Atlanta Falcons quarterback Kirk Cousins generated some on-line buzz Monday (Aug. 19) when the crew supposedly turned over their follow playlist to the QB for his thirty sixth birthday and it was full of early 2000s rock jams.

Cousins, who beforehand professed his love for Creed and even investigated reserving them for a non-public occasion, gave the impression to be feeling in a extra pop-punk temper for his big day, because the follow playlist was full of hits from Jimmy Eat World, All-American Rejects, Green Day, Blink-182, All Time Low, Good Charlotte and extra.

It wasn’t all pop-punk nonetheless, as Foo Fighters, The Killers, 3 Doors Down and Fountains of Wayne amongst others made the reduce.

NFL reporter Kay Adams was one of many first to note Cousins’ rock-centric playlist whereas doing interviews on the Falcons coaching camp earlier this week. It wasn’t lengthy earlier than Jimmy Eat World took discover of the point out and shared the well-known “You like that” meme from Cousins’ enjoying days in Washington.

Are There Hidden Messages With Kirk Cousins’ Playlist?

With the NFL season only a few weeks away, groups are at all times trying to discover an edge and get in the fitting psychological mind-set. But is it doable that the brand new Atlanta Falcons QB had a secondary objective in sharing his playlist? NFL Network host Kyle Brandt broke down Cousins’ selections and thought he discovered some hidden messages to Cousins’ teammates within the music alternatives.

In a humorous section on NFL Network’s Good Morning Football, Brandt notably identified {that a} majority of the playlist got here from outdated Madden soccer video games he was probably enjoying throughout that point.

“I sense there is something going on here that is no joke,” defined Brandt. “I spent the entire night last night in my L.A. hotel room not only studying this playlist but listening to it and my takeaway is that Kirk is telling us something, that there are hidden messages in this playlist that are hiding in plain sight.”

Brandt added, “Seventeen weeks in a season, 17 tracks. I think Kirk is seeing this whole season playing out in this playlist.”

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What observations did Brandt make? First off, he mentions Jimmy Eat World’s “The Middle” and notes that Cousins is on a brand new crew with a brand new coach and coming off a critical damage. “Week 1, Track 1. This is Jimmy Eat World …. I think he’s just saying to his team, ‘It just takes some time. Everything, everything will be alright.’ I don’t think they’re winning Week 1. I think he knows that. They’re playing Pittsburgh. He’s saying, ‘try your best, do everything you can. It just takes some time.’”

Jimmy Eat World, “The Middle”

Elsewhere, Brandt says of Foo Fighters’ “Best of You” that the observe placement within the playlist traces up with the Falcons recreation towards the Las Vegas Raiders. “What does someone who comes back from Las Vegas, a good Christian boy like Kirk Cousins’ say? ‘I got another confession to make! …. And I’m gonna need the best, the best, the best of you to beat the Las Vegas Raiders.” Brandt additionally humorously factors out a likeness between Dave Grohl and the Raiders QB Gardner Minshew as properly.

Foo Fighters, “Best of You”

Perhaps essentially the most “down the rabbit hole” statement of all was that Cousins had chosen “This Love” from Maroon 5 for the playlist and that it lined up with the Falcons enjoying the Washington Commanders. Cousins began his profession in Washington whose uniform colours embrace maroon and he is going through off towards rookie QB Jayden Daniels, who wears what quantity? Yes, No. 5.

Maroon 5, “This Love”

Check out Brandt’s full breakdown under.

NFL Network’s Kyle Brandt Finds Hidden Messages in Kirk Cousins’ Playlist

Whether you need to go scoping out hidden messages or simply take pleasure in a musical journey again in time to the early 2000s, you’ll be able to take a look at Kirk Cousins’ Birthday Practice Playlist presently on Spotify under.

But Wait, There’s a Twist

Sadly, after the Kirk Cousins playlist began making the rounds, it was realized that the Falcons new QB wasn’t completely accountable for the music selections. Sports Illustrated author and host of the SI Media podcast Jimmy Traina revealed that Cousins later copped to Kyle Brandt in a voice memo {that a} Falcons assistant had made the playlist primarily based off guessing which songs Cousins wish to hear.

Guess that explains the evident omission of Creed!