Social Media Is In Shock Over Viral Photo Of Falcons QB Kirk Cousins Looking Absolutely Shredded Like We’ve Never Seen Him Before

UH OHHHH 🔥👀

— The Sports Forum (@DenverForum) June 21, 2024

The food is better in Atlanta than Minnesota 😭🤣

— Falcons 7-10 🖤❤️ (@StLo__) June 21, 2024

THATS MY QB!!!!!!!!!!

— Jacob (@YarbroughJacob) June 21, 2024

You lift that!!

— Vikingdom (@cnmahr) June 21, 2024

I see why they tampered lol

— sam mansker (@kcwolfpac79) June 21, 2024

Kirko Gainzzz

— 728 days 🏆🏆 (@Shamp_COD) June 21, 2024

Big Kirko is yolked 😭

— That Hurts (@That_Hurts) June 21, 2024

From Kirk Cousins’ agent Mike McCartney on the #Falcons’ selecting QB Michael Penix Jr. eighth overall. pic.twitter.com/XpIpOQn1ua

— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) April 26, 2024

The Falcons signed Kirk Cousins after a third consecutive 7-10 finish, once again held back by inconsistent quarterback play. The team fired head coach Arthur Smith and replaced him with Raheem Morris, who served as Atlanta’s interim HC in 2020 following the firing of Dan Quinn.

A month after signing Cousins, the Falcons shocked everybody by selecting Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr. with the No. 8 pick of the 2024 NFL Draft. Cousins himself admitted he was surprised by the pick.

Cousins and the Falcons will open the 2024 season with a home contest against the new-look Pittsburgh Steelers.

Kirk Cousins Looks To Get Falcons Over The Hump Of Mediocrity

The Falcons haven’t made the postseason nor recorded a winning season since 2017, when they snuck into the playoffs with a 10-6 record.

Cousins guided the Vikings to the postseason twice (2019 and 2022) despite lackluster coaching and a woeful defense for most of his tenure there. But alas, the four-time Pro Bowler gets the chance to win on an Atlanta team loaded with offensive weapons.

Cousins and his Falcons also have the benefit of playing in football’s worst division, one that has produced a single team with double-digit wins since 2021 (the Tom Brady-led Tampa Bay Buccaneers). So for once, the Falcons are well-positioned to finally break through with their first playoff berth in seven years.