Kirk Cousins ran out of family movies to watch and polled teammates, leading to a recommendation of Surf's Up, which his sons enjoyed. The summer has been otherwise mild and business as usual for Cousins. The 14-year veteran has taken reps with the Falcons' second-team offense rather than the first team. Cousins lost the starting job last season after a stretch with nine interceptions and one touchdown pass in five games. Michael Penix Jr., a rookie at the time, was named the team's starter in Week 16 and the team declared Penix its preferred quarterback moving forward.
That's how the summer has mostly been for Cousins: mild and basically business as usual. The one exception, of course, is the reps that the 14-year veteran has been taking. They're with the Falcons' second-team offense, rather than the first-team offense he played with for most of last season. Cousins lost his job as starter last season after a stretch with nine interceptions against one touchdown pass in five games.
CloseMarc Raimondi's first year covering the Falcons was 2024, but it wasn't his first year at ESPN. He joined the company in 2019 and was a top combat sports reporter. He also covered professional wrestling and wrote the book "Say Hello to the Bad Guys: How Pro Wrestling's New World Order Changed America," which was published by Simon & Schuster in 2025.
Collection
[
|
...
]