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Conor Orr

Benching Kirk Cousins for Michael Penix Jr. Would Not Fix Falcons’ Issues

Cousins enters the field in his return to Minnesota in Week 14. | Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images

Like staring into a new galaxy via telescope or examining a hotel bedspread via microscope, the Atlanta Falcons’ offense raises more questions the longer one stares. A quick, drive-by assessment might conclude that the Falcons’ quarterback is simply too rusty, too injured or too old to complete his tasks as assigned. After all, Kirk Cousins has not thrown a touchdown since Nov. 3 and now has six interceptions in his past two games. 

That belief, I feel, would be incorrect (and is shared by Falcons coach Raheem Morris, who declared Cousins the starter moving forward, even after another statistically bad performance).

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