Drake London will need at least another week with recovery from a PCL injury.
Drake London will miss Sunday’s road matchup with the Jets as the Falcons aim to stay in playoff contention. At 4-7 and 2 games back of the Panthers and Buccaneers for the division, it appears those hopes are slipping away.
London is sitting as the WR7 overall in fantasy and has had 3 WR1 overall games this season. With Kirk Cousins taking over for an injured Michael Penix Jr., the Falcons will turn to Darnell Mooney and Kyle Pitts in the passing game. Expect the offense to primarily run through both Bijan Robinson and Tyler Allgeier. The Falcons get the Seahawks at home in Week 14 where fantasy managers will cling to hope that London can return.
Author: Jeremiah Retzlaff (@coachretzlaff1)
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Kirk Cousins is highly likely to start for the Falcons in Week 8 as Michael Penix is questionable with a knee injury.
Veteran quarterback Kirk Cousins is highly likely to get the start for the Atlanta Falcons in Week 8, as Michael Penix Jr is questionable with a knee injury. This would be the first start since Week 15 of last season. Cousins signed a four-year $180 million contract in 2024 with the Falcons and was not able to finish a full season before being replaced by Penix.
Cousins struggled with turnovers last season, throwing 16 interceptions in 14 games, but this matchup against a porous Miami Dolphins defense could make him a viable spot start in fantasy leagues. However, we can expect a heavy run game from the Falcons, as the Dolphins rank 32nd in run defense this season, allowing an average of 159.3 yards per game.
Author: Dane Madoche(@FF_DaMaddog)
Drake London has a hip injury and is now questionable versus the Miami Dolphins.
Fantasy managers got some unfortunate news that Drake London is now questionable with a hip injury and is in danger of missing a cake matchup versus the Dolphins. After an 8.2 fantasy point performance Week 7 against the 49ers, London will be in a great spot to rebound should he play Sunday.
Darnell Mooney and Kyle Pitts will be sneaky winners should London miss. With Kirk Cousins getting the start in place of an injured Michael Penix Jr., the Falcons will logically feed Bijan Robinson and Tyler Allgeier. The Dolphins defense is dead last against the run. Fire up all active Falcons this week versus the Dolphins.
Author: Jeremiah Retzlaff (@coachretzlaff1)
After previously reporting for offseason team functions, the Falcons veteran QB is now choosing to sit out of voluntary activities.
Kirk Cousins may be positioning himself for a trade, as the Falcons are likely to ask him to sit and back up second year Quarterback Michael Penix Jr. Cousins recent contract extension with Atlanta came at an awkward time, he signed a 4 year deal just before the team drafted the quarterback of the (near) future. Cousins now has $37.5 million left in guaranteed money on that contract, making it difficult for Atalnta to trade him without the team absorbing some, if not most, of that cost.
Potential trade partners with Atlanta are pretty thin, the teams with the most obvious needs are the Saints after Derek Carrs retirement, The Steelers, who have been losing steam in courting Aaron Rodgers, and the Browns – who have a shaky QB room and a connection to Cousins via Coach Stefanski. None of these teams are really strong destinations for an aging quarterback who’s production absolutely plummeted last year, making Cousins a fade in any fantasy format this year.
Author: Lukasz Stec (@Lukasz_FF01)
For many months, the Atlanta Falcons have held firm on Kirk Cousins, QB2– until now.
Per Adam Schefter, the Atlanta Falcons have had private discussions involving a trade of Kirk Couins. Cousins, benched for the final three games in favor of rookie Michael Penix, attributed his poor play to injury in 2024.
Since his benching, Cousins was destined to be traded. However, the Atlanta Falcons publicly declared they had no intention to trade him. Signed in free agency to a 4-year, $160M deal during the 2024 offseason, Cousins (along with all of fantasy games) was shocked by the Falcons’ early selection of Penix.
Now it will be shocking if Cousins remains on the Falcons. The acquiring team would reportedly need to eat some salary in the deal. The Browns and Steelers top the list of potential suitors for Cousins.
Author: Bradley Stalder (@FFStalder)
The Browns bring in Joe Flacco while still amidst the search for their future franchise quarterback.
The Cleveland Browns are bringing back quarterback Joe Flacco. The 1-year deal is worth up to $4 million and can turn into $13 million from incentives reached.
Superflex dynasty managers have fond memories of plugging Joe Flacco into their lineups with his late-career Jameis Winston-like boom. The last 2 years have benefitted both Flacco managers and those who have had skill position players on the Cleveland Browns and Indianapolis Colts.
This move buys time, stability, and flexibility for the Browns future plans at quarterback. Any rookie they bring in can have extra time if needed while Joe Flacco begins the season as the teams’ starter. Should the Browns not come away with a Shedeur Sanders or a Jaxson Dart they will be able to pursue Kirk Cousins. Consider Joe Flacco signing as a step towards Cleveland Browns players such as Jerry Jeudy and David Njoku as being closer to the path of significant fantasy relevance in 2025.
Author: Jeremiah Retzlaff (@coachretzlaff1)
