>Truth be told, the 36-year-old signal-caller has bigger issues on his mind than an alleged affair that played out in public. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/nfl/atlanta-falcons/falcons-news-kirk-cousins-calls-out-falcons-misleading-him-michael-penix-jr-pick">Cousins lost his starting job</a> to rookie Michael Penix Jr. in the closing games of last season. He tallied a 7-7 record, throwing for 3,508 yards and 18 touchdowns. He also had a career-worst 16 interceptions.</p><p>The Falcons have not been to the playoffs for seven straight years.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

2024 SEASON STATS
PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
3508	18	16	-

2024 SEASON STATS
PASSING YDS	PASSING TDS	INTERCEPTIONS	POSITION RANK
3508	18	16	-

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