Falcons' Kirk Cousins reveals how the perception of him changed after Netflix's 'Quarterback' released

Kirk Cousins was among the quarterbacks featured successful Netflix's "Quarterback" docuseries past year, which offered an unprecedented look into the beingness of an NFL backmost during the season. 

Cousins, 36, was asked if determination was a alteration successful however radical viewed him aft the docuseries was released during a caller quality connected Barstool Sports’ "Pardon My Take."

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Atlanta Falcons backmost Kirk Cousins poses with friends earlier a crippled against the Denver Broncos astatine Empower Field astatine Mile High. (Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images)

"My woman was benignant of the prima of the amusement too Patrick Mahomes, and she decidedly gets recognized a batch more, which is fun. And I deliberation radical getting to cognize maine is what’s truly amusive astir it, due to the fact that you don’t get a accidental for your fans to get to cognize you conscionable playing for the team," Cousins said. 

"They cognize you arsenic a shot player, but they don’t cognize you arsenic a idiosyncratic and I felt similar that amusement successful 1 mode oregon different conscionable benignant of helped radical who person followed maine oregon followed the teams that I’ve played connected to get to cognize maine a small better, which was a immense win."

The docuseries gave a look into Cousins’ betterment process from injury, his off-day activities, what helium does with his household aft a game, on with galore different things antecedently chartless to fans astir the then-Vikings quarterback. 

For Cousins, though, the docuseries is much to him than conscionable fans getting to cognize him better. 

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Minnesota Vikings backmost Kirk Cousins during the Detroit Lions crippled astatine U.S. Bank Stadium successful MInneapolis connected Dec. 24, 2023. (Matt Krohn-USA Today Sports)

"For posterity’s sake, like, my boys are beauteous young, truthful successful 10 years, to beryllium capable to propulsion up that amusement and accidental ‘Hey boys, you kinda privation to spell down representation lane and kinda spot immoderate of what dada did successful the 2022 shot season,’ I deliberation that volition beryllium invaluable contented to have. So that’s benignant of amusive excessively and a triumph coming retired of it."

The Vikings went 13-4 successful the regular play and mislaid to the New York Giants successful the NFC wild-card circular during the 2022 season.

Following the 2023 season, Cousins signed with the Atlanta Falcons successful escaped agency. He helped pb them to a 6-5 grounds and they are presently atop the NFC South standings. 

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Atlanta Falcons backmost Kirk Cousins  warms up earlier the crippled against the Denver Broncos astatine Empower Field astatine Mile High. (Ron Chenoy-Imagn Images)

The Vikings drafted Michigan backmost J.J. McCarthy successful the archetypal round, and signed Sam Darnold successful escaped bureau to regenerate Cousins. 

Darnold has led the Vikings to a 9-2 grounds and they are 2nd successful the NFC North down the Detroit Lions. 

Cousins volition play his erstwhile squad erstwhile helium travels to Minnesota to instrumentality connected the Vikings connected Dec. 8.

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