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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterOct 27, 2024, 06:01 PM ET

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TAMPA, Fla. — Kirk Cousins asked Atlanta Falcons coach Raheem Morris if he could speak to the entire team last Tuesday. Morris gave him time Friday and Cousins talked to the players coming off a lackluster loss to the Seattle Seahawks in Week 7.

“This league beats you up and it tests you every day and it just kicks you down and you’ve got to get back up,” Cousins said Sunday in his postgame news conference. “And sometimes I need to encourage myself. And

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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterOct 27, 2024, 01:18 PM ET

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TAMPA — The Atlanta Falcons had a recovered fumble and a big fourth-down conversion for a touchdown in the opening minutes of their game Sunday against the division rival Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

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Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins lofted a pass over the defense to tight end Kyle Pitts on fourth down for a 36-yard touchdown with 12:52 left in the first quarter. A flag was down on the play,

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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterOct 21, 2024, 06:00 AM ET

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ATLANTA — Atlanta Falcons coach Raheem Morris joked last week that Carolina Panthers quarterback Andy Dalton looked like Michael Vick on one play, spinning away from Falcons defenders en route to a big gain on the ground.

It was easy for Morris and Falcons fans to laugh after a blowout win over the struggling Panthers. But there wasn’t much humor coming a week later, after Atlanta’s 34-14 loss to the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday, when the team’s lack of a pass rush

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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterOct 18, 2024, 06:00 AM ET

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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Atlanta Falcons‘ quarterback Kirk Cousins called former Super Bowl champion coach Jon Gruden before reporting to his new team’s offseason workouts in the spring. Cousins wanted to schedule some time for him and his receivers to fly down to Tampa and visit with Gruden to watch film.

Cousins also wanted Gruden’s perspective on the Falcons.

“I said, ‘Give me your deal,'” Cousins said. “The first thing he said: ‘Drake London, that guy is a bad ass.’ And that’s what you like to hear.

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Marc Raimondi, ESPN Staff WriterOct 10, 2024, 06:01 AM ET

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FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Kirk Cousins was in desperate need of a big play.

The Atlanta Falcons quarterback had his team on its own 30-yard line with 29 seconds left against the New Orleans Saints in Week 4. The Falcons were down a point against their heated NFC South rivals.

Cousins saw wide receiver Darnell Mooney one-on-one on a vertical route down the right sideline and put the ball up. The pass fell incomplete, but Mooney induced a defensive pass interference call against

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