Kirk Cousins the Favorite To End Up In Atlanta Over Justin Fields l 2 PROS & A CUP OF JOE

2 PROS & A CUP OF JOE – Jonas Knox and LaVar Arrington talk about the recent report that links Kirk Cousins to the Atlanta Falcons. This squashes a rumor last week that Justin Fields was the favorite to end up with the Falcons. The guys talk about how Cousins can set the market for QBs.

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So LaVar Arrington we’ve been talking about the potential moves in and around the NFL for certain quarterbacks in the league and uh this one is maybe the most interesting because I think a lot of people just assumed it was going to be a foregone conclusion that uh and you made

Mention of this that Kirk Cousins was going to go back to Minnesota and um Mike Florio of pro football talk uh there’s also a second part to the Mike Florio aspect y boy y”s boy yeah right um You and q’s boy uh so he said that quote we can’t get into the specifics

For now but we’re getting very credible indications that Kurt Cousins is seriously considering moving his family to Atlanta which would mean obviously he’d be signing with the Falcons the Falcons have always been the top alternative to the Vikings for cousin who becomes an unrestricted free agent next Wednesday and for good reason his

Wife Julie grew up in nearby Alpharetta Georgia and her parents still live there so there is some and the betting odds have Kurt Cousins as the favorite to be the Falcons next quarterback and we kind of kicked this around yesterday that you know the that Arthur Blank and Atlanta

Has serious interest in him and he would obviously have interest there with all the weapons and talent that they’ve got and then you add in the his wife’s familiarity and being from the area and all that that all that makes sense now Florio had a little bit of a meltdown on

Social media last night because he found out uh you know people started to push back on this report so he he kind of didn’t handle that well which is uh part for the course with him but okay ktk cousins to Atlanta and next thing you know an option off the table for a

Russell Wilson but one that would open up in Minnesota as we pointed out and it also becomes clear and this has been sort of being kicked around as well too that the market for Justin Fields ain’t exactly what I think a lot of people thought it was going to be especially in

Chicago cuz now Justin Fields was looking around going well now what like he wanted to go back home like forget Kirt cousin’s wife like Justin Fields wanted to go back home and now apparently Atlanta has their sight set on Kur cousins and it ain’t like the Bears are going to trade him to

Minnesota so now that whole that opens up the potential of where could he end up and maybe it is one of these other teams that you were talking about like a Raiders or somebody like that looking to add to that position I mean Kirk Cousins first and foremost is definitely in the driver’s

Seat with everything that’s going on because you have a Suitor that hasn’t made any bones about their interest level and wanting to bring him in if he were to make it to to next Wednesday so with that being said all this really is with Mike floro reporting is a

Negotiation tactic right this is posturing the the idea of saying you’re going to move your wife and kids to to the area of the Market of the team that’s suiting you I I mean again to do that prematurely all that says to me is is that this is a

Plea by kurk cousins to get Minnesota to step up to the plate and give him an offer that he can’t refuse before he becomes a free agent and by the way he does have a hell of a track record as a businessman in the NFL well it’s not too

Bad it’s not too bad and and he does have the ability to play both sides here because if I’m looking at it from the Atlanta side of it I’m basically saying listen I’m a loyal guy and I’d probably want to to come back to Minnesota but would have no problem readjusting and

Adapting to life as as an Atlanta Falcon and and so I’m going to see this through obviously I have to contractually speaking I don’t become a free agent until next week um but all things given if I am if I do become a free agent I

Would love to be a an Atlanta Falcon that to me is business business 101 success because you’re lining up an employer already Before you depart from the employer that you currently have or you’re getting the employer that you currently have to see that there is a

Value for your you know your skill set and your talent somewhere else and that could po potentially possibly be the reason why there’s a little bit more attractiveness to wanting to bring you back so he’s playing it he’s who’s that if it’s him if it’s his agent if it’s

His wife if it’s all of them whoever it is I think they’re playing it the right way yeah it’s going to be uh and and look you also got I mean we assume Baker Mayfield’s going to be back in Tampa Bay uh we assume that’s going to be you know

The move there but you know who knows I mean there’s some thought that the Patriots were really interested in Baker Mayfield that was also discussed at the combine I just like you’re kind of waiting on it feels like Kurt Cousins will kind of dictate the rest of these

Moves around the NFL like he’s the guy in control he’s the guy who depending on where he decides he wants to play or where he ends up then that way everything else opens up for him so if he goes back to Minnesota I think you know Justin Fields becomes a top

Priority for the Atlanta Falcons but man if Kurt Cousins ends up in Atlanta like now what like what what the hell goes on well and and don’t lose sight of the fact that these these teams are always going to be cunning they’re going to be you know very very strategic in

How they handle things so there’s teams out here that that probably value Russell Wilson more than they value Kurt Cousins there’s a team out here there’s teams out here that may value uh Justin Fields more than than Kurt Cousins and Russell Wilson we we’re not going to

Know who they are and we may not know who they are it may not work out play out where we find out what it was but I’ll say this I wouldn’t look at it as a like it’s just a foregone conclusion Kurt Cousins is the best one that’s on

The market da da da this that and other while in rank and in media coverage he may be to a team they’re looking at who they want and and what that guy represents to their team and what he could possibly represent to their success and that might be a Justin

Fields that might be a Russell Wilson it might not be kurk cousins so that’s just we’re talking about one guy because there’s a team that has outwardly showed and expressed the interest of having him there I mean the the reports that have been put out there I don’t I I mean you

Tell me there haven’t I I don’t know that there was one that was directly quoting guys from Atlanta I know when they said you know it’s reported that Arthur Blank said You know open up the checkbook pay whatever he wants like I don’t know that those things came direct

From Atlanta yeah I mean all this is sourcing I think it was Zach Klein of WSBTV who was the uh person to originally point out that you know Arthur Blank told the Falcons go and you know whatever it takes like let’s you know try and get KT cousins like that’s

His preference um but yeah we haven’t heard anybody from but that was his quote that was not that was not a that was not directly correct what you what you just said that was not direct from the Atlanta Falcons no so to me if you’re putting it out there like that I

Don’t I don’t know that to be true just like what Rini saying what she’s saying about the Steelers and their quarterback I don’t know that to be true you know and and and who knows how that coach or whoever the person that you know those people spoke with that day who’s to say

What their mood was I’m in a a SC scw you mood today I’m in an amazing mood today I I’m in an upset mood today I’m in a disappointed mood today that could have played a part in how they they gave their information out that day nobody’s

Going to know what a team is doing I I say outside of the Chicago Bears nobody knows what anybody’s going to do yeah right so so at the end of the day take it as a grain of salt and when when something pans out when it shows up it’s

Going to show and I also think like the the way the the Bears have approached this whole thing they’ve been real silky smooth about the entire process this