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Why Kirk Cousins for the Falcons? Familiarity and fit figure in

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When Kirk Cousins began his career, he did so as the backup to Robert Griffin III in Washington. While Raheem Morris was no longer in Washington when Cousins seized the full-time starting job and broke out in 2015, those three years gave Morris a chance to see a young, promising quarterback begin to find his way in the league in relief of Griffin, whose career was ultimately derailed by injury.

The next stop for Morris was Atlanta, where he spent a number of years coaching both sides of the ball and ultimately serving as the interim head coach after Dan Quinn’s 0-5 start to the 2020 season saw him canned.