Cousins benched in Atlanta

[GoobyPls]

100 million guaranteed

That’s a brutal contract

Edited 6 hours ago by GoobyPls

[Aussie Tank]

Good job 

[fanpanther]

Just now, GoobyPls said:

100 million guaranteed

That’s a brutal comtract

A panthers loss with penix at qb will be very hard to take

[PanthersATL]

From the innterwebs:

 

Falcons would owe $37.5 million in dead money if they trade Cousins at full freight. If they designate him as a post-June 1 release, Falcons would be on the hook $65 million in dead cap over two years, and a team like the Browns could sign him for the minimum, a la Russell Wilson with the Steelers.

[frankw]

Saw this coming a mile away as an inevitability when they signed him and drafted Penix. He's washed.

[LinvilleGorge]

It honestly should've happened earlier. When they panic drafted Penix you knew Cousins' recovery from that Achilles probably wasn't going well.

[ProcessBlue2]

He just fell into a big slump randomly. 

[PNW_PantherMan]

He’s been terrible.  I’ve been waiting for this bum to do something for weeks but he’s toast and so are the falcons.

[AggieLean]

Gotta know when to move on. Good in the falcons 

[toldozer]

Was hoping cousin wasn't going to be ready and penix came out strong. He was +20000 to win roy and worth the 10 bucks i threw in the trash

[CamWhoaaCam]

The good thing for Penix is he can't play much worse than Cousins. He has little pressure even being in the playoff hunt. Just take care of the ball and he goes into next season as the official franchise QB.

[outlaw4]

Don't usually see a veteran QB getting benched after a win and while still in the playoff hunt. Talk about spending a ton of money to basically keep the QB spot warm for a few months.

[UnluckyforSome]

He's what..38..and coming off what can be a career-ending injury? It should've been expected, and I guess to some degree it was, since they drafted a qb to replace him the same year they signed him. We probably allow him to put up a highlight reel in a few weeks, but in general, I am happy with their continued failures.