On today's episode, Kurt and Tyler take a deep dive in to the roster and coaching changes in Atlanta and give you a case study on why the Falcons have a real shot this year. Kurt and Tyler go position by position and coach by coach to give you an in-depth look at the why.
A couple minutes in, I saw the name and realized that's Kurt Benkert, former Falcons QB. Man you were ballin that preseason before you got hurt. I was hoping you would get another chance. Sorry it didn't work out, but I'm delighted that you're still a Falcons supporter.
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Falcons sign this man to a coaching role!
Tyler Algier is the x factor... ppl forget hes rb2 lol
A RB2 that run like a RB1
I mean he was RB1 until we got Bijan, he's good but last season was kinda mid for him. I wouldn't blame you for blaming Arthur the Clown
Elite QB Kirk plays same as Burrow in regular season and playoffs. #4 Offensive Line best Offensive Line Kirk has ever had. Legit #1 players at WR TE RB CB DT FS plus solid players CB SS DE DT. An OC who uses the type of offense Kirk likes plus Kirk also is a gameplanner at QB. Not sure about the DC and what input Raheem will have. 4 high day 1 and 2 picks. Terry has a solid record in 1st round and later picks. Owner who wants to win. Oddsmakers have made ATL #6 in NFC behind SF DET DAL PHI GB and #9 in NFL at 10.5 wins.
I forgot the NFL was about being the 9th best team… Kirko ain’t winning Atlanta a Super Bowl and apparently your GM knows it lmaooo (Penix)
@@lilnerdboy69 the dumbest thing is to say QB X cannot win a SB ANY QB can win a SB let alone #6 QB in NFL who plays same as Burrow in reg season and playoffs
Thanks for pointing out how dumb Arthur Smith's offense scheme and playcalling was. Glad he is gone
I am a Falcons fan, the defense felt like a one year wonder with all the 1 year contracts they had last year. The DC from last year is no longer with team. Offensive line was good with the run game, but was average at best in the pass game. Kyle Pitts didn’t look like himself last season coming off a serious knee injury. The automatic kicker Koo looked shaky last season.
nfc south is ass like usual so atl should win the division this year
Don't forget that last year David Raggone was OC
As a falcons fan I love you Kurt
Thanks for stating the major flaw on this team for the last 3 years. HC/OC. Always hated the Arthur Smith hire. These last 3 years were positively throw away years. A absolute waste. Arguably, the worst 3 year span in Falcon history. Glad it’s over. Honestly speaking. For the 1st time in 3 years. I’m actually looking forward to the upcoming season.
The draft.... we should cater to the defense & the oline.
Very glad we didn’t get Billichek
Me too.
Damn kurt i was a fan when u were backup definitely wanted u to start
I wouldn't worry about scoring 31 points ,,, "That's Why Kirk is here" ,,, #1 Chunk play QB in NFL
Please stop forgetting about Tyler Algier!
Terry FON-te-no
Kurt, Do you think Spencer Rattler would be a good fit to learn from Cousins?
Contenders? I think so too!
I still think you need a QB I think they will get Michael Pendix and package late round picks to get back in the 1st for the elite pass rusher
Dirty Birds!!!
I think why the culture seems so hit or miss is because we've had many really good teams that underperformed. Sometimes players fault some times coaching and front office. There hasn't been a real team identity that lasts.
UVA LEGEND!! WAHOOWA!
If the Falcons fall short next season it will be the defense. There’s holes at key positions; defensive end, corner. Need those to hit in the draft or this is going to be fantasy dream for the offense.
Edge yes; corner no. They have AJ Terrell, Clark Phillips III, Dee Alford, Mike Hughes, and a few other role guys. They could add to the room, sure but it's not a major hole. The defense was basically the same in the secondary from last year besides Okudah who was benched at the end of the season for Phillips.
I believe atl corner room is very solid and deep. I do feel like adding true cb2 would put this secondary over the top. But guys like Clark and Dee Alford are extremely underrated and I trust them to do their jobs well
@@mmll8102 that's the way I see it. Now there's some day 2 and 3 corners I really like. Jarrian Reed and Khyree Jackson being a couple, but I like the corner room as is. I wouldnt be terribly mad if we got Quinyon Mitchell or Arnold in the 1st but I think there are better players at #8 than them.
@@evanthompson4186 drafting edge at 8 and then trading back in to get Quinyon Mitchell would be amazing
@@evanthompson4186bro that corner room stinks worse then cow shit without AJ Terrell. As a Bucs fan Terrell is lowkey one of my favorite DBs and you guys NEED a solid CB2 to combat the Bucs WR threats. But I’m not to convinced on cousins tho with that ACL at 35 and the fact he hasn’t done much
This is a good podcast and as a Falcon I wanted Kurt to start but Matt was in the way.
Did this man just say they signed a qb who is 36 years old coming off a UCL tear who has won 1 playoff win for a discount at 45 million dollars a year for 4 years
Did he say that Cousins is a discounted value? Must be joking.
Kirk Cousins can go the Superbowl because he had all the pieces in Atlanta
As a Viking fan, highly unlikely that Cousins will make you a contender. After two seasons, I wanted him gone - I could tell he wasn't going to be the difference maker to get the team to the Super Bowl. One playoff win, 10-24 record against winning teams as a Viking. Cousins career record against winning teams is 16-47....not good. He may get you talking a possible Wildcard spot but that's probably it. If I'm wrong, I will be happy for Atlanta.
Cousins is with a coaching tree he knows
Falcons are better than the vikings... kirk is in the perfect place to win
Your Vikings also can’t draft. Look at the classes from 2018 to now. They’ve missed on just about every pick. JJ and Darrisaw are elite and Addison looks like he will be too but the draft classes were overall horrible. And let’s be Honest, Zimmer was holding that team back.
Kirk on the falcons isn’t the same player when he was Vikings
_You're just mad Kirko Chainz left & you're stuck with Sam Darnold_ 😂😂
Tyler is looking so shiny
Falcons fans want a Super Bowl win we not trynna hear all that one two playoff win stuff. Winning the division should be automatic given the NFC South is depleted so now is the time to make the run once the Saints come back we’re gonna be in the same place all over again, fighting to even make the playoffs.
Bijan and Algier the only ones on the offense (not counting Oline) that have proven themselves everyone else is showing potentially mid until they show us otherwise. This year will show us everything we need to know about the pieces we have
It’s Matt Ryan 2.0
That wouldn't be a bad thing lol.
@@evanthompson4186 it’s the reason we went in another direction of style of QB. Yall will see when Kirk can’t escape the rush
@@Boss2164 I've seen every throw he's made over the last two years. He'll be fine
@@evanthompson4186 you’ll see it’s not about his throwing. Watch when he’s not able to avoid pressure, you’ll come back to the comment section
@@Boss2164 again I've watched every snap he's taken in the last 2 years. I know everything I need to know about him. He's a perfect fit for a Shannahan and McVay style offense.
Fonte"not" fonte"no"....... what's the difference lol
Lots of salty Vikings fans in here
Atlanta players are all going to be way over drafted in fantasy. Fantasy is all about getting crazy value
Y'all ain't got what we got..,.... Kirk gon crash out in Atlanta
Hope is a beautiful thing until it comes crashing back to earth. You will be contenders to win the division and be a playoff team and by default anyone who makes it the playoffs are considered contenders. You literally just said "were in the dead time of the NFL" so let's be honest, you're just trying to put bs content out to remain relevant as a KZheadr.
Don’t these guys feel/look stupid!
Why is bro so shiny
He said at the start of the video that he's sick so I'm guessing that's why
@@PlaySA check other episodes brotha, it ain't just this one
Like this comment so by playoffs next year I can come back at this and laugh lol
Lost me at FonteNOT
I love it when Cousins was in Minnesota he was just a stat padder. Now he's in Atlanta they are contenders for the Super Bowl, 😂 whatever 🙄
Only casuals thought he was a stat padder
Minnesota was never SB contenders?
The Vast Majority of People prefer narratives to reality. This is a narrative. In reality, Cousins & Goff are identical. They will throw blindly to where a receiver is _supposed to be_ with 100% confidence & both fall to pieces when asked to think on their feet when plays are broken. Both got play-callers that tailored their offenses to them. Except we don't know that Cousins has this in ATL. So without that, he will simply become what he was _before_ the Vikings, a guy who puts up good numbers except when needed. There's a difference between Cousins who can't elevate & even Derek Carr who _could have_ won with this team had Arthur Smith not been calling plays & that's saying a lot.
They say the same about Matt Stafford too and he didn’t have any playoff wins 🤷♂️ I’m not saying the Falcons are Super Bowl contenders but to sell them short without seeing the draft and seeing this Falcons team play is just stupid.
I'm just saying that the comments from the analysis that talked about the vikings said that Cousins could never win in primetime or in the playoffs. They always hated on him as a viking.
Kirk Cousins has been in the league 12 seasons and has a playoff record of 1-4. And he’s 35. He’s the one that will elevate a mid Falcons team to contender status? Lmao there’s gonna be a lot of disappointed fans when the Falcons win 8 games next season
What was Stafford's playoff record before getting traded to the Rams and winning a Super Bowl year one? When are people going to learn that wins aren't a QB stat?
@RingsWorkshop You think the 2024 Falcons team have the same level of talent on it as the 2021 Rams? 😂 A lot of folks in for a disappointing surprise come football season
Then we'll move on
Well, Vegas thinks so. After the news broke that Kirk was signing with the Falcons, Sportsbooks moved the Falcons to 30/1 to win Super Bowl 2025 after opening at 50/1 prior. Atlanta now has the 12th-best odds to win the Lombardi Trophy. One has to be extremely dumb to seriously think that wins are a QB stat. It's the ultimate team game. Wins are team accomplishments. Btw...Kirk is 1-3 in the playoffs as a starter (not 1-4)....smh
Kirk cousins can’t beat winning teams. Have fun going 8-9
That's the Vikings Kirk you haven't seen the Falcon yet
@@Keith_No_Sweat my bad 7-10 😂😂
That "record against winning teams" was also when he was on a Washingteam that had a bad defense and no running game and a Minnesota team that had a bad defense for most of his time there. He's 4-4 with KOC as his coach, btw. Per OptaSTATS, Cousins was the first quarterback in NFL history to throw for 700 or more yards on a 70 percent completion rate over the first two games of a season….and his team lost both times. Yeah...the quarterback isn't the problem.
@@Paula-mv8im 1 playoff win
Vikings couldnt put and offensive line and defense around kirk at the same time. Falcoms have both.
Laughable take y'all really think Tampa ain't going 4/4 😂 please come back to this comment
LOL you've clearly never rode the Cousins roller coaster... L take. That dude took a team that went to the NFC championship and failed to make the playoffs. What do you think he's going to do with a overrated 7-10 team?
The NFC South team they should be expecting anything out of is the only one to have done anything the last 4 years lol.
he made both of his playoffs games as a viking i don’t get you😭
They're flinging $ at the problem. They're over-paying anyone & everyone. The Ravens still have a better roster & Lamar has better everythings than Cousins. Sometimes, a simple comparison like that ends the discussion & any confusion.
The Vikings were simply not that good. I think the entire roster is overrated and you'll see that once Cousins is gone. He and JJ were the entire offense. Plus, the NFC South is so ass. Super bowl hell no, but a playoff game and possibly a playoff win is far from out of the question.
@@adannunya8730he has only one playoff win, not two. Great stat guy not a real gamer.
Didn’t even watch the video. I’m a Vikings fan and I remember feeling they were contenders after they went to the NFC championship game with Keenum and then added Kirk. They didn’t make the playoffs the next year with basically the same team. He’s only won 1 playoff game in his career. He’s a good QB but your team better be perfect around him if you want to even sniff a SB. The Falcons have some pieces but they aren’t perfect. They should be happy if they can get 1 playoff win, ecstatic if they get any further. Good luck paying him 180 million 😂 (100 ish guaranteed)
Teams are never exactly the same from year to year. Cousins played well for them, that is basically inarguable. His line in that first season was 70% completion, 4200 yards, 30 touchdowns and 10 interceptions. If you put up numbers like that and your team is still bad, it is mostly the team's fault. 2017 was a very strange year in the NFL too, those Keenum Vikings probably didn't belong in the postseason. I don't believe Kirk will take the Falcons to the Super Bowl, but he instantly makes them SO MUCH better. The fanbase wants at least the playoffs and hopefully a playoff win, and I think he can deliver that if things fall into place.
Kirk cousins made the Vikings contenders every year since he started so you gotta give him more credit then that
Viking fan as well. After two seasons of Cousins, I wanted him gone. We made it further with a journeyman QB.
@@russellcabiles9428 Not at all. We were coming off an NFC Championship game in 2017.He was suppose to be the final piece to get to the Super Bowl. 10-24 against winning teams as a Viking and one Wildcard playoff win....hardly say that is the look of a contender.
Falcons went to the Super Bowl brought everyone back the next year and lost in the first round to Philadelphia your logic is skewed by your fandom.