NFL star gets into Christmas spirit after Week 16 win

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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins was feeling a bit jollier after Sunday’s game against the Arizona Cardinals than he did coming into the Week 16 matchup.

Cousins was 21-of-35 with 197 passing yards and two touchdowns as the Falcons topped the Cardinals, 26-19. After the game, Cousins spoke to reporters wearing a Christmas-inspired suit.

The jacket featured branches of a Christmas tree, lights and ornaments.

Cousins asked a reporter if he was “a little jealous” of his outfit before he sat down.

“Yeah, my wife dresses me, so,” Cousins said. “She wanted this on.”

The veteran quarterback added that he wouldn’t have worn the suit if the team had ended up leaving Glendale, Arizona, with a loss.

“I have enough self-awareness to know that’s not the right decision,” he said.

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Cousins lost his job as the Falcons’ full-time starter in the middle of last season to Michael Penix Jr. after he signed a four-year deal reportedly worth $180 million. He ended up playing 14 games in 2024 and led the league in interceptions.

This season, Penix suffered a season-ending injury allowing Cousins to take the reins once again. He’s started six of the eight games he’s appeared in this year. He has 1,415 passing yards and eight touchdown passes. He’s 3-3 in the six starts he’s made.

“It has a weird feeling right now because any time you win in this league, you have to be grateful and happy about it,” Cousins said after the win against the Cardinals. “I think we all as professionals hold ourselves to a standard where we feel like there are plays for each one of us that could’ve been better – I feel that way. It’s an interesting feeling right now.

“We’re thrilled and we’re going to enjoy the flight home, but we’re all kind of looking at each other like, ‘Hey, could you have done this? Could I have done that?’ That’s just the emotion you feel right now. I think some of that’s a credit to Arizona. I thought they played really hard, made it hard and made it feel muddy and junked up a little bit throughout the game – they did a good job of that.”