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00:00We're gonna talk Giants Falcons, but we need to talk what surrounds
00:05Giants Falcons first and that is the benching of Kirk Cousins who has almost
00:11Assuredly played his final snap in a Falcons uniform. Yeah, we'll get to where Kirk's gonna go
00:19We can get to what you think panics will do today
00:22Just this decision
00:25Donnie for the Atlanta Falcons to bench Kirk and go to panics and what you think that really means and represents
00:33Good for the organization a healthy organization, even though it was, you know widely around where it said, okay
00:39Who's gonna be your head coach? Oh, it's Rahim Morris
00:40Yeah, I didn't like that decision at all
00:41But also you can double down from a general manager point of view and a coach's point of view
00:46No, Kirk's our guys four years here
00:48Why would you even ask me that question on to next week when we sat on this panel and we watched that game live and
00:53It was clear
00:54this is not your quarterback of the future and you think you have your quarterback of the future on the roster a
00:59Layup spot that you can put Michael panics into today, which regardless of what he does
01:03They'll probably still win the football game to try to get him on a level to be a little bit more confident when they go
01:08Up against the Washington commanders. So without starting like where Kirk Cousins is going
01:11I absolutely applaud this decision for the Falcons because why Joe it's the right decision and healthy organizations
01:18It's supposed to make the right decision not the financial decision
01:21Think about that Monday night game, right? They had lost four straight entering that matchup
01:25They had lost a division lead to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and a more consistent offense with Baker Mayfield
01:31They had no offensive identity and their quarterback their star quarterback
01:35Supposedly Kev wasn't even throwing, you know touchdowns
01:38He was throwing interceptions and that's another reason why I think they went to Michael Pinnock's
01:43The one thing you can't do if you're making a playoff run is throw interceptions and turn the football over
01:49He looked like a deer in the headlights
01:50He looked like a rookie quarterback on that Monday night against a beaten-down Las Vegas secondary and team
01:56He only threw for 130 yards in that game and they barely won it
02:00So I think when you look big picture and you say where's this team projected? Where are they going?
02:06Your best option is to put Michael Pinnock's in today
02:10obviously get his feet wet hopefully you can grind it out with the rushing attack and and
02:15Of Tyler Algera and Bijan Robinson and get him ready for weeks number 17 and 18
02:21Respectively and maybe you limp into the playoffs in that factor and maybe he can make some noise but get him ready for
02:282025 I think for me why this was
02:32ultimately a stunning move is
02:35had Atlanta
02:36Stuck with Kirk Cousins. Maybe we like man
02:40This is ridiculous. You're you're holding on to a sinking ship
02:44It would have been totally unsurprised like they they won the game
02:49They're huge favorites today if they win this game with Kirk
02:53They'd be over 500 the division would not be out of bounds, right?
02:58Even if the Bucs are in a good spot, which the Bucs are the divisions not out of reach if you're the Falcons
03:04You could finish this season nine and eight year one
03:07We're gonna go into the offseason and we're gonna figure it out
03:10by making this move
03:13they
03:14Ended Kirk's career in Atlanta and I that's where now I go back to the draft
03:21Did they pay him before they could get medicals got medicals and then realize that they made a huge mistake?
03:25Don't you remember there was a lot of talk out there and I think they got penalized right where the NFL is that you guys
03:30Were already in cahoots before free agency began which means you're not supposed to have all the information
03:34Yeah, you need to bring a guy in and give that you know
03:36Authentic look from a doctor's perspective, but not this
03:40Again getting back to the point where if you were looking at the Falcons and what they're gonna do in the future
03:44I I like the move because we all pan them widely on draft night and rightfully so they didn't make the move either way
03:50So now you're looking forward and saying you know what that is a huge pay cut that we're gonna have to take care as a team
03:55Based on the salary cap and we're willing to do that because of how much we missed
03:58I actually like that because it's so easy for an owner bug. I paid that money. You're gonna play him and you're a general manager
04:04I'm gonna fire you regardless of it, but at least they're having those internal talks on what's the health of the team gonna be like
04:09What's the move that can actually spark us to win a division?
04:12This is the move Joe it is and and think about a similar situation or a quarterback that a team has held on to
04:17They're Sean Watson right look at that situation
04:20They're handcuffed with that and they failed they're they can't do anything, right?
04:24So I think when Atlanta looked at the writing on the wall, and they saw where their team was they lost four straight
04:30There it would be one thing Kevin if they beat
04:32Las Vegas last week as a five-and-a-half point favorite and they put up 35 points on Kirk throws for four touchdowns
04:39I was supposed to happen that was supposed to happen, but my buddy throws for less than 150