After two years of spinning their wheels in the dirt, the Atlanta Falcons invested heavily in the quarterback position during the 2024 NFL offseason. The team signed Kirk Cousins signed a four-year, $180 million contract in free agency before drafting Michael Penix Jr. with the No. 8 pick.

With players like Drake London, Kyle Pitts and Bijan Robinson playing on their rookie contracts, it made sense for the Falcons to get aggressive at the game's most important position. However, the offense struggled in Week 1 as Atlanta scored just 10 points.

Cousins passed for 155 yards, one interception and two touchdowns while playing primarily out of the pistol formation. The Falcons did not run a single play-action pass, which makes little sense considering Cousins' skill set and playing style.

NFL analysts Mina Kimes and Domonique Foxworth were puzzled by the Falcons' offensive play-calling.

"I mean the entire premise of him going to Atlanta was, he's this great under-center, play-action quarterback," said Kimes. "He can't run under center play action right now. So the whole thing falls apart, It's super siloed. The run game suffers for it."

Kimes raises some valid points, and it's hard to envision a game plan centered around Kirk Cousins and Bijan Robinson where play action isn't utilized. "Why did they think this would work?" Kimes asked Foxworth.

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