N/S Kirk Cousins May Be More Hurt Than Thought (2 Viewers)

[solarbear88]

He looked very slow on Sunday and wasn't moving around well. They really need to be playing under centre to have the best chance. Watt and the boys just destroyed that Oline.

 

[picnicwithfish]

The falcons didn’t live up to the pre season hype. As bad as it was, they still had a chance to drive down and win it and cement Cousins as everything they hoped he would be. Nope. Pick was thrown. lol.

Falcon hate aside, he looked like he didn’t have the mobility option to move around the pocket and the Steeler’s dline was keying on right where he would be on his drop step.

 

[Saint Jack]

The falcons didn’t live up to the pre season hype. As bad as it was, they still had a chance to drive down and win it and cement Cousins as everything they hoped he would be. Nope. Pick was thrown. lol.

Falcon hate aside, he looked like he didn’t have the mobility option to move around the pocket and the Steeler’s dline was keying on right where he would be on his drop step.

Some games define franchises and break them forever.
It happened with Buffalo and the Bills post Levy.
28-3 did the same to the Falcons.

 

[Broad St. Saint]

I wouldn't feel to great about this. Remember how many yards Matt "Wheels" Ryan could sometimes rush on us, lol.

the only play with matt ryan “running” i remember now:

 

[TenTwo]

Yeah no kidding. He's old and coming off an Achilles injury. Of course he's bad. Did everyone now know this? It'll be a year from now before he's back to his normal slow self. Atlanta is toast cause that rookie QB will look worse than Bryce Young.

 

[picnicwithfish]

Some games define franchises and break them forever.
It happened with Buffalo and the Bills post Levy.
28-3 did the same to the Falcons.

Absolutely. They tried to downplay it when it happened but I knew their window was shut. They just continue to refuse to come out of its shadow. Cousins driving down and winning the game with a touchdown, would have been a huge step in the right direction for them. Instead, they keep living in their own heads. I love it.

 

[Silverfox]

Saw this is another thread, but it's worthy of its own discussion. It does look like he can't set his feet and push off the right leg.

Anyone have any thoughts on if this is the Achilles still giving him issues?

How did he pass his physical?

 

[Saint Greg]

Warren Sharp (who is excellent) presents the same idea but with every drop back:

All quick, short passes. He never got out of the pocket. Barely moved in the pocket.

 

[Saintstigerking]

I think he’s being Kirk Cousins. Not a winner and a lot of empty stats.

 

[B4YOU]

How did he pass his physical?

Atlanta basically waived it. They did a physical excluding the injury and a separate Achilles physical. They knew the timeline would be late TC or even first couple of weeks so they put recovery goals instead of “go run”. They are on the hook for the contract.

There's no out for Falcons over Kirk Cousins Achilles injury, with one exception

Cousins contract nevertheless makes possible a quick pivot to Penix.

www.nbcsports.com

 

[woohoosaint]

At his age, that injury may not heal to the point where he will ever be the same.

 

[J.T.]

A falcon fan told me that they ran mostly pistol formations because cousins had trouble dropping back from under center and planting on his right foot. (Due to the injury) I don’t know his source for this but assume he would have more knowledge than me about cousins since he’s a falcons fan.

Ask your friend who is the Falcons fan to ask the two other Falcons fans what they think. If all three agree, I'll go with that.

I looked at a few dozen Cousins throws from 2022. He has a strange throwing motion. He often doesn't push off with his back (right foot that was injured) when he throws. I did see a few throws where he used his back foot a little bit. He didn't use his back foot much at all against Pittsburgh. He still looks injured or his body doesn't trust the repair yet. He looks like a statue back there. Chase Young would make him eat two Offensive Linemen. Young blasted a triple team against Carolina.

 

[St.Dan]

Our hopes to be at least 2-3 by game 5 are rising with each bit of information in this thread

 

[St. Geezy]

Why do you need to C head bob snap at home? Steelers fans too loud? Refs bailed out ATL a couple of times on Watt sacks. Zero mobility by Cousins.

If you are any team playing at home against Pittsburgh, SF, Vegas, or Dallas, your stadium is going to get taken over.

If you are a team like Atlanta that has a “questionable,” fan following and in a popular destination type city, those specific teams above will fill your stadium to the brim with opposing fans; it is just flat out unavoidable.

 

[BoNcHiE]

Sure looks like he was throwing that away. An accurate pass there is a pic 6.

I don't see that. Even if he were trying to hum it into the dirt, that wouldn't keep him from not pushing off his right leg as he did so.

But the more convincing evidence that he's hurt is that they only let him take four snaps under center and kept him in the pistol over half the game. And that's in a game they were never losing by more than eight points. That's not normal, and it's never happened in Cousins' career.

Looking at his other plays (Warren Sapp made a video of them), he couldn't move at all. That wasn't him just not knowing the system. Something is up with his Achilles.