NFL star gets into Christmas spirit after Week 16 win

Atlanta Falcons backmost Kirk Cousins was feeling a spot jollier aft Sunday’s crippled against the Arizona Cardinals than helium did coming into the Week 16 matchup.

Cousins was 21-of-35 with 197 passing yards and 2 touchdowns arsenic the Falcons topped the Cardinals, 26-19. After the game, Cousins spoke to reporters wearing a Christmas-inspired suit.

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Atlanta Falcons backmost Kirk Cousins (18) passes against the Arizona Cardinals during the archetypal fractional of an NFL shot game, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, successful Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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

Cousins asked a newsman if helium was "a small jealous" of his outfit earlier helium sat down.

"Yeah, my woman dresses me, so," Cousins said. "She wanted this on."

The seasoned backmost added that helium wouldn’t person worn the suit if the squad had ended up leaving Glendale, Arizona, with a loss.

"I person capable self-awareness to cognize that's not the close decision," helium said.

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Atlanta Falcons backmost Kirk Cousins speaks during a quality league aft an NFL shot crippled against the Arizona Cardinals, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2025, successful Glendale, Arizona. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Atlanta Falcons backmost Kirk Cousins said his woman dresses him aft wearing a Christmas suit connected Dec. 21, 2023. (Associated Press)

Cousins mislaid his occupation arsenic the Falcons’ full-time starter successful the mediate of past play to Michael Penix Jr. aft helium signed a four-year woody reportedly worthy $180 million. He ended up playing 14 games successful 2024 and led the league successful interceptions.

This season, Penix suffered a season-ending wounded allowing Cousins to instrumentality the reins erstwhile again. He’s started six of the 8 games he’s appeared successful this year. He has 1,415 passing yards and 8 touchdown passes. He’s 3-3 successful the six starts he’s made.

"It has a weird feeling close present due to the fact that immoderate clip you triumph successful this league, you person to beryllium grateful and blessed astir it," Cousins said aft the triumph against the Cardinals. "I deliberation we each arsenic professionals clasp ourselves to a modular wherever we consciousness similar determination are plays for each 1 of america that could’ve been amended – I consciousness that way. It's an absorbing feeling close now.

"We're thrilled and we’re going to bask the formation home, but we're each benignant of looking astatine each different like, ‘Hey, could you person done this? Could I person done that?’ That's conscionable the emotion you consciousness close now. I deliberation immoderate of that's a recognition to Arizona. I thought they played truly hard, made it hard and made it consciousness muddy and junked up a small spot passim the crippled – they did a bully occupation of that."

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Atlanta is 6-9 connected the play entering Week 17 and retired of playoff contention.

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