by Atlanta (AP) -Kirk Cousins said in the Netflix series “Quarterback” that he played an injury on his right side and partially threw the arm last season to prevent him from losing his running track with the Atlanta Falcons against Rookie -back –up Michael Penix Jr.
In Minicamp last month, Cousins said that he realized that after last season he was not as healthy as he thought he was at the time, with reference to an ankle injury that influenced his mobility.
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In the seventh and final episode of the second season of the Netflix show, which was released on Tuesday, he said he made the best decision he could take when he had made a big hit to his right shoulder and rib cage of New Orleans’ Payton Turner on November 10.
Cousins was seen in an earlier episode who told training staff on the sidelines that he “pretty good”, but insisted that he was in order and never missed the time.
“Immediately my elbow enlightened and I knew I was annoyed,” Cousins said in the show. “Had shooting pain in my elbow. My shoulder really started to beat, so I knew immediately, like ok, this is a bit more serious. As soon as I lost my shoulder and elbow, I didn’t have many other places to lean on to get the power I needed.”
After the appearance of the Week 11 injury report and no one further with “right shoulder, right elbow” who limit his participation in one practice, Cousins threw eight interceptions and only one touchdown-pass over the following four games, and Atlanta went 1-3 before turning to Penix.
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Cousins said on “Quarterback” that he did not want to come out because “you also know that if you sit down week 10 and take two or three weeks or more to heal it, you might never get your job back” and referred to the book by Drew Brees about Doug Flutie who never teaches him to show the field.
“That was something I was always aware of: that in this competition, if you give someone else the chance, if you want to be Wally Pipp and there is lou no behind you, that can happen.”
Also on “Quarterback”, Cousins also said that he felt “a little misled” by Atlanta who signed him in the free desk last year and then selected Penix with the eighth pick in the design. He said he might have signed again with the Minnesota Vikings if he knew that the Falcons would prepare a QB in the top 10.
“Certainly, if I had the information about the free desk, it would certainly have influenced my decision,” said Cousins in the first episode of the season. “I had no reason to leave Minnesota with how much we found there if both teams will draw up a quarterback high.”
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Cousins, who turns 37 in August, stays away for two weeks on the schedule of Atlanta with the start of the training camp. This will be his 14th NFL season since he was drawn up by Washington in 2012 in the fourth round.
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