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Raheem Morris: That was probably Kirk Cousins' cleanest game as an Atlanta Falcon
Kirk Cousins put together one of his best games of the season on Sunday, helping power the Falcons to a 31-26 victory over the Buccaneers.
Cousins finished the contest 23-of-29 for 276 yards with four touchdowns and no interceptions, drawing praise from Raheem Morris in the head coach’s Monday news conference.
“[T]hat was probably his cleanest game as a quarterback as an Atlanta Falcon,” Morris said, noting Cousins’ play is what the team envisioned before the season started. “I know it’s hard to say when you threw for 500 yards one week, but you know how I feel about stats. But yesterday, as far as being clean, as far as throwing the ball exactly where it needs to go, being able to exhaust his progressions, feeling really comfortable, being decisive, doing all the different things that Kirk does well. He actually ran the ball yesterday.
“I was really pleased with the quarterback’s play yesterday. And you can see the confidence in our offense when he’s playing that way and the style of play we want to play.”
Through eight games, Cousins has thrown for 2,106 yards with 14 touchdowns and seven interceptions — good for a passer rating of 97.8. Cousins and the Falcons now lead the NFC South with a 5-3 record and have set themselves up well for later in the season as they’re 4-0 in the division.
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2 Giant Pandas Are Headed to This US Zoo. Meet Ping Ping and Fu Shuang
The public is getting its first look at the two pandas that will be heading from China to Zoo Atlanta.
NBC’s Janis Mackey Frayer was able to visit female Fu Shuang and male Ping Ping before they make the nearly 8,000-mile flight. The giant pandas are both 6 years old and are headed to the United States as part of a new decade-long conservation agreement between China and the U.S.
Ping Ping’s keepers say he tends to follow them around, which is atypical behavior for a panda, but may be because of the food they have for him. Fu Shuang — which translates to “double happiness” — is playful, but nervous, and enjoys placing her chin on her paw. She also likes apples and has a penchant for finding them.
“Because we will hide pieces of apples, for example under the tree … she can find them everywhere,” panda keeper Wang Shun told Mackey Frayer, noting her “clever” behavior.
The pandas are part of an international cooperative research agreement on giant panda conservation between Zoo Atlanta and the China Wildlife Conservation Association, a renewal of panda diplomacy between America and China that began in 1972.
“Zoo Atlanta is delighted and honored to yet again be trusted as stewards of this treasured species and to partner with the China Wildlife Conservation Association on the continued conservation and research efforts that are the most important outcomes of this cooperation,” Zoo Atlanta President and CEO Raymond B. King said in a statement in April.
“We can’t wait to meet Ping Ping and Fu Shuang and to welcome our Members, guests, city, and community back to the wonder and joy of giant pandas.”
Pandas are already at zoos in Washington, D.C., and San Diego. Zoo Atlanta maintained a panda agreement with China from 1999 until 2024, when Lun Lun and Yang Yang went back to their home country, along with their two youngest cubs.
Animal behaviorist James Ayala marvels at how pandas mature.
“You see cubs and they seem so cuddly and clumsy and cute. And then they grow up into these big, majestic bears,” he told Mackey Frayer.
Fu Shuang and Ping Ping will be transported further south into a mountainous region where they will be prepped to make the trip to the U.S. It is unknown when they will leave.
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