It’s his first season with the Falcons, but it’s not the first NFL rodeo for quarterback Kirk Cousins.
So what has Captain Kirk learned over the years? The importance of the team being ready to roll out of the gate on Week 1.
“I think it’s such an important deal to hit the ground running when Week One gets here,” he said.
Cousins believes there needs to be a major sense of urgency for the 2024 Falcons, primarily because of:
-The new players and coaches (himself included) want to see their hard work in training camp turn into success in the regular season.
-The first three games of the regular season are brutal – at home against the Steelers and Chiefs, with a Monday night road game against the Eagles in the middle.
“You got to get the wind at your back,” Cousins said. “And you do that by winning early.”
And winning early avoids this scenario.
“Yeah, I’ve been on teams where you start 1-5 and you look up and it’s like, oh no,” he said. “And then we worked our way back, but it’s too late.”
Tech’s swimming and diving coach Courtney Shealy Hart announced Wednesday that she is resigning after 15 seasons at the helm of the Yellow Jackets to pursue a new professional opportunity outside of sports.
capped by the Tech men finishing in the top 25 of the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America poll six times in the past seven seasons. She coached 71 NCAA championship participants, 21 NCAA All-Americans, 12 ACC individual champions and 29 all-conference performers at Tech.
Every women’s program record and all but one of the men’s program records have been set during Hart’s 15 seasons as coach. She also coached 16 Olympians, including five that competed at the 2024 Paris Games.
